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/DoYouGetSarcasm Mar 22 '26

Is the buyback the upgrade? Are they giving our gsg 16s to the army?

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u/Easy7777 Mar 22 '26

Pink only

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u/leeant13 Mar 22 '26

Sad part ? I bought my gsg-16 in pink as a range plinker after the first buy back and actually said " yeah but at least theyll never ban THAT"