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Barrett Model 98B / 98
Barrett's bolt-action .338 Lapua precision rifle. Named in SOR/2024-248 alongside the older M82 / M107 .50 BMG semi-auto family from SOR/2020-96.
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Beretta A400
The Index's first Medium-band entry. Currently Non-restricted; the rubric flags it as structurally in the conversation. Medium ≠ "imminent ban."
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Steyr Mannlicher Pro Hunter
Steyr's premium-tier hunting bolt-action — separate division from the Steyr AUG military line. Austrian engineering at the top of the bolt-action ladder.
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Remington Model 783
Remington's budget-tier sibling to the Model 700. Same action geometry, simpler finishing, $549–$799 CAD retail.
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CZ 527
CZ's compact bolt-action — Mini-Mauser controlled-feed, single-set trigger, sized for short-action cartridges. Continuous Czech production since 1995.
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Czech Small Arms SA VZ61 Combat
Civilian semi-auto Vz61 Skorpion. Same Czechoslovak Cold War lineage as the larger CZ Scorpion EVO 3. Different cartridge family; same regulatory outcome.
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ArmaLite AR-180B
Eugene Stoner's other AR. Designed in 1963 to be manufacturable abroad. The platform that influenced everything from the Crusader 9 to the SA80.
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Daewoo K2 / DR200
South Korea's service rifle in civilian form. Imported to Canada in the 1990s as an early non-AR semi-auto. Named SOR/2020-96.
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Gepard GM6 Lynx
The rubric's near-ceiling. Hungarian .50 BMG semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle. The most extreme platform on the Index by any measure.
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Freedom Ordnance FX-9
Freedom Ordnance's Canadian-market PCC favourite. AR-pattern lower, Glock magazine compatibility, budget-tier pricing. Named SOR/2024-248 with the entire PCC segment.
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Benelli MR1
Benelli's centrefire rifle entry. Italian engineering applied to the 5.56 sport-carbine market. Named SOR/2024-248 with the broader Italian flagship segment.
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CZ Scorpion EVO 3
Original-nine-families SOR/2020-96 entry. The Czech PCC that defined the Canadian sport-PCC market between 2010 and 2020.