Organization	12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2022
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	1. Organization We are one of the world’s leading manufacturers and designers of firearms. We manufacture a wide array of handguns (including revolvers and pistols), long guns (including modern sporting rifles), handcuffs, suppressors, and other firearm-related products for sale to a wide variety of customers, including firearm enthusiasts, collectors, hunters, sportsmen, competitive shooters, individuals desiring home and personal protection, law enforcement and security agencies and officers, and military agencies in the United States and throughout the world. We sell our products under the Smith & Wesson, M&P, and Gemtech brands. We manufacture our products at our facilities in Springfield, Massachusetts; Houlton, Maine; and Deep River, Connecticut. We also sell our manufacturing services to other businesses to attempt to level-load our factories. We sell those services under our Smith & Wesson and Smith & Wesson Precision Components brands. We plan to move our headquarters and certain of our manufacturing operations to a new facility being constructed in Maryville, Tennessee. See Note 16 — Commitments and Contingencies, for more information regarding this plan. On May 3, 2021, we announced our intent to divest our Thompson/Center Arms brand. After careful consideration and evaluation of offers received, we have decided that we will no longer market the Thompson/Center brand for sale. This decision had no material impact to our financial statements for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022. On November 13, 2019, we announced that we were proceeding with a plan to spin-off our outdoor products and accessories business and create an independent publicly traded company to conduct that business, or the Separation. On August 24, 2020, or the Distribution Date, we completed the Separation. See also Note 3 — Discontinued Operations, for more information.

Organization

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2022

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

1. Organization

We are one of the world’s leading manufacturers and designers of firearms. We manufacture a wide array of handguns (including revolvers and pistols), long guns (including modern sporting rifles), handcuffs, suppressors, and other firearm-related products for sale to a wide variety of customers, including firearm enthusiasts, collectors, hunters, sportsmen, competitive shooters, individuals desiring home and personal protection, law enforcement and security agencies and officers, and military agencies in the United States and throughout the world. We sell our products under the Smith & Wesson, M&P, and Gemtech brands. We manufacture our products at our facilities in Springfield, Massachusetts; Houlton, Maine; and Deep River, Connecticut. We also sell our manufacturing services to other businesses to attempt to level-load our factories. We sell those services under our Smith & Wesson and Smith & Wesson Precision Components brands. We plan to move our headquarters and certain of our manufacturing operations to a new facility being constructed in Maryville, Tennessee. See Note 16 — Commitments and Contingencies, for more information regarding this plan.

On May 3, 2021, we announced our intent to divest our Thompson/Center Arms brand. After careful consideration and evaluation of offers received, we have decided that we will no longer market the Thompson/Center brand for sale. This decision had no material impact to our financial statements for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022.

On November 13, 2019, we announced that we were proceeding with a plan to spin-off our outdoor products and accessories business and create an independent publicly traded company to conduct that business, or the Separation. On August 24, 2020, or the Distribution Date, we completed the Separation. See also Note 3 — Discontinued Operations, for more information.