USA office opened in 1985 Nevada, Montana Armscor history in Philippines 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 … Read more
stated in 1982 Sturgis, South Dakota 1982 Peter Pi Sr – created a line of ammunition with reliable expansion 1997 developed .400 Cor-Bon cartridge – a .45 ACP case necked-down to .40 sw 2002 developed the .32 NAA 2004 introduced the .25 NAA June 23, 2011 opened the CorBon Law Enforcement Training Center (CLETC) 2015 CLETC … Read more
1982 Quinter, Kansas 1982 started out making component bullets – in Quinter, Kansas 1984 began production on a new rifle bullet for large game 1994 Bill Hober joined Swift Bullet Company One Thousand One Swift Avenue PO Box 27 Quinter, KS 67752 785-754-3959 swiftbullets.com About Swift Swift Bullet Company is a small-town bullet maker in … Read more
founded in 1976 Amursk, Russia Golden Tiger – lacquered cases youngest cartridge plant in Russia About Vympel Vympel is a Russian state-owned ammunition plant in Amursk, in the Khabarovsk region of the Russian Far East. Construction began in February 1976, the first stage of the plant was commissioned in 1982, and it was reorganized as … Read more
Poongsan Corporation Precision Made Cartridges 1968 Angang, South Korea Houston, Texas early 1990s presence inside the US Most of what they make goes to the military in Korea Houston, Texas (281) 407-5655 pmcammo.com About PMC PMC, short for Precision Made Cartridges, is the ammunition brand of Poongsan Corporation, a South Korean metals and defense manufacturer … Read more
Established in 1961 Morelos, Mexico originally a Mexican production factory for Remington – staff of 70 employees – 120 acres one of the largest rimfire manufacturers in the world – one billion cartridges annually – primary supplier to the Mexican police and military – 18 tons of gunpowder needed for production sponsorship of the Aguila Cup shooting event 2011 partnered … Read more
Cascade Cartridge Inc founded in 1951 Lewiston, Idaho 1951 founded by Dick Speer (1915-1994) in Lewiston, Idaho – machinist at Boeing Aircraft’s Seattle plant – brother of Vernon Speer, who founded Speer Bullets – there was money to be made in reloading provided a steady source of component primers bought a 17-acre chicken ranch next to the … Read more
Incorporated in 1951 – 1980 Homer Clark Jr most of the components sold were imported from Europe Shotgun Powder manufactured by Baschieri & Pellagri – Bolona, Italy powders from Bofors of Sweden 1964 plastic cased shotloads and blanks 1970 the company over extended itself 1970 acquired by Smith & Wesson & Fiocchi 1972 Smith & … Read more
started in 1949 “Accurate, deadly, dependable” World War II Joyce Hornady trained marksmanship to the security force at the Grand Island Arsenal Hornady acquired the first of many Waterbury Farrell assembly presses, 1949 a two-man operation Hornady Sporting Goods Company 1958 built the 8,000-square-foot plant 1964 Frontier Ammunition surplus military brass with Hornady bullets … Read more
began in 1948 in Bend, Oregon “Quality First” April 4, 1913 John Amos Nosler was born 1946 unsuccessful moose hunt inspired Nosler to develop a new bullet design Nosler Partition bullets used a specially designed jacket enclosing two separate lead alloy cores 1948 Nosler began to sell the partition bullets commercially, forming Nosler Partition Bullet Co in … Read more
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