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CZ 805 Bren S1
The older Czech service rifle, predecessor to the Bren 2. Both generations Already Gone in the same SOR/2024-248 OIC.
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CZ Bren 2 Ms
Czech Armed Forces' current service rifle in civilian form. Premium-tier Czech engineering. Named alongside the older CZ 805 Bren.
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Norinco Type 81
China's PLA service rifle 1981. The most popular Canadian-market AK-adjacent rifle for several years. SOR/2020-96 named the family.
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FN F2000
FN's bullpup. Slovenian service rifle in civilian form. SOR/2020-96 named it alongside the broader FN family.
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FN FAL (Fusil Automatique Léger)
The Cold War's "Right Arm of the Free World." Adopted by 90 militaries. SOR/2020-96 named the family. The FAL's Canadian story closes.
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Heckler & Koch HK91 / HK93 / HK94 civilian family (G3 / HK33 / MP5 platforms in civilian semi-auto form)
HK's G3-derived civilian family. The roller-delayed blowback platform that defined HK's commercial presence through the 1970s–1990s. Closes HK's postmortem on the Index.
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Astra Arms MG556
Niche Swiss premium-tier AR-pattern. Astra Arms's commercial Canadian presence ended with SOR/2024-248.
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Excel Arms X-9R / X-5.7R
Niche-chambering PCC. The 5.7×28mm variant is one of very few civilian semi-auto 5.7 rifles outside the FN PS90.
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Cobra Mark 1 / Mark 2 Carbine (and standard "Cobra" platform)
Niche budget American PCC, sub-$800 retail. The bottom of the PCC price tier on the Index, alongside the Hi-Point Carbines.
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FAMAE Chilean SIG variants (collective)
Chilean license production of the Swiss SIG SG 540 family. The other half of the SIG SG 550 lineage's Canadian-market story.
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FN FNC
FN's long-term 5.56 design — the production successor to the FN CAL. Belgian service rifle 1989; civilian export variants prohibited 2024.
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B&T APC223 (and APC223-SA, APC300, APC300-SA, APC308-SA, SPC223, SPC300 variants)
B&T's centrefire sibling to the APC9 PCC family. Swiss premium-tier engineering, $4,500–$7,000 price band, same regulatory outcome.