Located out by the IKEA in South West Winnipeg there’s 70,000 square feet of outdoors gear, amazing wildlife displays and the classic Cabelas fudge shop.  I was excited to see such a huge selection of camping and fishing gear along with footwear and apparel.  Ultimately my main interest is firearms and I spent most of the tour in that section.

They didn’t have all their stock in place yet as Cabelas takes great pains to ensure that their firearms inventory is tracked and accounted for.  On first glance there seems to be at least double the amount of counter space for the ‘gun desk’ including a fantastic local ‘Gun Library’.

If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, the Gun Library features examples of collectible firearms along with some of the ‘big ticket’ guns.  I spotted a nice old Cooey, side by side with a few ancient octagon barrel lever guns, a Colt revolver and some Sig custom shop pistols.  It’s a beautiful presentation and in my opinion a must see on any trip to the store.

Ammo was in abundance including bulk pistol, rifle and shotgun ammo.  Most is self serve although there will be a staff person on the floor to assist with ammo purchases.  I was a little disappointed by the reloading section as I was hoping to see a good stock of bulk projectiles as in the US locations.  To be fair they did triple the display for premium rifle and pistol bullets, but as a high volume shooter I was hoping for bulk packs of Berrys or other pistol bullets which are always hard in demand.  It’s possible I missed that stuff as the overall size of the store was a little overwhelming!

If you’re not a fan of the big box experience you might want to take advantage of their ISP (in store pick up) plan.  Orders will be waiting at a desk in the store for quick and efficient service.

The new store opens at 11am on May 9th.  Thanks to the staff at Cabelas for the sneak peek!

Ingo won CDP
Rob won SSP
Dan took ESP

& honourable mention to Steve, our lone wheelgunner this match.

Full Results Here:  April.mdpl.matchResults
Hat cam video featuring Rick & Jamie is below:

5.11 days

5.11 Day returns at Urban Tactical in Winnipeg.

9am-6pm the store is open with great discounts on 5.11 gear.  Door prizes and a BBQ are also part of the fun.  Full details will be added to the Facebook event - HERE

See you there!

• May 25th – MDPL New Shooters Course

• July 20 – Phase Line Green Pistol – $275
• July 21 – Phase Line Green Shotgun – $275

Contact rob@mdpl.ca for more information or to register.

The next MDPL match will be April 27 at the Firing Line.  We will post other regional matches when we have the details.

Online membership & renewals seem improved and there is a profile page for the MDPL too!

Our next match is April 27th, stay tuned for more details.

(1x) Rifle, (1x) Shotgun and (2x) Handgun Centre fire only! – Now 6 Stages
Shooting starts at 0930 hrs. Range Safety Brief 0900 hrs

Course of fire:  Winter Shoot 2013

This is a fun & friendly match and a great chance to check out Wolverine Supplies, our choice firearms retailer.

Our CDP champ and 1911 side match winner was Keith.
Claudio won ESP
Rob won SSP
Bill was our most accurate shooter.

Overall results are posted below, full stage results can be found here:  Practiscore.com

Match results will be up soon and we’ll send out an email update once they are posted. In the meantime, enjoy the video that Rick shot of yesterdays match: