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Net Sales | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2018
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, 2018, 2017, and 2016 (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended April 30, |
| 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Handguns | $ |  | 326,290 |  |  | $ |  | 556,566 |  |  | $ |  | 485,413 |
Long Guns |  |  | 90,222 |  |  |  |  | 179,612 |  |  |  |  | 127,607 |
Other Products & Services |  |  | 32,474 |  |  |  |  | 36,819 |  |  |  |  | 39,045 |
Firearms Segment |  |  | 448,986 |  |  |  |  | 772,997 |  |  |  |  | 652,065 |
Outdoor Products & Accessories Segment |  |  | 157,864 |  |  |  |  | 130,191 |  |  |  |  | 70,843 |
Total Net Sales | $ |  | 606,850 |  |  | $ |  | 903,188 |  |  | $ |  | 722,908 |
We sell our products and services in our Firearms segment under our Smith & Wesson, M&P, Performance Center, Gemtech, Thompson/Center Arms, and Smith & Wesson Precision Components brands. Depending upon the product or service, our firearm customers primarily include distributors; federal, state, and municipal law enforcement agencies and officers; government and military agencies; businesses; and retailers. We sell our outdoor products & accessories products under our Caldwell, Wheeler, Tipton, Frankford Arsenal, Smith & Wesson, M&P, Thompson/Center Arms, Lockdown, Hooyman, BOG-POD, Golden Rod, Non-Typical, Crimson Trace, Imperial, Schrade, Old Timer, Bubba Blade, UST, and KeyGear brands. Our outdoor products and accessories customers are generally, 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 5%, 3%, and 3% of total net sales for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended April 30, |  |
Region | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |
Europe | $ |  | 9,586 |  |  | $ |  | 11,545 |  |  | $ |  | 8,913 |  |
Asia |  |  | 4,725 |  |  |  |  | 4,046 |  |  |  |  | 3,989 |  |
Latin America |  |  | 2,038 |  |  |  |  | 1,778 |  |  |  |  | 2,593 |  |
All others international |  |  | 12,388 |  |  |  |  | 10,418 |  |  |  |  | 9,120 |  |
Total international net sales | $ |  | 28,737 |  |  | $ |  | 27,787 |  |  | $ |  | 24,615 |  |
Our Firearm and Outdoor Products & Accessories segments own tooling that is located at various suppliers in Asia and North America.

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