r/canadaguns • u/DustyPotatoes22 • Mar 18 '26
Misc Is Black Creek Labs still making commercial firearms?
Was hoping to get my hands on a Bison in 5.56 this year, but it seems like everywhere is sold out, and the BCL site is down (for me at least). Anyone have any info on this?
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u/HappyCan7250 Mar 18 '26
I've been wondering this too. I was eyeing them. I have seen one or two shops seemingly offering them on backorder stilll, but that might just be a error on their part. I wouldn't necessarily want to buy a gun from a shutdown company because replacing parts could get really tricky if anything breaks. They're neat guns though. Hard to find a scout/short barreled 223 right now, everywhere is sold out of stuff like RAR Ranch, MVP Patrol, BCLs, etc.
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u/He4vyD00dy Mar 18 '26
Phone around to your local Canadian tires, I got a Gen 1 on sale that was hiding behind the counter
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u/Iokua_CDN Mar 20 '26
Yup stock is low everywhere. I grabbed a cz 600 trail to get that rail and 16 inch barrel.
Blc I think is the only one who offers 12.5 inch barrels
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u/TheRealTwooni Mar 19 '26
Based on this, it sounds like NEXT Dynamics bought BCL and owns the rights to their small arms
Technologies, Manufacturing & Distribution By way of the BCL assets acquisition, Next Dynamics owns the following state-of-the-art military technologies and assets: • Firearms: Manufacturing rights for pistols, the SRV2 Badger semi-automatic rifle, and the Bolt Action Rifle. o Examples include: High Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, a cutting-edge tactical vehicle designed for high
https://www.otcmarkets.com/financialReportViewer?symbol=NEXD&id=510496
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u/NeruLight Mar 18 '26
I’ve got an MRX Bronco Howitzer .223 wylde and I feel pretty darn privileged and lucky to have scored one, new retail, in 2026. Don’t care what anyone else thinks , I’ve put a couple hundred rounds through mine and it’s been flawless. Made in Canada. Beautiful!
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u/RudeGolden Mar 27 '26
How the heck did you find one? I've been looking everywhere for months :(
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u/NeruLight Mar 27 '26
I was basically just googling every day until I saw one pop up. Same with Ruger X-22. The moment I saw one for sale I got in my car and drove fast 😂. The CZ Trail is the closest thing that I can think of to one of these that’s easier to find (but can’t fold down to 20”!). Alternately you could settle for a longer barrel BCL. Out of all my stuff this is the one my American friends think is the coolest one 😎
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u/TreeMassive4852 Apr 22 '26
I have an mrx bison its a 5.56 18 inch barrel and its a sub moa gun at 200 yards my range dont go farther or i would push it
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u/NeruLight Apr 22 '26
That is really solid! I’m not a particularly good shooter, so it does everything I need it to (look real cool, function, hit paper.) 😆 I feel like people sleep on these. When I’m in the gun shops and I see one I think “dang that looks so great.” I’ve got a friend in the states with a big collection and access to so much, and he thinks the little MRX is cool and I just beam with pride hehe
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u/TreeMassive4852 Apr 22 '26
Great gun really its not a sniper rifle.by any means but they shoot decent.
I wanted one in 300 blackout but was unable to locate one
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u/blueline731 Mar 18 '26
That’s a pity if they’re out, was hoping to pick up one of their rifles soon, they looked fun.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Tie35 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26
It looks like they might be rebranding again, the link to their website say "NEXT Dynamics" on google
Edit: yeah, googling next dynamics shows the SRV2 on their website.
Edit 2: it looks like next dynamics has existed for a while, and Rob MacIntyre has been the CEO since last year, so he probably just offloaded BCL into it.