I read around here the Savage have a "cheap" feel while another user regretted buying the GSG. I noticed .22LR rifles have high availability in general, so no fear of going out of stock so soon.
CZ Bren 2 Ms (NR) and IWI Tavor X95 (NR) were my first options, but they are out of stock everywhere. And, honestly, after the C-21, I don't think any retailer will be getting more with the risk of ban. At least the Raven I can order directly from the manufacturer.
I'm so pissed off C-21 passed I'll get what I can, but I'm just not really a fan of pistol carbines. It just does not feel right. LOL. I'll keep these in mind, though.
Regarding Savage - well, for sure no one would mistake them for high end firearms, and sure they may have a cheapness feel to them (because they are), BUT I will say this - my old Savage Mark II-G, which I paid very little for back in the day, is superb in terms of accuracy out of the box. I had it mated with some super cheap Bushnell fixed 4x32 scope I bought in the day - glass looks like someone rubbed vaseline on them compared to Leupolds, etc. Yes, my Mark II-G had issues with feeding with 10 round mags, but when it worked, it was super, and for the price, I couldn't lose. The A22 was also accurate out of the box. The trigger is not the greatest and I had a bolt issue which Savage/Stoeger fixed under warranty - again, for what I paid, I'm happy with the performance. Even my first precision rifle, it was a cheap Axis II Precision. It's no T3X but it was decent and took AICS mags and I enjoyed the feel of it (until I replaced it with the T3X TACT A1, which is far superior). As long as you know that Savage may feel cheap but is decent enough - it's good for starting one's collection.
I would never presume just because something is widely available now, means it will be in the future. Learned that the hard way in the past.
GSG - maybe it's a like or or hate it type of gun. Yes it is extremely plasticky feeling, because it's mostly plastic, but for look and feel, it's a hoot to shoot. But it is black and as such, it was on the G46 amendments list...and if the FAC does its review, I highly suspect it will just regurgitate that G46 list and start from there and add. Mendicino even intimated that's what will happen (I know he's no longer in that position, but I don't expect LeBlanc to take his foot off the gas on this either when pushing for stuff - as they are all beholden to these special interest groups and Poly types and doctors groups and Ken Price and his minions, etc...
Bren 2. Would have loved to have had one. My retailer had it when it came out but I don't have that kind of money at this point. I have heard nothing but positive things about it. X95 you can still get them on the EE and on the secondary market. Probably with the current war, we won't see them at retailers anytime soon. And you may be right about C21's effects. Sure, the immediate target are prospective new up-and-coming semi auto centerfire models, but with the reconstitution of the FAC and what we all believe will be an arbitrary OIC of their previous G4/G46 shopping list, retailers will undoubtedly think twice before stocking intermediate to large volumes of anything which may be on the chopping block. They have seen this play out before and don't want to get caught holding the bag.
But that said, this is probably as good of a time as any to pick up whatever you want, irrespective of what the government may / may not do. It is pretty much a foregone conclusion that the Liberals will not win the next election in any form - even the historically pro-Liberal pollsters have them behind now even in the best case scenario for them...it's only a matter of time before PP becomes PM. No one knows really how the gun file will shake out. If Raquel Dancho or Dane Lloyd or Glen Motz or Doug Shipley or Blaine Calkins becomes our PS minister, that would bode well for us. BUT until PP gets into power, it's hard to say what DEGREE of change he MAY make. I have my own thoughts and viewpoints, but just like everyone else, it's just speculation. Some people have shared the CSSA dinner video speech claiming he will reverse the 2020 OIC. I have seen nothing explicitly or otherwise implied indicating he will reverse that. He said he will stand up for gun owners and farmers and hunters and sport shooters, but the nuances of that statement will remain to be seen. From what I recall, it is more of a possibility that C21 will be repealed/replaced, but now that it is enshrined into law, who really knows what will happen. There will always be political capital considerations, and of course he will be facing a vitriolic media which will twist, distort and contort everything he says. So he would be wise to speak in generalities for now and not repeat O'Toole's mistake.
For PCCs - feel is obviously subjective, but it also depends on what you have tried. There is a huge difference in the feel of, say, a Sub2000 compared to an FX9 compared to a Kriss Vector.
