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Canadian September/October 2016 Firearms Journal January/February 2017 Fully Committed On All Fronts Canada’s national Firearms assoCiation PM 40009473 Return undeliverable to: Canadian Firearms Journal, P.O. Box 49090, Edmonton, Alberta T6E 6H4 1 w w w . n f a . c a January/February 2017 January/February 2017 Canadian Canadian September/October 2016 Firearms Journal Firearms Journal January/February 2017 Columns 48 Point Blank Fully Committed On All Fronts Canada’s national Firearms assoCiation PM 40009473 Return undeliverable to: Canadian Firearms Journal, RCMP Confuses PAL Holders With P.O. Box 49090, Edmonton, Alberta T6E 6H4 4 Criminals on the Cover Gary a Mauser Preparing For Summer 23 51 remington’S model 700 5 team nFa ameriCan WilderneSS riFle From the editor’S deSk Looking After The Details Brad fensOn Looking Ahead MeGan Tandy aL vOTh 24 6 52 high-teCh handloading PreSident’S meSSage legal Corner Tools to make handloading A Legal Perspective chores easier & faster Looking Back On 2016 Jeff heLsdOn sheLdOn CLare On Handloading Guy LaverGne 8 28 54 the modern varmint riFle viCe PreSident’S meSSage A taste of non-restricted The Effects Of A Trump-led nFa Book ShelF hunting fun USA & The UN Marking Scheme Volcanic Firearms – Predecessor aL vOTh BLair haGen to the Winchester Rifle BiLL ranTz 10 32 PreServing our Sam adamS, nova SCotia’S FirearmS heritage Features maSter gunSmith Strategic Thinking For Gun Clubs dOn MaCLean Gary K. KanGas 14 36 12 tranSForming gloCkS the right toolS Politics & gunS Turning a stock gun into Wheeler Engineering’s AR Peace Keepers, Eh! a gamer gun Armorer’s Professional Kit BruCe GOLd edward OsBOrne LOweLL sTrauss 46 18 42 one gun’S Story modern airgun SyStemS making BlankS The Daisy Red Ryder: A BB Gun The technology behind Sometimes you need the That’s Part Of Shooting History shooting with compressed air bang without the bullet Jeff heLsdOn dean rOxBy BOB sheLL Mission stateMent Canada’s National Firearms Association exists to promote, support and protect all safe firearms activities, including the right of self defense, firearms education for all Canadians, freedom and justice for Canada’s firearms community and to advocate for legislative change to ensure the right of all Canadians to own and use firearms is protected. The contents of the Canadian Firearms Journal are copyrighted and may be reproduced only when written permission is obtained from the publisher. January/February 2017 w w w . n f a . c a 2 On The Cover Preparing For Summer he cover image this month is courtesy of Newfoundland NFA Tmember, Paul Seymour. He had time to take a photo of himself loading 9mm Luger ammunition on his Dillon 550. Apparently, a shooter’s schedule there is similar to the rest of Canada: load am- munition all winter and then shoot it all summer. Canadian Firearms Journal The Official Magazine of Editor Al Voth [email protected] General Manager [email protected] Ginger Fournier 780-439-1394 Accounts/Membership [email protected] General Information [email protected] Legal Inquiries [email protected] National Executive National President 1-877-818-0393 Sheldon Clare [email protected] EVP, Communications 1-877-818-0393 Blair Hagen [email protected] Treasurer 1-877-818-0393 PM 40009473 Bill Rantz [email protected] Return undeliverable to: Secretary 1-877-818-0393 Canadian Firearms Journal, P.O. Box 49090, Edmonton, Alberta T6E 6H4 Jerrold Lundgard [email protected] PRINTED IN CANADA 4 w w w . n f a . c a January/February 2017 From The Editor’s Desk Al Voth Looking Ahead elcome to the first 2017 issue of you’re used to seeing here. You’ll find so Dean Roxby provides the lowdown the Canadian Firearms Journal. some new writers this year as well, and on airgun systems and how they work. You will, no doubt, notice a new I’m excited about what we are planning While Helsdon’s story about his Red lookW to the magazine. This is merely an ef- to bring you. Ryder airgun will remind many of us fort to keep things looking fresh and up to In this issue, we are highlighting about a gun we grew up with. Airguns date around here. There wasn’t anything handloading, gunsmithing and air guns, are a fascinating field to collect, study wrong with the old look, it was just time all of which are great ways for Canadian and shoot, and one most of us should to redecorate. After all, the publication is shooters to spend what are typically learn more about. I know my airgun col- getting old enough to have some history the coldest months of the year. Jeff lection is far too small. behind