Category Archives: Firearm Industry

Classic Firearms

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started in 1989

  • 1989 founded as Classic Arms in Indian Trail, NC
  • today by Rick Jones
  • military surplus
  • new products

Classic Firearms
11500 B East Independence Blvd
Matthews, NC 28105

704-774-1102

classicfirearms.com

Trijicon

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 founded in 1981
Wixom, Michigan

“Tritium” the key element in the company’s innovative illumination technology, and “icon”
Additionally, the “iji” in Trijicon mimics the “three-dot” design

 

  •  founded in 1981 by Glyn Bindon as Armson USA
    – 1972 aeronautical engineer at Ford Motor Company
    – worked on the U.S. Navy’s F-8U Crusader
  • 1981 visited South Africa, met a guy who made gun sights
  •  Imported the Armson OEG
    – occluded-type gunsight, used tritium and fiber optics
    – manufactured in South Africa
    – popular for rifles and shotguns
  • 1985 reorganized as Trijicon
  • 1985 began manufacture of night sights
  • 1987 4×32 Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG)
  • 1988 Trijicon Night Sights were adopted by the FBI
  • 1996 1×24 Reflex Sight
    – adopted by the U.S. Special Forces
    – for the SOPMOD M4 Carbine kit
  • 1998 AccuPoint 3-9×40 dual-illuminated riflescope
  • 2002 TriPower, first triple-illuminated reticle
  • September 2003, Glyn Bindon died in a plane crash in Alaska
  • 2007 launched Trijicon Red Dot
  • 2009 500,000th 4×32 ACOG scope produced
  • 2017 produced the 1,000,000th ACOG\

 

AmChar Wholesale

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since 1981

  • Wholesale
  • bulk items such as shot, safes, targets, powder, wads, promo ammunition, etc
  • large selection of law enforcement firearms, ammunition, duty gear, lights, vests, chemical sprays

May 3rd 2019 AmChar Georgia: LE Gun Range & Store opened

 a private store and gun range open only to active and retired Law Enforcement, Military and First Responders

AmChar Wholesale, Inc.
100 Airpark Drive
Rochester, NY 14624

1-800-333-0695

amchar.com

RSR Group

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352,000 square foot
started in 1977

  • 1977 Founded in a two-car garage in New York
  • 1979 second sales and distribution facility in Winter Park, Florida
  • 1981 Reno, Nevada facility
  • 1983 fourth distribution center in Dallas, Texas
  • 1985 fifth facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 2005 centralized all of its inventory at distribution center in Grand Prairie, Texas
  • 2015 moved to Fort Worth, Texas

rsrgroup.com

Sportsman’s Guide

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330,000-square-foot
founded in 1970

  • 1970 founded by Gary Olen
  • 1977 first Sportsman’s Guide catalog
  • 2012  acquired by Northern Tool
  • products including: Hunting, Fishing, Shooting Sports, Camping, Apparel, Tools and Equipment
  • Nobody sells more genuine Military Surplus gear than Sportsman’s Guide

Sportsman’s Guide
411 Farwell Avenue
P.O. Box 239
South St. Paul, MN 55075-0239

1-800-888-3006

https://www.sportsmansguide.com/

SureFire

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began in 1969

  • 1969 Dr. John Matthews founded the Newport Corporation
  • October 17, 1979 formed company Laser Products
  • 1979 introduced the first commercially available laser sighting system
    – LPC Model 7 mounted to a Colt Trooper .357 Magnum revolver
  • 1984 Summer Olympics
    –  laser sight-equipped shotguns to the Los Angeles SWAT team
  • 1984  science-fiction film The Terminator
  • 1985 Model 300 WeaponLight
  • 1988  Model 6C
    –  two lithium 123A batteries
    –  60 lumens (six times the industry standard)
  • 2001 Laser Products changed to SureFire LLC
  • 2002 Suppressor Division
    – redefine suppressor technology, materials and construction
    – to advance the state-of-the art
  • 2011 Mil-Spec, high-capacity magazines
    – 60rd & 100rd

SureFire, LLC
18300 Mount Baldy Circle
Fountain Valley, CA

surefire.com

TALO

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since 1965

  • started by fishing and hunting wholesalers in
    Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma
  • commissions limited editions of firearms
  • 1997 started embellished Colt 1911’s and Walther PPKS’s
  • 2006 with the Ruger John Wayne Vaquero

 

  • Colt
  • Glock
  • Ruger
  • North American Arms
  • Mossberg
  • Sig Arms
  • Walther

Talo Distributors Inc
120 Pleasant St,
Framingham, MA 01701

(508) 872-9242

taloinc.com