Category Archives: Resources

Glock USA

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1963, 1986 in USA

  • 1963 Gaston Glock founded in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria
    – started out making knives
  • 1980 Glock 17
  • 1982 Austrian Armed Forces ordered 25,000 units – P80
  • over 400 employees
  • the original facility that was bought by Mr. Glock in the early 80’s
  • 1986, GLOCK opened its U.S. headquarters in Smyrna, Georgia
    – 1st Generation G17

GLOCK, Inc.
6000 Highlands Parkway SE
Smyrna, GA 30082

770-432-1202

us.glock.com

Rock Island Armory

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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 company to his three sons: Bolo, Butch, Concoy
  • 1980 – Squires Bingham Manufacturing Inc. is reorganized
    – becomes Arms Corporation of the Philippines (ARMSCOR)
    – Demetrio “Bolo” Tuason is named Chairman and President
  • Armscor bult 1911s for
    – Charles Daly
    – Tanfoglio
    – Rock Island Armory

  • 1985 – Armscor Precision International opens its first office in the US
  • 1985 – acquires the Rock Island Armory brand
    – partly outsourced to IMBEL (Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil)
    – distributed in the U.S. by SARCO
    – rebranded Armscor  1911s
  • 1997 – the second manufacturer awarded the ISO 9001 certification
  • 2011 – new production facilities in Stevensville, Montana
    – Armscor USA Ammo
  • 2012 – Martin Tuason becomes new president
  • 2016 – Open US Manufacturing plant in Pahrump, NV
  • 2017  M200 .38 caliber revolver

 

Armscor USA and Rock Island Armory
150 North Smart Way
Pahrump, NV 89060

(775) 537-1444

FCSA

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Fifty Caliber Shooters Association

  • 1985 established in 1985 by a small group of dedicated individuals who set for themselves the mission to advance the sporting use of the .50 BMG Cartridge.
  •  FCSA is a non-profit organization
  • Registered in Tennessee and Utah
  • primary sport is 1000 yard shooting competition
  • mission to advance the art of extreme long-range accuracy with the fifty caliber rifle
  • 2009 NRA club of the year

FCSA has a sister organization, the Fifty Caliber Institute (FCI), whose role is education, media representation and political advocacy on behalf of .50 caliber owners and manufacturers.

Fifty Caliber Shooters Association (FCSA)
P.O. Box 1601 Theodore
AL 36590

435-527-9245

SIG Sauer

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 founded in 1985
Virginia, New Hampshire

Old World Sig

  •  founded in 1853 in
    – Friedrich Peyer im Hof (1817–1900)
    – Heinrich Moser (1805-1874)
    – Johann Conrad Neher (1818-1877)
  • 1860 awarded contract to produce 30,000 Prelaz-Burnand rifles
  • 1860 company name was changed to Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft
    (SIG, German for “Swiss Industrial Company”)
  • 1947 SIG P210 pistol was developed
    – single-action semi-automatic
  • 1949 adopted by the Swiss military as “Pistole 49”
  • 1970s SIG purchased J. P. Sauer and Sohn
    – renamed  SIG Sauer
  • 1977 – 1980 Browning BDA, amodified SIG Sauer P220 design was produced for the Browning Arms
    –  the first SIG Sauer P220 type sold in the US
  • Swiss law limits the ability of Swiss companies to export firearms
    – have to use a foreign partner

SIG in the USA

  • January 1985 established SIGARMS, in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia
    – to import the P220 and P230 models into the US
  • 1987 moved to a larger facility in Herndon, Virginia
    – P225, P226 and P228
  • 1990 moved to Exeter, New Hampshire
  • 1992 production began on the P229
  • 1996 SIG Sauer Academy in Epping, New Hampshire
  • 2000 became known as Swiss Arms
    – still using the SIG Sauer brand
  • 2007, SIGARMS changed its name to SIG Sauer Inc
  • Sig 556
  • 2014 new corporate headquarter and production facility in Newington, New Hampshire
    – 206,000-square-foot
  • 2015 expanded to include suppressors, optics, ammo and airguns
  • January 2017 awarded US Army contract for the P320
  • July 12, 2018 Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) used the SIG SAUER P320
  • 2019 Swiss Arms was renamed SIG SAUER AG
  •  one-third of law enforcement in the United States use SIG firearms
  • June 4, 2020 closing factory Eckernförde, Germany

SIG SAUER, Inc.
72 Pease Boulevard
Newington, NH 03801

603-610-3000

sigsauer.com

DPMS Panther Arms

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founded  in 1985

Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services (DPMS)

  • 1985 founded in Osseo, Minnesota
    manufactured M203, M14 and M16 parts
    U.S. military contracts
  • 1990s moved  to Becker, Minnesota
  • 2004 moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota
  • 2004–2007 doubled its revenue & size
  • 2007 named one of The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s
    “50 fastest-growing privately held companies”
  • December 14, 2007 purchased by Freedom Group
  • 2014 production moved to Remington’s facility in Huntsville, Alabama

DPMS Panther Arms
Huntsville, Alabama

 

Kat Ainsworth

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  • Hunter 
  • 2011 Freelance Outdoor Writer
  • Author at Gun Digest
  • Over 3,000 outdoor industry articles and blog posts
  • 2018 Associate Editor & Hunting Editor at The Truth About Guns
  • 2019 Field Editor at Range 365

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

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 founded in 1984
Missoula, Montana

  • opened, secured or improved public access to more than 911,000 acres of elk habitat
  • more than 500 chapters across the country
  • 2016 220,000 membership

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
5705 Grant Creek
Missoula, Montana 59808

(406) 523-4500

rmef.org