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RCMP’s Top Gun Suppliers 2016: Colt Canada, M.D. Charlton, S&W

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RCMP Gun Suppliers 2016

Colt Canada Corp. was the RCMP’s biggest supplier of guns last year, as Canada’s national police equipped officers with AR-15 rifles. M.D. Charlton Co., which sells SIG Sauer, Mossberg and Winchester among its brands, came second, followed by Smith & Wesson Corp. in third place.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police bought more than $8.7 million of weapons and parts in 2016, according to calculations by TheGunBlog.ca based on contract reports on the RCMP’s website. The amount includes only orders exceeding $10,000.

The federal police purchased $2.7 million in firearms from Kitchener, Ontario-based Colt Canada and $1.8 million in guns from Victoria, British Columbia-based M.D. Charlton, out of 21 weapons suppliers listed in the reports.

The top-two vendors accounted for more sales than all the other contractors combined.

The reports also showed that the RCMP bought $7.9 million of munitions and ammunition, almost all of which was supplied by the Canadian subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp. of the U.S.

RCMP’s Suppliers of Weapons, Including Parts, in 2016 (Contracts > $10,000)

Rank Name Amount ($)
1 Colt Canada 2,683,866
2 M.D. Charlton 1,814,859
3 Smith & Wesson 1,049,235
4 Rampart International 576,514
5 Summit Canada 552,380
6 Mega-Tech 436,717
7 Korth Group 383,823
8 Wolverine Supplies 364,841
9 Gravel Agency 268,158
10 Calgary Shooting Centre 200,713
11 Questar International 71,102
12 911 Supply 63,090
13 C&R Developments 45,862
14 Production Case 38,724
15 Millbrook Tactical 35,962
16 Valley Associates 33,452
17 GP Tactical 20,997
18 Custom Hardware Distributors 20,684
19 Acklands-Grainger 17,157
20 Cubic Defense Applications 16,025
21 Tetragon-Tasse Distributors 13,113
TOTAL 8,707,274

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