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There was Cooey, and the Inglis military arms of course.
Are, or were there any other makers of firearms in Canada?

Longbranch made a few.

Doesn't Savage made some rimfires up there?

I have a Savage model 30 replica in 22 WMR made in Canada, that's all I know about it.

Had one of those in 22 LR, should have kept it

Fierce Firearms are made in Quebec. High end, light weight bolt action rifles. Winchester made quite a few firearms in Canada back in the day.

Savage rimfires continue to be made in Ontario.

Most IMR powder is made in Canada, shipped south in bulk, packaged in the US.

F

I remember Layne Simpson article about Prairie Gunworks high end action / rifles. Many years ago.

Cooey and Ross. The Cooey plant changed hands a few times, Cooey, Winchester, Lakefield, and now Savage. Ross made sporting rifles as well as military.

I remember a line of Imperial Magnum Cartridges advertised in gun rags of some years ago.

Ralf Martini make some very nice bespoke bolt actions, usually on commercial mauser actions. Martin Hagn makes his own single shot action that is ingenious, artistic, compact and functional. Tobin arms made some basic double barrel shotguns way back in the day. Beretta has recently licensed the rights to a special version of the Tikka rifle for the Canadian Rangers to use for arctic patrol duty. The Ross straight pull bolt rifle was way ahead of its time and plagued with some flawed design and user error issues. PGW defence for military and military type weapons. Just to name a few.

I have a Winchester Model 370 16 ga. single shot shotgun that belonged to my grandfather. It was made in Canada.

Winchester used to make guns in Cobourg, Ontario for quite awhile.

Jim

Thanks for the information, sir.

Only one I have is a sporterized #4 Mk.I Lee-Enfield made at Long Branch in 1945. That was near Toronto IIRC? I've heard that the factory was demolished at some point after it closed up.

colodog;
Good afternoon sir, hopefully this finds you well.

On the Imperial Magnum line, I knew/know the founder/designer of the line Aubrey White well enough to chat with him every year at the local gun show and he remembers me and I used to know him better at the inception of the Imperial Magnum days.

If memory serves the rifles were mostly Sako actions, McLennan barrels and McMillan stocks. They were put together by Knobe Uno (sp?) who did top shelf work anytime I saw it.

For folks interested in Cooey history, here's decent link that gives the cliff notes.
http://www.gunownersofcanada.ca/showthread.php?180-A-Canadian-Heritage-Cooey-Firearms

The folks in Coburg had a deal with Mossberg for awhile too where they made 500 series pump shotguns. They're stamped "Lakefield-Mossberg 500AB" mostly, though there is a "B" too if memory serves. There was a 400 series too now that I think about it - can't for the life of me recall the differences right off now though.

I want to say Para Ordnance pistols started out up here but now I see they're made south of the medicine line.

There are some smaller manufacturers making up 700 clone and AR type actions up here too. I hear good things about both, but don't recall holding either one personally.

Anyway if any others come to mind I'll add them too, but that's it for right now.

Hopefully that was useful for someone out there tonight. All the best to you all this summer.

Dwayne

Good evening Dwayne, it's nice to see you post!

wabigoon;
Good evening to you sir and thanks kindly for the positive feedback.

I believe you know that I'm a fan of Cooey arms and if pressed might be able to cogitate how many I've owned over the years, but it'd take some doing as I've had a couple or three.

A good friend is in the process of amassing a collection of Cooey and/or Winchester Cooey single shot shotguns now.

His latest is marked "Sureshot" which was the Eaton's house brand and it's in incredible shape. The case hardening looks 95% on it.

The holy grail of Cooey shotguns is a 28 gauge - we've only seen photos so far....

I've had a Lakefield-Mossberg 500AB for 42 years now - maybe 43 actually - and it's been reliable enough that when I went out looking for a bear repellent arm for our daughter and her husband I sought out another one as a basis for that build.

