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Sounds like they're moving back to someplace in America. Good for them!
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The state government will be proud and use it as a badge of honor. Good for StagConnecticut-based Stag Arms Announces They Are Relocating
After more than 15 years in New Britain Connecticut, AR maker Stag Arms said they are pulling stumps for somewhere with “significant support for the firearms industry.”
The announcement, posted last Friday, said the move is part of the company’s “strategic initiative to significantly improve the overall customer experience.” While the new location has not been selected, Stag says their Board of Directors has “narrowed down the options to a short list of vibrant communities where there is significant support for the firearms industry.”
Local media in Connecticut described the pending move, to be accomplished in coming months, as being out of state.
Stag was founded in May 2003 and has carved out a niche in the gun market with 556/.223-caliber AR-15 and .308/6.5 Creedmoor AR-10 style rifles, parts, builder’s sets, and accessories. More recently, the company has moved into producing AR9 type pistol caliber carbines in the form of the Stag PXC-9, which was announced earlier this year.
According to the latest data from federal regulators, the company manufactured 10,932 rifles in 2017, exporting 324 of them out of the country. This figure makes them the second largest rifle maker in Connecticut, just after West Hartford-based Colt. Of note, Stag produced more rifles than Mossberg’s North Haven, Connecticut facility in the same year.
The shift from Connecticut by Stag is not the only time that a gun industry vendor has shifted states for more friendly digs. In recent years, magazine and accessory maker Magpul has left Colorado for Wyoming and Texas, citing strict new gun control laws as the impetus for their relocation. They were joined in the Cowboy State this year by Weatherby, who left California for similar reasons.
Stag only built 10,000 rifles?
That seems pretty low.
i karma'd my stag pinned stock off here a while back.with a fixed stock and
And FN is in SC.I would be willing to be that SC is on their list. Hugely gun friendly, tax incentives for firearms companies and the state follows the fed. minimum wage standard. That's what you cal a win win win situation.
Wonder what the total of jobs lost and revenue that will add up to.
Guess what liberals , once all the middle class has been run out , you all get to foot the whole bill .
Connecticut is a VERY difficult state to do business in, regardless of labor costs.
Stag only built 10,000 rifles?
That seems pretty low.
Unless my memory fails me, they were a subcontractor of Colt for at least a while, which wouldn't surprise me since they (were) both in CT.also said stag made parts for govt. contracts but i couldn't get him to elaborate.
I thinks that’s the RIGHT thing to do
Henry should get out of New York
S&W out Assachusetts
Reap what you sow
They also built the early SW ARsJayMcB you are correct they were the contractor for Colt back around 2011-2012. however Colt got a new CEO that didn't want a local competitor building there rifles so he canceled the contract. It was just one more stupid short sided business decision like many others that has plagued Colt over the years.
So they want a cheaper labor pool.
Got this email today. Looks like they found a place and are making some management changes. | ||
Stag’s Board of Directors today announced that Chad Larsen has been appointed Stag’s President effective immediately. The Company also announced that it will be relocating to Cheyenne, WY, by the end of the year. In June, the Company disclosed its decision to move from Stag’s former headquarters in New Britain, CT, and accordingly initiated a national search for a new location.
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Yup until .gov places their hand into their pockets due to the loss of revenue.And the Libs in CT will cheer the loss of jobs and tax revenue .
They HATE Connecticut because of the abominable gun laws and uncomfortable business climate. According to the news just now, they will be moving to Wyoming. Anybody out there read "Molon Labe" by Boston T. Party??
Not literally, but figuratively they can, right up to and including leaving the place they're vacating a shit pit. Others have done much worse.I agree, but it’s not like they can burn the bridge on their way out. They will still have employees in Connecticut as they wind down operations, will have to work with the state’s divisions of unemployment and taxation agencies, and many more stakeholders.
From what I under stand is STAG was a off shoot of CMT in CT.... Basically the son of CMT.Unless my memory fails me, they were a subcontractor of Colt for at least a while, which wouldn't surprise me since they (were) both in CT.
Henry HQ is in Bayonne NJ anyways, not NYHenry builds a lot of its rifles in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
Henry HQ is in Bayonne NJ anyways, not NY
Henry Repeating Arms was started by Louis Imperato and his son Anthony Imperato in Brooklyn, New York in 1996. The first model produced was the Henry H001 Classic Lever Action .22 and the first shipments were made in March 1997.
One more reason for me to move to Wyoming.
Weatherby built a new all inclusive HQ and manufacturing plant in Sheridan, WY this year. Told CA to F off.
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