began in 1892
Gladstone, Michigan
- Marble Universal Rifle Sight
- 1892 began by Webster L. Marble Gladstone, Michigan
- safety axe
- compasses
- Marble Game Getter combination gun
Marble Arms
600 Delta Ave
Gladstone, Michigan
marblearms.com
Category Archives: Firearm Manufacturer
Ithaca Gun Company
established in 1883
in Ithaca, New York
- firearms based on expired patents owned by Remington Arms
- also purchased patents from other firearm designers
- 1883 established the original Ithaca Gun Company
– original factory was located in the Fall Creek
– nearby waterfall supplied the main source of energy - 1895 Emil Flues invented a double barrel shotgun with only three moving parts per barrel
- 1907 Ithaca bought the patent and upgraded the design
– became the best selling American double of all time
– Ithaca drove Remington out of the double gun market - World War II produced the M1911 pistol
- Korean War produced the M3 Grease Gun
- 1967 was sold to Jerry Baldritch & Assoc
- December 1978 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- September 1985 filed bankruptcy a second time
- 1987 new owners Ithaca Acquisition, Inc.
– moved to King Ferry, New York - 1989, Remington purchased the Mag-10 shotgun
– they produced as the SP-10 - 2002 and 2004 moved 6,000 tons of lead-contaminated material
– with cost of $4.8 million - 2005 moved to larger facilities in Auburn, NY
- 2005 sold all assets, trademarks, and manufacturing rights to the Marshalls from Upper Sandusky, Ohio
- All prints, programs, and processing were converted to CNC
- March 2006 original factory was condemned only the smokestack remains
– lead Superfund remediation effort - June 2007 Dave Dlubak purchased the company
- 2015 more clean up necessary
- Annie Oakley used an Ithaca Flues model in her competition and exhibition shooting
- John Philip Sousa – the Sousa Grade, a shotgun in his honor
Ithaca Gun Company
420 N. Warpole Street
Upper Sandusky, OH 43351
419-294-4113
ithacagun.com
Browning Arms Company
founded in 1880
Ogden, Utah
- 1880 founded by brothers John Moses Browning (1855-1926) and Matthew Browning (1859-1923) in Ogden, Utah
- Oct. 7, 1879 Patent granted to the single shot rifle
- Spring, 1883 Vice-President of Winchester comes to Ogden and forms an alliance
- October 1884 – Winchester Model 1886
- Feb. 16, 1886 – Winchester Model 1887
- Mar. 28, 1887 two years as a Mormon missionary
- Dec. 13, 1887 Winchester Model 1890
- Feb. 17, 1910 45 caliber semi-automatic pistol patented
- so much more, stay tuned
Browning
One Browning Place
Morgan UT 84050
800-333-3288
browning.com
Charles Daly
1875 – 1919
New York City
- October 12, 1839 Charles Daly was born in New York City
- 1875 began importing firearms into New York City
– Charles Daly and August Shoverling
– from the city of Suhl in what was then Prussia (Russia) - 1887 Shoverling and Daly were joined by a third partner named Joseph Gales
- 1899 Charles Daly died suddenly
– Charles Howard Daly (son) took his place - 1919 the partnership was sold to Henry Modell
- 1927 sold to the Walzer family
– owned Sloan’s Sporting Goods in Ridgefield, Connecticut - 1976 Sloan’s sold the Charles Daly trademark to
– Outdoor Sports Headquarters Inc. (OSHI)
– sporting goods wholesaler in Dayton, Ohio - 1996, OSHI was sold to
– Jerry’s Sport Center
– firearm wholesaler in Forest City, Pennsylvania - 1996 bought by KBI, Inc. of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
– “Charles Daly, The Shooting Sports Specialist” - 2008, KBI formed Charles Daly Defense
– a new division to build Charles Daly Defense AR-15 - January 29, 2010 Charles Daly and KBI were going out of business
- January 2012, Charles Daly and CD Defense
– announced their return to the US market
– with Trans World Arms LLC of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - September 2012 Charles Daly trademark acquired by Samco Global Arms, Inc. (SGAI) in Miami, Florida
- 2017 the Charles Daly trademark bought by Chiappa Firearms
Iver Johnson
from 1871 to 1993
Massachusetts
- U.S. firearms, bicycle, and motorcycle manufacturer
- Iver Johnson (1841–1895)
- 1857 educated as a gunsmith in Bergen, Norway
- Had a gun store in Oslo, Norway
- 1863 immigrated to Worcester, Massachusetts
- he made “pepperbox” pistols for Allen & Wheelock
- 1871 with Martin Bye created the Johnson Bye & Company
- 1883 Johnson bought Bye out
