r/canadaguns • u/22GageEnthusiast • 24d ago

Competitions/matches Recently started my journey on becoming an "Olympic" sports shooter.

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Recently started attending bullseye/sport pistol practices at the gun club. I also plan to compete in sanctioned SFC matches as well. This is the gun that I've chosen to borrow from the club in the meantime. It's a Ruger Mark II Target. The gun belongs to the club but I will stick to using this exact model every time so I can build familiarity with it.

Hopefully by the end of the year I will have accumulated enough practice sessions and matches to get an exemption letter so I can buy my own "Olympic" style handgun.

I know the state of firearm laws in Canada are trash at the moment but I will continue to enjoy the sport/hobby any way I can.

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u/Equivalent-Shoe-1652 24d ago

What's the coolest pistols people have got under olympic exemption? I just can't get excited about the ruger personally. Taurus looks the most esthetically pleasing in opinion.

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u/22GageEnthusiast 24d ago

I have heard through the grapevine that the SFC is currently sending out exemption letters for any 22LR handgun.

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u/Equivalent-Shoe-1652 24d ago

I remember someone posted in here a few months ago about a pistol he was getting exemption for and was being brought in by irunguns from the states. Does anyone know if that went through? I want something that is more modern looking personally. Planning to get exemption this fall.

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u/22GageEnthusiast 24d ago

I'll probably have to use IRunGuns as well cuz it seems that they can get the model of handgun I want at the better price.

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u/Equivalent-Shoe-1652 23d ago

What pistol are you looking at?

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u/22GageEnthusiast 23d ago

One of the Ruger Mark IV models is the goal atm but I'd settle for a Mark II or III