Armscor USA

USA office opened in 1985
Nevada, Montana

Armscor history in Philippines

  • 1905 – Squires Bingham & Co starts as a print shop
    – sells sporting goods on the side
  • 1941 – Don Celso Tuason purchases Sportsman’s Headquarters
  • 1952 – In postwar Philippines, Don Celso Tuason obtains the first license in his country to begin firearm and ammunition manufacturing
  • 1952 – The company is renamed Squires Bingham Manufacturing Inc.
  • 1965 – Don Celso turns over control of the company to his three sons: Bolo, Butch, Concoy
  • 1980 – Squires Bingham Manufacturing Inc. is reorganized
    – becomes Arms Corporation of the Philippines (ARMSCOR)
    – Demetrio “Bolo” Tuason is named Chairman and President
  • Armscor bult 1911s for
    – Charles Daly
    – Tanfoglio
    – Rock Island Armory


  • 1985 – Armscor Precision International opens its first office in the US
  • 1985 – acquires the Rock Island Armory brand
    – partly outsourced to IMBEL (Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil)
    – distributed in the U.S. by SARCO
    – rebranded Armscor  1911s
  • 1997 – the second manufacturer awarded the ISO 9001 certification
  • 2011 – new production facilities in Stevensville, Montana
    – Armscor USA Ammo
  • 2012 – Martin Tuason becomes new president
  • 2014 .22 TCM
  • 2015 .22 TCM 9R
  • 2016 – Open US Manufacturing plant in Pahrump, NV
  • 2017  M200 .38 caliber revolver


Armscor USA and Rock Island Armory
150 North Smart Way
Pahrump, NV 89060

(775) 537-1444

WOLF

 founded 2005
California

  • 2005 WOLF Performance Ammunition founded
  • originally manufactured at the Tula Cartridge plant
    – Tula, Russia
  • 2009 became separate from Tula
  • now produced in several European countries
  • steel-cased ammunition is made in Russia (not Tula)
  • brass-cased ammo from Taiwan
  • SK Hunting Ammunition  .22-caliber rimfire

  • Wolf Polyformance
  • Military Classic Rifle Ammunition
  • Wolf Gold Centerfire

WOLF Performance Ammunition
P.O. Box 757
Placentia, California 92871

(888) 757-WOLF (9653)

WolfAmmo.com

Gemtech

Gemini Technologies – Gemtech

 since 1976
Idaho, Massachusetts

  •  founded by Phil Dater in Eagle, Idaho
  • 1993 Greg Latka was president
  • 1994-2016 manufactured by GSL Technology in Michigan
  • 2011 developed subsonic .22 Long Rifle ammunition
  • 2011 instrumental in forming the American Suppressor Association (ASA)
  • July 2017 purchased by Smith & Wesson
  • 2017 moved to Massachusetts

 

gemtech.com

 

 

ATK

Alliant Techsystems

1990
Arlington, Virginia

  • 1990 Honeywell spun off its defense businesses to shareholders
  • 1995 purchased Hercules Inc
  • 2001 acquisition of Blount International
    – sporting and law enforcement ammunition
  • 2001 operates the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP)
  • 2009 acquired Eagle Industries
  • 2010 acquired Blackhawk Industries
  • 2012 selected by the United States Army to continue operating and maintaining the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) for seven to ten years
  • 2014 renovated ammunition production facility at the LCAAP
    – invested $11 million to modernize production of 20 millimeter ammo
  • 2015  Vista Outdoor spinoff of the Sporting Group companies
    – and ATK’s Aerospace Group – Orbital Sciences
    – headquartered in Utah

Magtech

 created in 1990
São Paulo, Brazil
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

  • 1926 Costabile and Gianicola Matarazzo, founded Fábrica Nacional de Cartuchos e Munições
  • 1936  sold their operation to Remington Arms and Imperial Chemical Industries
    – renamed Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos (CBC)
  • 1979 sold & now is privately owned
  • All ammunition made in Brazil
  • three production facilities
    – São Paulo
    – 2x Rio Grande do Sul
  • 2009 CBC purchased Sellier & Bellot
  • produce over 1.5 billion cartridges annually

Black Hills Ammunition

beginning in 1988
Rapid City, South Dakota

  • Jeff Hoffman, was a police officer for over 35 years
  • 1981 Jeff bought into an existing company called Black Hills Shooter Supply
  • 1988 Jeff and his wife, Kristi, formed Black Hills Ammunition
    – precision made ammunition
  •  first big contract was with the Army Marksmanship Unit
  •  well-known for their .223 and 5.56 rifle ammo
    –  75 grain heavy match .223 ammo
  • manufactures highly sought-after rifle and handgun ammunition
  • Cowboy Action Loads
    –  more calibers in cowboy loads than any other company today
    – authentic period correct ammo
  • 19990s US Military branch purchases match 5.56mm ammunition from Black Hills

Black Hills Ammunition
PO Box 3090
Rapid City, SD 57709

(605) 348-5150

www.black-hills.com