It may not look like it sometimes, but we’re in fantastic shape right now with hunting rifle availability in Canada. More gun shops are importing from more places, and most of them are selling online and shipping nationwide. I was a bit curious to see what kind of general availability we had online, so I decided to create a list that had shops with half-decent websites and generally good inventory of hunting rifles. The list got a bit long and crazy, but I thought it did a decent job of showing which stores carry the most varied inventory. On that framework, let’s look at some of Canada’s most popular bolt action rifles (selected completely from my gut) and see how many places sell them online.

Inventory and availability changes. Please call or check the website of the store listed for inventory before embarking on any epic cross-country journey to buy a rifle.

Remington 700 SPS

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Wanstalls, Frontier Firearms, Prophet River, Grouse River, Ellwood Epps, P&D Enterprises, SFRC, Reliable Gun, Gagnon Sports.

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Frontier Firearms, Grouse River, Ellwood Epps, Wolverine Supplies, P&D Enterprises, Reliable Gun.

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Frontier Firearms, Grouse River, Ellwood Epps, Wolverine Supplies, P&D Enterprises, SFRC, Reliable Gun, Gagnon Sports.

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Frontier Firearms, Prophet River, Grouse River, Ellwood Epps, Wolverine Supplies, SFRC, Reliable Gun, Gagnon Sports.

Ruger Hawkeye

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Prophet River, Ellwood Epps, SFRC, Gagnon Sports.

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Frontier Firearms, Prophet River, Grouse River, Ellwood Epps, Wolverine Supplies, Al Flaherty’s, P&D Enterprises, Reliable Gun, Gagnon Sports.

Browning AB3

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Ellwood Epps.

Weatherby Vanguard Series 2

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Gobles, Prophet River, Ellwood Epps, Al Flaherty’s, SFRC, Reliable Gun, Gagnon Sports.

Weatherby Mark V

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Frontier Firearms, Prophet River, Ellwood Epps, Al Flaherty’s.

Tikka T3 Lite

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Gobles, Wanstalls, Prophet River, Grouse River, Ellwood Epps, Wolverine Supplies, Al Flaherty’s, P&D Enterprises, Reliable Gun, Gagnon Sports.

Sako 85

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Grouse River, Ellwood Epps, Al Flaherty’s, P&D Enterprises, Gagnon Sports.

Winchester Model 70

Available from: Wholesale Sports, Cabelas, Gobles, Prophet River, Ellwood Epps, Gagnon Sports.

Thompson Center Venture

Available from: Frontier Firearms, Prophet River, Al Flaherty’s, Gagnon Sports.