CSG, Speer's parent company, announced November 12 that it has been awarded a contract to supply the Canadian Department of National Defence with 4.2 million rounds of Gold Dot G2 135-grain 9mm JHP over up to three years, The Firearm Blog first reported. The award extends what CSG described as a long-standing relationship between Speer and the DND.

The Gold Dot G2 is Speer's second-generation duty hollow point, engineered to solve the velocity-dependent expansion problem that affects conventional hollow points when fired from compact or short-barreled handguns. The 135-grain load features a bonded jacket-and-core construction that holds the bullet together through intermediate barriers such as auto glass, drywall, and clothing. An elastomer-filled nose cavity displaces inward on impact to reliably initiate and control petal expansion at velocities well below those required by traditional hollow-point designs — a characteristic that matters in a military context where the same round is expected to perform from full-size service pistols and shorter-barreled compact sidearms alike. For NATO-aligned forces standardized on 9mm, a single-load solution that works across the entire issued handgun fleet simplifies logistics and procurement without sacrificing terminal performance.

David Kline, Speer's Director of Government Contract Engineering, described the award as a continuation of the company's history with Canadian defence customers. Gold Dot G2 is already in use across numerous U.S. federal agencies and state and local law enforcement departments, and the Canadian DND contract adds a significant allied-military qualification to that growing roster. Speer's duty ammunition line has built a reputation over decades of government contract performance, and the company has positioned Gold Dot G2 as the natural upgrade for agencies already running first-generation Gold Dot.

CSG produces Gold Dot G2 at Speer's manufacturing campus in Lewiston, Idaho. The company did not disclose the contract's dollar value. At 4.2 million rounds over three years, the volume represents a full-service supply commitment for a single foreign military agency — roughly equivalent to annual service-load demand for a mid-sized national police force, though the DND has not specified which branches or units will receive the ammunition.

Speer and CSG have remained active in military and law enforcement procurement markets throughout 2026. The DND award signals growing allied-nation demand for bonded-core 9mm duty loads as NATO members update their service-ammunition specifications to meet modern barrier penetration and terminal performance standards. Contract performance reporting from Canadian forces over the award's initial year will determine whether CSG is positioned to extend beyond the three-year term. Additional allied-military RFPs in the 9mm JHP market are expected before the end of fiscal 2027.