it. Did you know the magazine is Helsdon takes a look at some high-tech And for those of us who aren’t driven 15 years old in its current format and title? handloading tools, while Bob Shell tells indoors by a Canadian winter, I take The first issue using the current name was us how to make blanks. For the do-it- a Canadian rifle coyote hunting. The published in January 2002. Well before yourself gun owner, Lowell Strauss Modern Varmint, built by Alberta Tacti- that, the NFA’s regular publication was checks out a complete armourer’s tool cal Rifle Services, is a non-restricted called the NFA Journal. Later the name kit for the AR. But if working on guns semi-custom rifle that is a coyote’s switched to Point Blank, and then to Cana- isn’t your strength, Ed Osborne and nightmare. The Canadian gun industry dian Firearms Journal. That very first publi- Don MacLean highlight a couple of is alive and well! cation of the NFA Journal is dated August gunsmith shops at opposite ends of the Please note that because of persistent 1978, meaning we’ll be 40 years old in less country. I’m sure you’ll find the contrast spam we’re changing the editor’s email than two years. Party time! between old-school and new-school address to [email protected]. Let me Until then, we’ll carry on bringing you gunsmithing as fascinating as I did. know what you think about the new the same great writers and illustrators Winter is a great time to shoot airguns, look. It’s still your magazine. January/February 2017 w w w . n f a . c a 5 President’s Message Sheldon Clare Looking Back On 2016 t is with some measure of pride that has died an agonizingly slow death in hear from knowledgeable people who I look back at the NFA’s accomplish- the Senate, due in large measure to our have bought into the licensing regime, ments over the past year. efforts in contacting senators directly, saying it is a way to stop people who IWe have elected, by acclamation, a and through your efforts in making sure shouldn’t have firearms from getting new executive of passionate, committed they heard our collective concerns. In them, the fact of the matter is that no firearms activists who are keen to take addition, we have become an important, licence, registration certificate or other the fight to the Trudeau government. respected player on the international piece of paper prevents subsequent We have taken the Quebec government scene with our strong and principled bad choices or criminal behaviour. It to court over its attempt to establish a stand against the Arms Trade Treaty, UN hasn’t in the past, and it won’t in the new firearms registration system in that marking and other dumb ideas that will future. This country had no licence or province. And we have successfully de- only harm civilian firearms owners. background checks for most of its exis- fended threats to the NFA, and watched Even with all these positive efforts, tence and there was no problem with our organization grow. our major challenges remain, particu- ownership and possession of firearms. Our efforts on publicizing the foolish larly the failed Firearms Act of succes- The knee-jerk laws of 1968, 1978, 1989 decision of the government to prohibit sive Conservative and Liberal govern- and 1995 have had nothing whatsoever Ruger 10/22 magazines with a capac- ments that gave us the successive bad to do with preventing criminal activity, ity greater than 10 rounds is beginning legislation of bills C-17 and C-68. Un- and everything to do with promoting a to put pressure on the government. In like some organizations, the NFA has civil disarmament agenda. particular, your efforts as an NFA mem- remained steadfast in its opposition to The NFA is firm on this point. It is not ber in contacting the Minister of Public these bills and their main feature, the a radical position; it is merely one of Safety and your MP to express your con- licensing of owners. Licensing remains common sense. Certainly, there are in- cern about the Liberal firearms control the main obstacle to lawful ownership dividuals who should not have access to agenda are critical in getting the govern- and possession of firearms. Simply firearms or other dangerous equipment, ment to listen to us. As well, Bill S-223 put, it’s not okay for the government to and the good judgement of members force you to have a licence to own your of the firearms community has long own property. And it’s not okay for the been the main bulwark in preventing government to prohibit you from pass- the wrong people from having access to ing your property on to your heirs, and firearms.