1876
Lecco, Italy

• Giulio Fiocchi a bank manager assigned to oversee a defaulted musket and black powder factory
• Giulio & his brother Giacomo bought the factory
•  focused entirely on brass cased cartridges w/ modern primers
• company has been passed down through the Fiocchi family
• WWII = Nazis seized control of the Fiocchi factory
• rebuilt after the war
• 1950s  partnered with Smith & Wesson to operate a factory in Illinois
• 1983 built an importing facility in Springfield, MO