Category Archives: Firearm Manufacturer

Rock River Arms

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1996
Colona, Illinois

  • brothers Mark and Chuck Larson
  • originally named Tolerance Plus in Cleveland, Illinois
    – 1,800 square foot
    – manufactured high-quality 1911 parts
    – custom 1911 pistols
  • 1981 – 1991 both worked at Springfield Armory
    – Mark was the head armorer
  •  – 1993  partnership with Les Baer
  •  – 1997  built AR-15 type rifles for Eagle Arms in Coal Valley, Illinois
  • 1997? moved to Colona, Illinois
    – 50,000 square foot
  • Dec 2003 awarded contract with the Drug Enforcement Administration for 5,000 LAR-15 rifles
    – Federal Bureau of Investigation
    –  United States Marshals
  • April 5, 2013 Mark Larson passed (50) Nov. 25, 1962 – April 5, 2013 
  • 2017 RRA supported questionable gun laws passed in Illinois

The Rock River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 299 miles long

 

Rock River Arms

rockriverarms.com

I.O. Inc

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founded in 1995
North Carolina, Florida

  • 1995 Ulrich “Uli” Wiegand started the company
    – German immigrant
  • 2013 moved to Florida
  • 60,000-square-foot
    – 50 employees
    – 2,500 AK-47 rifles a month

 Inter Ordnance
3305 Westwood Industrial Dr
Monroe, NC 28110

(704) 225-8843

 Inter Ordnance
295 North Dr Suite A
Mlebourne, FL 32934

Kahr Arms

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Founded in 1995
New York, Pennsylvania

  • 1995 founded by Justin Moon in Blauvelt, New York
    – son of Sun Myung Moon
    (founder of the Unification Church)
  • 1999 Kahr Arms bought Auto-Ordnance Company
  • June 2010, Kahr bought Magnum Research
  • July 1, 2013 left New York state because of New York’s
    – Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act (NY SAFE Act)
    – purchased 620 acres in Pike County, Pennsylvania
  • January 2015, the Kahr Arms company changed to the Kahr Firearms Group
  • August 11, 2015 grand opening of 40,000-square-foot headquarters

 

Kahr Arms

Bond Arms

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1995
Granbury, Texas

  • 1995 founded by Greg Bond in Granbury, Texas
    – originally named Texas Armory
  • the largest manufacturer of derringers
    – Remington Model 95 single-action derringer style
    – constructed completely from stainless steel
  • holsters made in-house

Proudly made in Texas, by Texans

Serbu Firearms

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Founded in 1995

  • Class 2 manufacturer 
  • 1989 Super-Shorty
    – designed & built as a favor
  • 1996 Founded by Mark Serbu in Tampa, Florida
    – 1990 Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Florida
  • June 9th, 1999 BFG-50 Serbu’s first rifle design

Serbu Firearms, Inc.
6019 W Chelsea St
Tampa, FL 33634

813-243-8899

USFA

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U.S. Fire Arms Manufacturing Co

1993 – 2013
Hartford, Connecticut

  • founded by Doug Donnelly
  • company offices were in the “Old Armory Custom Shop”
    – built by Sam Colt
  • made custom Peacemaker revolvers to order
  • Replica Colt lightning rifles
  • 2011 USFA abandoned their production of Colt revolver replicas
    – sold the tooling to fund the ZIP project
    – ZiPFactory
  • 2011 introduced the ZIP .22
    – only a few hundred were produced
  • 2013 showcased at SHOT Show

U.S. Fire Arms Manufacturing Co
55 Van Dyke Ave
Hartford, Connecticut 06106

877-227-6901

Hi-Point Firearms

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founded in 1992

  • 1992 Founded by Thomas Deeb
    to manufacture economical weapons focused on safety and reliability
  • based in Mansfield, Ohio
  • 1996 Model TS = first carbine

Hi-Point Firearms
1015 Springmill Rd
Mansfield, Ohio 44906

419-747-9444

hi-pointfirearms.net