This week, Tony hijacks the show and runs a mostly solo episode, starting with listener feedback before diving into gunsmithing projects, Canadian firearms news, upcoming events, and a huge batch of new gun gear and sales.

Listener Feedback

• Discussion on CZ and their stance on the confiscation program
• Semi-auto shotgun inertia systems and stock weights
• Philosophical debate: does buying guns fill the hole in your soul?
• PRS rifle weight limits and modular handguards
• Follow-up to Lawrence’s hunting rifle question: .308 vs 6.5 Creedmoor vs .30-06
• Ethical hunting distances and recoil comparisons
• Copper vs lead hunting projectiles

What We Did in Guns

• Troubleshooting a pistol optic that won’t hold zero
• Adapter plates, screw length, and threadlocker application
• Cleaning Loctite residue (spoiler: acetone didn’t help much)
• Installing a Magpul extended magazine release
• Torque specs (or lack thereof) and tool frustrations
• General cleaning and prep during “gunsmithing weekend”

Upcoming Events

• HGG Farm Training PAL courses (Sherwood Park)
• 3gun.ca match schedule
• Maple Seed events still pending — call your range board!

New

• Assault-Style Firearm Compensation Program issues for deployed CAF members
• Reports of PAL renewals being blocked without buyback declarations
• West Virginia proposing state-run machine gun sales
• YouTube pulling competition-related firearm content
• BC political comments blaming international students for shootings

Club & Match Talk

• Kyle remains club president (whether he likes it or not)
• Ideas for growing club membership and outreach
• Match performance struggles and classifier woes
• Trigger freeze and gear differences between platforms
• VR training space needs (10×10 minimum!)

New Gun Stuff

• Tactical Imports TR-4 revolver “rifle”
• Canuck/O’Dell Engineering expanding into .30-30 lever guns
• Turkish O/U shotgun deals with free ammo
• Mossberg shotgun and rifle sales
• Hi-Point Homesteader PCC availability
• Wheeler/Caldwell armorer tool kits
• Lead-free shotgun slugs
• Lever-action shotguns
• Bass Pro/Cabela’s deals
• Costco now selling rifle cases

Listener Emails

• Fixing last episode’s left-channel-only audio
• Mark from Manitoba shares how he stacked gift card promos and discounts to score a Stoeger Condor O/U at a massive savings — and how it’s holding up after 750+ rounds

Final Thoughts

A chaotic but packed episode covering:

• Gun politics
• Gear failures and fixes
• Match shooting realities
• Canadian market weirdness
• Listener wins
• And a whole lot of Turkish shotguns

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