r/canadaguns • u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist • Mar 22 '26

News / Politics / Activism Canada fast-tracks army rifle upgrade with $307M initial order | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/army-rifles-defence-procurement-canada-9.7134518

Was this Colt’s reward for participating in the gun confiscation program?

$307,000,000 rifle contract.

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u/NaiveTension4164 Mar 22 '26

Anyone else actually seethe rifle they want to swap it with just did a quick search it is literally to me atleast a HK416 lmao like colt re did HK’s design I think it’s retarded I’ve never served but pretty sure the c8s would’ve been fine and maybe let’s get a few more LAV’s since we’re sending no phone a 1/3 of our APC’s to Ukraine but nah spend 300 million on a rifle contract that you could’ve likely gotten cheaper if you just went to Germany and asked for HK416’s

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u/RYRK_ Mar 22 '26

I've never served but

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I don't see how it's "literally a 416" considering one of the defining features is the short stroke piston which we are not getting. It's a more modern rifle for sure with some advantages, but please come up with something better than lmao hk416 lol