Category Archives: Firearm Manufacturer

Steyr Arms

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 USA office 2008

  • 1864 Josef Werndl founded a company that would become Steyr Arms
  • 1884 M. 85 battle rifle
  • 1895 Mannlicher 8mm
  • 1969 SSG 69 long-range tactical rifle
  • 1977 AUG bullpup
  • 1998  Steyr Scout introduced
    – by Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper (USMC),  Gunsite Academy founder
  • 1999 Steyr M9 pistol
  • 2013 headquarters complex in Bessemer, Alabama
    – 33,000 sq./ft.

Steyr Arms USA
2530 Morgan Road
Bessemer, AL 35022

(205) 417-8644

steyr-arms.com/us

SilencerCo

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founded in 2008
West Valley City, Utah

  • founded by Joshua Waldron and Jonathon Shults
  • 72,000 square foot
  •  the Sparrow
  • 2011 acquired SWR (Southeastern Weaponry Research)
  • one of the founding members of the American Suppressor Association (ASA)
  • 2015 #FightTheNoise campaign

 

SilencerCo

Microtech MSAR

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founded in 1994
Florida, North Carolina

  •  famous for its tactical OTF automatic knives
  • 1994 founded in Vero Beach, Florida
  • 2005 relocated to Bradford, Pennsylvania
  • 2009 relocated to Fletcher, North Carolina

“It has the same quality as a handmade custom.”

Microtech Small Arms Research (MSAR)

2007 – 2015

  • 2007 manufactured an American-made  Steyr AUG
    – Microtech Small Arms Research (MSAR)
  • 2009 Archangel 9mm pistol
  • Fletcher, North Carolina

Chiappa Firearms USA

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 started USA branch in 2007
Dayton, Ohio

  • 1958  founded by Ezechiele Chiappa as Armi Sport
    – an Italian firearms manufacturing company based in Brescia
  • wholly owned by the Chiappa family
  • Chiappa’s guns are manufactured in Italy and Turkey
  • 2007 opened a US location at 6785 West Third St. Dayton, Ohio
    – 7,000 sq ft
    – Jim Eubank national sales and marketing director
    -.Don Madole general manager
  • 2008 Emilio Ghisoni died
    – Ghisoni’s earlier design is the Mateba Autorevolver
  • 2009  Chiappa Rhino
    – Designed by Emilio Ghisoni and Antonio Cudazzo
    –  made of Ergal (an aluminum alloy)
  • 2013 triple-barreled shotgun introduced
  • 2014 started manufacturing firearms in Dayton
    – 33,000-square-foot building

 

Chiappa Firearms USA
1415 Stanley Ave.
Dayton, OH 45404

(937) 835-5000

chiappafirearms.com

Desert Tech

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founded in 2007
West Valley City, Utah

  • 2007 founded as Desert Tactical Arms by Nick Young
  • 2013 re-branded as Desert Tech
  • 2018 all of their firearms are bullpup

Desert Tech
PO Box 65816
Salt Lake City, UT 84165

801-975-7272

deserttech.com

Nighthawk Custom

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formed in 2004
Berryville, Arkansas

  • Mark Stone is a founder and the owner
  •  gunsmiths who worked for Wilson Combat
  • Custom pistols fully customizable from finishes to sights to grip design
  • Tactical branch of Nighthawk specializes in military and home defense products rather than collectible or competition pistols

Jimenez Arms

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2004
California, Nevada

  • August 2004 Paul Jimenez, bought the bankrupt Bryco Arms
  • reopened in Costa Mesa, California
  • August 30, 2006 moved to Henderson, Nevada
  • one of the “Ring of Fire” Manufacturers
  • 2020 Kansas City, Missouri sued the company
  • February 2020 filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy

Jimenez Arms
7380 Eastgate Rd #150
Henderson, NV 89011

jimenezarmsinc.com

Heckler & Koch

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HK USA started 2004
Virginia, New Hampshire, Georgia

  • 1948, three former Mauser engineers, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch, and Alex Seidel, salvaged machine tools and started in the vacant Mauser factory
  • December 28, 1949 changed name to Heckler & Koch GmbH
  • 1956 G3 battle rifle
  • 1969 as the MP5
  • 1974 – diversified
    – Defense and Law Enforcement
    – Hunting and Sports
  • 2004 – HK416
  • 2005 – Heckler & Koch Defense Inc
    – U.S. affiliate of Heckler & Koch
    – Sterling, Virginia
  • 2007 – new facility in Ashburn, Virginia
  • 2008 – HK begins to build pistols in the USA
    – HK45 first HK officially ‘Made in the USA’
  • 2008 Newington, New Hampshire factory opened
    – 70,000 square foot
    – to build HK MR556 and HK MR762
  • locations in
    –  Ashburn, Virginia
    – Newington, New Hampshire
    – Columbus, Georgia
  • 2017 Closed Newington and moved to Georgia
    – 50,000 square-foot

Stag Arms

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founded in May 2003
Connecticut, Wyoming

  • founded in May 2003 and located in New Britain, Connecticut
  • best known for their left-handed AR-15 rifles
  • December 2015, Stag Arm’s CEO Mark Malkowski required by ATF to divest all interest in Stag Arms
    – “the employee charged with stamping the numbers was on vacation”
    – “many at Stag were simply ignorant of basic record keeping obligations”
  • February 2016 acquired by a private equity firm (White Wolf Capital)
  • January 2017 first AR-10
  • December 17, 2019 relocated from New Britain, Connecticut to Cheyenne, Wyoming

Stag Arms
7052 Commerce Circle, Suite #210
Cheyenne, WY 82007

307.269.0061

stagarms.com

TROY Industries

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started in 2003
West Springfield, Massachusetts

  • Steve Troy
    – retired Massachusetts State Trooper
    – retired  Air Force
  • 1987 Steve joined the Connecticut Air National Guard
    – later transferred to the US Air Force Reserve
  • 1999 to 2011 Massachusetts State Trooper
  • 2003 Steve Troy formed Troy Industries
    – designing and manufacturing top quality small arms components and accessories
  • 2012 debuted TROY firearms division
  • Troy Asymmetric
  • 2013  hired Dale Monroe
    – Lon Horiuchi’s partner at Ruby Ridge

Troy Industries, Inc.
151 Capital Drive
West Springfield, Massachusetts 01089

866-788-6412

troyind.com