r/canadaguns • u/ivanlarav • Apr 25 '26

Buy recommendations Looking for advice

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PAL coming soon. Is this a good idea? Or should I go easy and buy just buy one or two and take it easy?

  1. Kel-Tec KSG Shotgun, 18.50" Barrel, 12+1 Dual Tube Magazine, Tan, 12GA

  2. Maple Ridge Armoury, Renegade MKII - Straight-Pull Rifle, 16.0" Nitride Barrel, 300

  3. Crusader Arms, Backland Hunter 556 Rifle, 18.70" Barrel, Bronze

  4. Brigade Mfg. MAKASI MK-15 Rifle, 5.56MM 18.60" Barrel, Short-Stroke Pis-ton, 12.00" M-LOK Handguard, Black

  5. Canuck Elite TacOp, Semi-Automatic Shotgun, 18.60" Chrome Lined Barrel, Black, 12GA

  6. Ruger Enhanced Precision Rifle, Gen 4, 24.00" Cold Hammer Forge 5R Barrel, M-LOK Handguard, 6.5 Creedmoor

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u/Reighzy Apr 25 '26

Honestly 80% of your list are total pieces of shit. I get the excitement but once you handle a quality firearm you'll never want to use the el cheapos again.

Purchasing firearms is cheap, it's the ammo that's the financial killer over time. I wouldn't blow your load on a bunch of guns before you even know what you enjoy shooting and are prepared to purchase ammo regularly for what you enjoy. Do you want to plink at a 25yd target at the range? 100 yd? 300 yd? How about shotguns (Clay sports - trap/skeet/five stand)?

Remember that you'll also need to buy cleaning kits and solvents, where the kits have different parts/attachments different based on calibre. A properly maintained and cleaned firearm works most reliably.

If you plan to fire at 100yds+, you'll absolutely need a scope, scope rings, bipod, shooting bag. These accessories together should cost you almost as much as the rifle you bought, if not more. And that's for each rifle.

I'd buy a good long-barreled 12ga shotgun for clay sports, a quality .22lr (semi auto or bolt), and a quality higher powered bolt-action rifle (6.5 Creedmoor, 308). That will give you a lot of variety to figure out what you enjoy doing at the range and where you like spending money on ammo. You can keep making financial decisions based on that afterwards. Your wallet will hate you for shooting the 6.5 Creedmoor or 308 with any regularity ($2-$3 per trigger pull). Don't buy a KSG, it's a plasticky hunk of shit. Also don't buy anything Turkish, you will regret it.