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- Definition

Number of contributory defined investment plan.

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- Definition

Amount of contribution received by defined benefit plan from employer which increases plan assets.

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- Definition

Amount of contribution expected to be received by defined benefit plan from employer in remainder of current fiscal year. Excludes contribution previously paid by employer in current fiscal year.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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- Definition

Description of defined contribution pension and other postretirement plans.

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Employer Sponsored Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($) InvestmentPlan	Apr. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Contributory Defined Investment Plan
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined contribution plan, matching contribution percentage	6.00%
Employer contribution to defined benefit plan	$ 461,000
Contributory Defined Investment Plan \| Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer contribution to defined benefit plan		$ 215,000	$ 384,000
Number of contributory defined investment plan \| InvestmentPlan		2
Deferred compensation plan description	Prior to the Separation, our employees participated in two contributory defined investment plans sponsored by our former parent, subject to service requirements. For one plan, employees could contribute up to 100% of their annual pay with no employer matching contributions. For the other plan, employees could contribute from 1% to 30% of their annual pay and our former parent generally made discretionary matching contributions of up to 50% of the first 6% of employee contributions to the plan.
Contributory Defined Investment Plan \| Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. \| Retirement Plan One
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined contribution plan, employee contribution percentage		100.00%
Defined contribution plan, matching contribution percentage		0.00%
Contributory Defined Investment Plan \| Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. \| Retirement Plan Two
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined contribution plan, matching contribution percentage		6.00%
Contributory Defined Investment Plan \| Minimum
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined contribution plan, employee contribution percentage	1.00%
Contributory Defined Investment Plan \| Minimum \| Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. \| Retirement Plan Two
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined contribution plan, employee contribution percentage		1.00%
Contributory Defined Investment Plan \| Maximum
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined contribution plan, employee contribution percentage	30.00%
Defined contribution plan, matching contribution percentage of match	50.00%
Contributory Defined Investment Plan \| Maximum \| Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. \| Retirement Plan Two
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined contribution plan, employee contribution percentage		30.00%
Defined contribution plan, matching contribution percentage of match		50.00%
Non-Contributory Profit Sharing Plan
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined contribution plan service period	1 year
Defined contribution plan expected contribution	$ 1,900,000	$ 217,000	$ 278,000