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Net Sales | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2017
Disclosure Net Sales [Abstract] |
Net Sales | 6. Net Sales The following table sets forth the breakdown of net sales for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively (in thousands):
| For the Year Ended April 30, |
| 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Handguns | $ |  | 556,566 |  |  | $ |  | 485,413 |  |  | $ |  | 395,500 |
Long Guns |  |  | 179,612 |  |  |  |  | 127,607 |  |  |  |  | 90,178 |
Walther |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 506 |
Other Products & Services |  |  | 36,819 |  |  |  |  | 39,045 |  |  |  |  | 45,038 |
Firearms Segment |  |  | 772,997 |  |  |  |  | 652,065 |  |  |  |  | 531,222 |
Outdoor Products & Accessories Segment |  |  | 130,191 |  |  |  |  | 70,843 |  |  |  |  | 20,640 |
Total Net Sales | $ |  | 903,188 |  |  | $ |  | 722,908 |  |  | $ |  | 551,862 |
All of our firearms are currently sold under our Smith & Wesson, M&P, Performance Center, and Thompson/Center Arms brands. Depending upon the product or service, our firearm customers include distributors; federal, state, and municipal law enforcement agencies and officers; government and military agencies; businesses; retailers; and consumers. We sell outdoor products & accessories under our Caldwell, Wheeler, Tipton, Thompson/Center Arms, Frankford Arsenal, Lockdown, Hooyman, BOG-POD, Golden Rod, Non-Typical, Crimson Trace, Imperial, Schrade, Old Timer, UST, and KeyGear brands. Our outdoor products and accessories customers are generally businesses, distributors, retailers, and consumers. We sell our products worldwide. The following table sets forth the breakdown of export net sales included in the above table. Our export net sales accounted for 3%, 3%, and 4% of total net sales for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively (in thousands):
| For the Year Ended April 30, |  |
Region | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |
Europe | $ |  | 11,545 |  |  | $ |  | 8,913 |  |  | $ |  | 8,164 |  |
Asia |  |  | 4,046 |  |  |  |  | 3,989 |  |  |  |  | 1,463 |  |
Latin America |  |  | 1,778 |  |  |  |  | 2,593 |  |  |  |  | 1,643 |  |
All others international |  |  | 10,418 |  |  |  |  | 9,120 |  |  |  |  | 11,570 |  |
Total international net sales | $ |  | 27,787 |  |  | $ |  | 24,615 |  |  | $ |  | 22,840 |  |
Our Firearm and Outdoor Products & Accessories businesses own tooling that is located at various suppliers in Asia and North America.

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