Tag Archives: AR15

Windham Weaponry

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2011
Windham, Maine

“The Quality Goes In, Before The Rifle Goes Out”

 

  • 2011 Richard Dyke founded Windham Weaponry in Windham, Maine
    – gathered the financing in two days
    – in the property where Bushmaster had been
    – and the workers who had helped him build Bushmaster

Windham Weaponry
PO Box 1900
Windham, Maine 04062

207-893-2223

windhamweaponry.com

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

Magpul Industries

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1999
Colorado, Wyoming, Texas

  • 1999 founded by Richard M. Fitzpatrick in Colorado
  • 2000: Magpul 7.62 and Magpul 9mm introduced
  • 2002: First official military order
  • 2005: PRS stock
  • 2007: The PMAG 30 introduced
  • 2007  Masada Adaptive Combat Rifle are introduced
  • 2008: Magpul PDR concept, FMG9, and Magpul Massoud introduced
  • 2013 Colorado House Bill 13-1224
    – limits on magazine capacities
  • 2014 moved  production, distribution and shipping operations to Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • 2014 corporate headquarters to Austin, Texas

877-4MAGPUL (877-462-4785)

magpul.com

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

Eagle Arms

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1986
Coal Valley Illinois

  • 1986 Karl Lewis and Jim Glazier formed Eagle Arms in Coal Valley Illinois
    – early Stoner patents had expired
    – marketed M16 and AR-15 type rifle parts
    –  took the retail business from Lewis’ company, Lewis Machine and Tool (LMT)
  • 1989 produced complete rifles
    –  LMT supplied parts
  • January 1994 Mark Westrom purchased Eagle Arms
  • November 1994 produced a .308 caliber AR-10 type rifle called the “M-10”
  • 1995 Westrom purchased the rights to the ArmaLite trademark
  • 1995 Eagle was reincorporated as ArmaLite
    – Eagle Arms reduced to a division of ArmaLite

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

 

FN USA

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established in 1889
USA factory opened in 1981
Columbia, South Carolina

Belgium history

  • 1889 FN Herstal originated in the small city of Herstal, Belgium
    – co-founded by the major arms makers of the Liège region
  • 1897 entered into relationship with John Moses Browning
  • 1935 – 2017 Browning Hi-Power

FN USA history

  • 1981 FN Manufacturing LLC plant in Columbia, South Carolina
    – 200,000-square-foot
    – military division of FN
  • responsible for the production of
    – M16 rifles
    – M249 light machine guns
    – M240 machine guns
    – M2 machine guns
    – Mark-19 40 mm grenade launcher
  • 2014 FN America is the result of the merger of FN Manufacturing and FNH USA
  •  2015 U.S. military to produce 120,000 M4 and M4A1 carbines
    – $77-million
  • 2016 new retail store
    – Two Notch Road in Columbia, SC
  • 2020 contract to manufacture 167,000 M4 and M4A1 carbines
    – $119 million
  • FN America, LLC, is a U.S. subsidiary of FN Herstal, S.A.

Headquarters: McLean, Va

FN America, LLC
PO Box 9424
McLean, VA 22102

703-288-3500

fnamerica.com