– name changed to Iver Johnson & Company - 1891 name changed Iver Johnson’s Arms & Cycle Works
– relocated to Fitchburg, Massachusetts - O.F. Mossberg worked for Iver Johnson durring this time
- 1895 Iver Johnson died of tuberculosis, his sons took over
- 1971 Louis Imperato purchased the name and moved IJ to New Jersey
- 1983 Investors bought Iver Johnson name and moved to Jacksonville, Arkansas
- 1993 ceased trading under its own name
– owned by American Military Arms Corporation (AMAC) - 2006 Iver Johnson Arms opened (relation in name only)
– in Rockledge, Florida
– manufacturer and firearms importer
– Iver Johnson Arms is making 1911s
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H&R Firearms
Harrington & Richardson
founded in 1871 – 2015
Massachusetts
- 1875 Harrington & Richardson = Nathan Harrington and William Richardson (former S&W employee)
– Harrington was president
– Richardson was treasurer - 1871 – 1877 at 18 Manchester Street, Worcester, MA
- 1877 – 1894 at 31 Hermon Street, Worcester, MA
- 1897 Harrington and Richardson both passed away
– held by Harrington’s son and Richardson’s wife - 1894 new facility in Worcester, Massachusetts
- 1950 new facility in Drummondville, Québec, Canada
- 1960s was acquired by the Kidde corporation
- 1986 original H&R company went out of business, and building was demolished
- Was in business for over a century from 1871 to 1986
- 1991 – H&R 1871, Inc., was formed
– using original H&R designs - November 2000 bought by Marlin Firearms
- December, 2007 acquired by Remington Arms Company
- 2008 production was moved to Ilion, N.Y.
- February 27, 2015 – “H&R 1871” ceased production
Marlin Firearms
1870
Connecticut, New York, Kentucky
- 1870 founded by John Marlin in North Haven, Connecticut
- side ejection lever action rifles
– good for shooters who need to use optics - World War I one of the largest machine gun producers
– M1895 Colt–Browning - 1917 bought Hopkins & Allen Arms Company
- 1953 patented MicroGroove Rifling
- Nov 2000 purchased H&R 1871, Inc
- Dec 2007 bought by Remington Arms
- 2010 moved to Remington plants
– Ilion, New York
– Mayfield, Kentucky
https://marlin-collectors.com/forum/
1-800-544-8892
marlinfirearms.com
Hopkins & Allen
founded in 1868 – 1916
- 1868 founded by 5 people
based in Norwich, Connecticut - 1898 Hopkins & Allen went bankrupt
- 1900 lost factory and machinery in a fire
- 1901 factory was rebuilt
- 1902 acquired Forehand Arms Company
- 1905 warehouse robbed of all its inventory
- 1916 went bankrupt
- 1917 Marlin purchased the machinery, inventory and designs
Hopkins & Allen
Parker Bros
1867 – 1942
Meriden, Connecticut
- 1867 launched by Charles Parker in Meriden, Connecticut
– Parker Snow Co
– produced rifles for the US Army during Civil War - produced mostly break-open shotguns
– 242,000 produced - gun of choice for:
– Annie Oakley
– Frank Butler (her husband)
– Clark Gable - 1934 acquired by Remington Arms
- 1942 phased out of business
Parker Bros
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
founded in 1866
New Haven, Connecticut
- 1855 the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company
– Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson partnership
– Norwich, Connecticut
– largest stockholder was Oliver Winchester - 1856 moved to New Haven
- 1856 Volcanic Repeating Arms Company went bankrupt
- 1857 Winchester and partner John M. Davies purchased the assets
– New Haven Arms Company - 1860 Benjamin Henry perfected the .44 Henry cartridge
- 1860 Henry rifle based loosely on the Volcanic to use the new ammunition
– manufactured by the New Haven Arms Company - 1866 reorganized as Winchester Repeating Arms Company
- Model 1866
- Model 1873 the first Winchester center fire cartridge, the .44-40 WCF
“Gun That Won the West” - December 1880 Oliver Winchester died
- 1881 his son William Wirt Winchester died
– his widow , Sarah Winchester, built the Winchester Mystery House. - 1883-1898 John Browning worked with Winchester Repeating Arms Company
- Winchester had borrowed heavily to finance its massive expansion
- 1931 went into receivership
- December 22, 1931 bought at bankruptcy auction by the Olin family’s Western Cartridge Company
- 1944 reorganized as the Winchester-Western Division of Olin Industries
- World War II produced the M1 Garand rifle
- post-war first civilian manufacturer of the M14 rifle
Winchester Repeating Arms Company