began in 1956 – 2017

• Robert Schuetz partnered in business with  gunsmith P.O. Ackley
• 1956 began as Schuetzen Gun Works (SGW)
  – manufacturing rifle barrels in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• 1975 moved to Olympia, Washington
  -rifle barrels
  – barrel blanks thrived
  – began manufacturing complete custom bolt-action rifles
• 1982 began to manufacture as Olympic Arms, Inc
• 1987 purchased Phoenix, Arizona based Safari Arms
• 2002 revived the 1955 Whitney Wolverine pistol
• February 2013 announced they would no longer sell its products to New York law enforcement officers following the state’s passage of an assault weapons ban
• 2017 Olympic Arms, In closed