They - Cooey again - made some really neat and relatively rare .22 rimfire rifles when the partnership with Winchester was going. One was the Model 490, which looked like a miniature Model 100.

Here's a youtube video describing them at about the 7 minute mark.
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Anyway sir, thanks again for the kindness you've continuously shown me, I do appreciate it.

All the best to you and yours this summer.

Dwayne

Ross made a service rifle and sporters. Para made 1911's in canada. Colt make some of their ARs. Cooey, savage, Epps. I am sure there are more from our days as a hunting nation before the lefties took over

Had forgotten about the Para-Ordinance. Bought one of those when they where only making frames and magazines. Built it up with Colt parts.

ATRS -Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply.

They build several models including their versions of AR10 and AR15 "type" rifles which are non-restricted in Canada.

There are a few other newish Canadian companies making firearms and/or actions.

Among them is NEA, a manufacturer of AR15 variants and firearms accessories, they are also in the process of getting a semi-auto black rifle thru the FRT process.

Ultimatum in BC, KS Arms in AB, and Insite Arms in AB are all making their own precision rifle actions.

There may be others?

In addition to their Modern Hunter and Modern Varminter, I think ATRS also makes their own precision bolt actions.

Diemaco, now Colt Canada manufactures all small arms for the Canadian Forces, including the C7/C8 family of rifles/carbines. They also supply the Danes, British SAS and many other friendly allies, law enforcement agencies and SF units.

Dlask Arms on the west coast are something of a boutique firearms manufacturers concentrating mostly on AR pattern rifles, super short 870 type shotguns and custom 1911s.

NEA or North Eastern Arms started out manufacturing parts/accessories for the Vz58 family of rifles, but moved on to 10/22 chassis and a wide range of AR-15/AR-10 pattern rifles.

Para-Ordnance used to be located in Ontario. They started out selling frames, moved on to their pioneering double stack 1911 pattern pistols and introduced the LDA pattern 1911. After the death of one of the founders, Para-Ord was moved to the US and eventually bought out and rolled into the Cerberus group of companies.

Inglis built Browning Hi-Powers during WWII for Allied forces and they remain the principal sidearm of the Canadian Forces.

Cooey was an iconic builder of simple, but extremely robust single shot break action shotguns and single/repeater rimfire rifles. It was eventually purchased by Winchester and continued to build the same essential product line under the Winchester name before eventually ceasing operations some years later.

Lakefield built/builds an expansive line of rimfire rifles and continue to do so today, but under the Savage brand.

PGW builds high end tactical and sniper rifles for the Canadian Forces and other friendly nations and civilians.

ATRS - Started out as a custom gunsmith/builder of tactical and target rifles that expanded into high end billet ARs; eventually morphed into a boutique manufacturer of AR pattern rifles and developed several competing black rifle designs, including the Modern Hunter and Modern Varmint, to service the Canadian civilian market.

S&J Hardware - Started out manufacturing a line of innovative tactical combat shotgun parts and rails, eventually moved into black rifles.

There are a number of small companies selling AR lowers under their brand, but manufactured in the US. Blueline and SFRC come to mind.

Canada Ammo, under its Dominion Arms brand has imported a wide range of tactical and sporting rifles and shotguns and is now manufacturing some product lines here in Canada instead of China.

Longbranch Arsenal - famed manufacturer of Lee-Enfield pattern rifles and related to service the Canadian and Commonwealth militaries. Sadly gone for ages.

Ross Rifles - Homegrown manufacturer of the Ross rifle that initially equipped Canadian Expeditionary Force in WWII. It superficially resembled more traditional Lee-Enfield pattern rifles, but used a straight pull action that proved unsuitable to the trench warfare of WWI. The Quebec company turned out some great target rifles, but were wholly unsuited to the role of battle rifle.

There might be a couple of others, in fact I think there may be another AR type company starting up in Alberta, but the name escapes me.

I still have a my first gun, a Winchester 37A single barrel 410 shotgun,that was made in Canada.