PGW Winding down operations

Very sad to hear. I love their rifles, I'm happy to own one.

That being said, I can't quite make sense of the post. Winding down operations, but still available for warranty claims and possibly the odd production run? Are they just getting out of the civilian market, focusing only on military and police contracts?
 
They don't even have to ban guns when all they have to do is over regulate you out of business. Sad to see such a quality manufacturer succumb to this but this is EXACTLY what the globalist gun grabbers want.
 
Sad to see them go, they build some really iconic rifles. I still love their unique look of the spiral fluted barrels in the McM A5 stock. I still want something with that look, like a PGW Coyote.

The writing has been on the wall for a while for PGW, and unfortunately I don't think PGW helped themselves by not updating their rifles. They started in a really cool spot with some really nice rifles in a period where there wasn't much competition, but we've seen a renaissance in the precision rifle world in the past ~5-10 years, and PGW got passed by other rifles that kept up with recent technology and ingenuity.

Also probably didn't help that CADEX got into the market, a big defense contractor based out of Quebec. In Canada, it seems impossible to compete with Quebec based companies when you rely on the government for contracts and regulatory/export requirements.

Regardless, sad to see PGW go, this is certainly a loss to the Canadian precision rifle market. Hopefully this allows them to reinvent themselves and come out of it a stronger and better company.
 
https: //globalnews.ca/news/8101089/canada-weapons-lav-saudi-arabia-yemen-war/

Between 2016 and 2019, Canada exported nearly 5,000 rifles to Saudi Arabia, with the majority being sniper rifles manufactured by PGW Defence Technologies Inc. in Winnipeg, Man., according to the report.
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That is min50 Million+ 12.5M per year revenue, on average 80 rifles a month+ accessories.

I think the main reason is that export to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kurds, Ukraine....all these interesting places have been going under serious scrutiny ( or they are no longer "allies" ), which are the main money making projects for some CDN arms makers ( like GD), some of them are CDN government money.

Based on what they post, it looks like they are going to take it easy, go on a vacation, scale down and back to the pre-war scale.
 
Sound like they may continue to do small runs of rifles in the future; which I am hopeful they will do. Sadly sold my Coyote and not in the cards currently to purchase one. The Coyote in the McMillan Stock has an iconic look.
 
greentips said:
https: //globalnews.ca/news/8101089/canada-weapons-lav-saudi-arabia-yemen-war/



That is min50 Million+ 12.5M per year revenue, on average 80 rifles a month+ accessories.

I think the main reason is that export to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kurds, Ukraine....all these interesting places have been going under serious scrutiny ( or they are no longer "allies" ), which are the main money making projects for some CDN arms makers ( like GD), some of them are CDN government money.

Based on what they post, it looks like they are going to take it easy, go on a vacation, scale down and back to the pre-war scale.
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This is more accurate than what kthomas has said.
 
Hey all.....yes it is true we are winding down however retaining the ability to resurface if required. As the founder of the original Prairie Gun Works in a small garage obviously I have many feelings about this....

Its no secret that i have been absent from the company for the last 18 months or so due to some personal reasons however it was the sole fixture in my life for 27 years or so. We have survived numerous setbacks and have taken part in political intrigue all over the world. We produced thousands and thousands of deployed sniper rifles and we have completed contracts in excess of 20 mil. Not bad for a bunch of folks without any post secondary degrees.

My longtime partners Steve and Roxanne have worked hard for many years and Steve has arguably been the preeminent firearms designer of the last 20 years in the world.

I have got to live life as an international arms dealer and have travelled the world with this....I have gone toe to toe with Chrystia Freeland and won....we have participated in numerous programs in the middle east, Europe and other places. i have gotten beaten up by SF operators while participating in their training. We have written many training programs, have been summoned to the UN to explain various things, participated as activists in the political process and for the most part we won, have given speeches to cheering crowds of Ukrainians happy we were supplying goods to fight Putin's horde.

We have also continually supported firearms rights, hunting and the shooting sports in a way that no other Canadian company ever has in this country. i have been able to use our goods hunting all over the world generally with my kids along and that has been a privilege.

There has never been a firearms company nor will there ever be in this country that was as good as us at what we did....We were committed in ways that were so deep and personal that the individual pain we have all suffered was inevitable and massive. Having said that I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Cheers to all that supported us along the way and best regards to all...even Cadex :)

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