Interesting. I just watched a you tube video of Mike Meir in 2016 speaking about the various new styles of rifles they were releasing to the American market:
Pistol version , SBR , 14 " carbine , 16 " carbine and get this..... an 18.5" version as well.
NO MENTION WHATSOEVER OF THE 18.5" BEING DESIGNED OR RELEGATED FOR THE CDN MARKET.
When asked on.pricing he stated " retail for carbine length and longer was set at $1500 USD
Retail for SBR was $1100 USD.
My how things change lol
So then more corroborating evidence that M+M would never have told Wanstalls $1450 CAD was kosher... since they even said the US 18.5" model would be $1500 US.