Advanced Ammunition Company in Manchester is about a block of the street from where I work. I've been trying to get in touch with them to stop by and talk with them and learn more about their products to support the "locals" but have yet to reach anyone there.
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Monadnock
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Competitor Corporation, Inc.
Home of the Competitor Pistol ...600+ calibers and counting!
26 Knight Street, Unit 3
P.O. Box 352
Jaffrey, NH 03452 - 0352
Ph : (603) 532-9483
Fax : (603) 532-8209
This the same company that's building my Gun Club's (MRGCI.com) Rifle Raffle firearm.
The quality is excellent, but the wait can be long.
Home of the Competitor Pistol ...600+ calibers and counting!
26 Knight Street, Unit 3
P.O. Box 352
Jaffrey, NH 03452 - 0352
Ph : (603) 532-9483
Fax : (603) 532-8209
This the same company that's building my Gun Club's (MRGCI.com) Rifle Raffle firearm.
The quality is excellent, but the wait can be long.
Monadnock
NES Member
Another to file under "Lost New England Firearms Manufacturers":
Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works - Fitchburg, MA
Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works - Fitchburg, MA
Huh, was looking over the GunBlast review site and I found this -Austrian Sporting Arms seems to have some sort of product center in Ware, MA. The guns are made Austria, but I think they're imported in Ware... they certainly don't manufacturer them though. Don't know if it counts, but interesting.
They make .22 glock "copies"
http://www.gunblast.com/ISSC-M22.htm
They make .22 glock "copies"
http://www.gunblast.com/ISSC-M22.htm
A couple updates for you.
Ruger now has a factory in Newport, NH. (likely it's been there forever or they had other ops there).
For your "lost" list, you should add Iver Johnson, Fitchburg MA. (They had a huge factory in the city a loooooooooong time ago. )
-Mike
Ruger now has a factory in Newport, NH. (likely it's been there forever or they had other ops there).
For your "lost" list, you should add Iver Johnson, Fitchburg MA. (They had a huge factory in the city a loooooooooong time ago. )
-Mike
That's an odd duck. Springfield Armory still exists as a company, but they are no longer in New England, Springfield, Massachusetts, to be specific. If you have a link to the Springfield, Massachusetts manufacturing facility, or a picture of it, I guess I can put a link to that in the "Lost" area.
JuergenG
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Well, I didn't mean the existing company in Geneseo, IL , just the arsenal.
http://www.nps.gov/spar/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/spar/index.htm
Monadnock
NES Member
"ROCHESTER — Springfield, Mass-based Smith & Wesson Holding Corp is relocating its Thompson/Center Arms operations from Rochester, N.H., to its Springfield, Mass. facility, according to the City biz Real Estate website" ...this was widely announced back in December (2010).
They reported that the move should conclude around September of 2011.
They produced mainly hunting rifles/black powder and long barrels at the foundry.
That leaves their (S&W Holdings) "locally" outside of Springfield to Houlton, Maine where their plant produces restraints/handcuffs and the Walther PPK.
They reported that the move should conclude around September of 2011.
They produced mainly hunting rifles/black powder and long barrels at the foundry.
That leaves their (S&W Holdings) "locally" outside of Springfield to Houlton, Maine where their plant produces restraints/handcuffs and the Walther PPK.
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Smith and Wesson bussed all the remaining Thompson employees to a really nice hall a few years ago, told them they are all fired and bussed them back to the plant to gather their belongings.
Smith and Wesson put 400+ people out of work in the blink of an eye.
Their employees still don't know jack about building Thompson guns.
Smith and Wesson may make some decent guns but in my opinion, they don't give a crap about anyone.
I will get along fine without their products.
Smith and Wesson put 400+ people out of work in the blink of an eye.
Their employees still don't know jack about building Thompson guns.
Smith and Wesson may make some decent guns but in my opinion, they don't give a crap about anyone.
I will get along fine without their products.
They're a public corporation with one duty, increase shareholder value. Expecting more would be naive. Further, if they can figure out how to make a Performance Center revolver or 1911, I'm quite sure they can figure out how to make a bolt action rifle or muzzleloader.
You're free to spend your gun budget as you want.
The Century Arms plant and warehouse is in an industrial park in Fairfax, VT.
They are designing some new products and do assembly there as well. I toured the facility last December.
Mentioned in post #1
breslau
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Not any more. ISSC was imported by Austrian Sporting Arms which was located in the back of the Ware gun shop. Sometime last fall they lost the importation rights and the guns are now imported by Legacy Arms in Reno.
Another manufacturer not on the list is Reinhard T. Torkelson who started manufacturing shotguns in Worcester around 1900 and operated in Warren Ma. from 1903-08.
breslau
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