founded in 1999 in Springfield, Virginia
- Land Warfare Resources Corporation
- moved to Cambridge, Maryland in 2008
About LWRC International
LWRC International is a Maryland-based rifle manufacturer best known for AR-pattern rifles that run on a short-stroke gas piston system instead of the direct impingement design of the standard M4 and AR-15. The company traces its roots to October 1999, when Paul Leitner-Wise founded the Leitner-Wise Rifle Company in Springfield, Virginia, as a research and development firm; the Land Warfare Resources Corporation name followed. In 2006 a management team led by retired U.S. Army veteran Pat Bryan bought the company and moved it into full-scale manufacturing, introducing the piston-driven M6 rifle in 5.56mm NATO.
In 2008 Richard Bernstein and a group of investors acquired the business, relocated it to Cambridge, Maryland, and rebranded it as LWRC International, LLC. The M6 family remains the company’s signature product line, and LWRC has supplied rifles to military and law enforcement customers as well as to civilian shooters who want a cleaner-running, piston-operated AR.
Key Facts
- October 1999: Founded by Paul Leitner-Wise in Springfield, Virginia
- 2006: Purchased by a management team led by Pat Bryan; manufacturing begins
- c. 2006: M6 rifle with proprietary short-stroke gas piston introduced
- 2008: Acquired by Richard Bernstein and investors; moved to Cambridge, Maryland and renamed LWRC International
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