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.

122 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

46 comments sorted by

View all comments

71

u/rastamasta45 Mar 22 '26

Gotta give colt Canada something since they cut the civilian sales to 0, love our government for that

23

u/Hotdog_Broth Mar 22 '26

Even if Colt Canada could still sell to the public, I’m pretty sure they’ve cut their sales to almost 0 by their own doing

1

u/DwayneGretzky306 Mar 23 '26

They 100% did. They started super engaged with civilians during the SA20/15 and then the IUR and then I think black MRR came out but and then eventually lost interest I believe around the time of a Tan coloured MRR and completely stopped selling to civilians.