Category: Tips

  • Savage Rifle Letter Codes Explained

    Savage Rifle Letter Codes Explained

    Savage runs a letter code to kind of indicate trim level for different rifles. I’ve got these listed in order of how often I run into them: Note, sometimes they choose to include some codes and omit others. ie: your rifle might have a mag, but not have “C” in the model name. Examples of…

  • Replacing the Battery Pack on a Bissell Adapt-Ion Vacuum

    Replacing the Battery Pack on a Bissell Adapt-Ion Vacuum

    The battery pack on my cordless vacuum slowly died. I think it was undersized to begin with: only giving me a maximum of 15 minutes of use (just the vacuum, not the brush), before giving up the ghost. After a while, just turning the brush on when the vacuum was on medium height carpet was…

  • Popular Hunting Cartridge Ballistics Shootout

    Popular Hunting Cartridge Ballistics Shootout

    Looking at getting a rifle in a different caliber, or looking at getting your first rifle? The array and names of the cartridges can be confusing. Is a 308 bigger than a 30-06 or a 7mm? The makers of these different cartridges sure haven’t made it easy to compare them. Even if you know them,…

  • The Best Canadian Firearms Media: YouTube Channels, Blogs, Podcasts, and Magazines

    The Best Canadian Firearms Media: YouTube Channels, Blogs, Podcasts, and Magazines

    I’ve been around guns all my life, but only picked up an earnest interest in them as a hobby since 2003. In that time, the internet landscape for Canadian shooters has grown, and I’d argue that we’ve got a couple of really cool outlets considering our population. So where do you go to get more…

  • 22WMR and 17HMR vs 223 Remington

    22WMR and 17HMR vs 223 Remington

    This was an inevitable comparison after doing my 17HMR vs 22WMR article. The sister magnum rimfires are around $0.40/round, while basic 223 ammo is about the same cost and it can be reloaded for quite a bit less. Even if you buy nicer hunting ammo off the shelf, hunting 223 is usually no more than…

  • 22 WMR vs 17 HMR

    22 WMR vs 17 HMR

    22 Winchester Magnum, or “22 Mag” for short, was the big dog rimfire for decades. Typically running a 30-50 grain bullet at 2200 fps, 1880, or 1530, respectively, it was a big jump over the typical 22 round of a 40 grain bullet at 1200 fps. But now that 17 HMR has been on the…

  • How to Test for Corrosive Ammo

    How to Test for Corrosive Ammo

    Here’s a quick step by step to test if ammo is corrosive, and test your cleaning system against it. Preparation A nail bed is a series of nails in a piece of wood that you’ll use as your sacrificial metal to check for corrosion. Clean off steel (non galvanized, non aluminum) nails that have enough…

  • Are Guns Legal in Canada and Other Gun Questions Answered

    Are Guns Legal in Canada and Other Gun Questions Answered

    I wanted to do an FAQ on common gun questions for Canadians or for Americans who are curious about what it’s like in Canada. This is a quick guide that summarizes issues but does not go into detail and context. As such this article is not legal advice. Non Restricted, Restricted, and Prohibited Firearms Classes…

  • 3-Gun in Canada in 2022

    3-Gun in Canada in 2022

    I couldn’t find a lot of starter info on gearing up for 3-gun competition as practiced here in Canada, so I thought I’d put together a ton of info specific to Canada as I found it. Don’t care about shotguns and pistols? Check out my article on Canadian Service Conditions Competition. Interested in finding a…

  • 3 Gun Training for Beginners

    3 Gun Training for Beginners

    Note, this is just what I’ve found has worked for me. I’m not an expert, but I have a few friends starting in 3 gun and I wanted to share some training resources and findings. I’ve covered most of the equipment for Canadians in my other Canadian-specific 3 gun article, so this one is going…