What Cool Gun, Gear or Other Companies are based in your state? [Archive]

Nightvisionary

12-14-11, 04:54

There seem to be a ton of cool companies located within about 20 minutes of my house but if I include the entire state of Oregon there are even more. Off the top of my head:

Leupold

Kershaw Knives(KAI, Zero tolerance, Shun)

Nosler

Gerber knives

Al Mar knives

CRKT Knives

Danner Boots

Noveske

FLIR systems

Crimson Trace

Nike

Columbia Sportswear

LowSpeed_HighDrag

12-14-11, 06:11

That I know of:

Magpul
IWC
Spyderco

All pretty cool

CoryCop25

12-14-11, 06:20

Geissele Automatics!
EGW

Pork Chop

12-14-11, 07:14

Nebraska

Hornady

Cylinder & Slide

Cabelas Home office(Debatable as to how cool this one is?:p)

J-Dub

12-14-11, 07:41

Larue Tactical

I'm sure theres more, but thats the coolest i think of...

austinN4

12-14-11, 08:08

In addition to Larue, and if you count both manufacturing and sales, in terms of large operations we have GT Distributors in Austin, CDNN in Abeline, and SWFA near Dallas.

OldState

12-14-11, 08:55

Geissele Automatics!
EGW

Yes. Geissele is 3 miles from me. I was shocked when I first noticed that on their website. It is in an old school house that I drove by several times a week and never noticed.

Also, in Pa, a mile from me is Streamlight.

Zippo Lighters

Case Knives

Cannondale bikes

Harley Davidson in York

Mack Trucks

All Clad

Martin Guitars

Hershey Chocolate

Heinz

Channel Lock

Pyrex

markm

12-14-11, 09:49

VLTOR

Tango Down

Timney

McMillan

Dillon/DillonAero

Eurodriver

12-14-11, 10:12

CORE 15!

And POF!

YEAH!

And that other high priced place that doesn't put out proven or quality products...Knights Armament.

POF is just as good as.... :haha:

Hmac

12-14-11, 11:07

DPMS is located in this state...about an hour south of here.

jwfuhrman

12-14-11, 11:17

Indiana

Fuhrman Precision Services(shamless plug lol)

honestly don't know of anything else in this state. Crane if you count that?

turdbocharged

12-14-11, 11:39

G&R Tactical
Raven Concealment(I think)
Camp Perry!
FinFeatherFur Outfitters

I'm sure there are many others I'm missing.

I am also pretty sure that the M1Abrams is built somewhere near Lima,OH as well, please correct me if I am wrong.

woodandsteel

12-14-11, 11:45

Off the top of my head, without doing a search;

Superior Arms, Les Baer and Brownells.

Based on Les Baer's reasoning for moving from Illinois to Iowa, I am secretly saving up money to buy on of his 1911's.

CoryCop25

12-14-11, 11:47

Smuckatelli

12-14-11, 11:50

Virginia Arms........nuff said.

BCmJUnKie

12-14-11, 12:04

That I know of:

Magpul
IWC
Spyderco

All pretty cool

Thats all I can think of too

Belmont31R

12-14-11, 12:08

Larue Tactical

I'm sure theres more, but thats the coolest i think of...

In addition to Larue, and if you count both manufacturing and sales, in terms of large operations we have GT Distributors in Austin, CDNN in Abeline, and SWFA near Dallas.

STI is in Georgetown.

TomMcC

12-14-11, 12:13

Surefire, but I'm amazed they haven't left this beautiful, but hellish place.

chadbag

12-14-11, 13:48

Browning

Silencerco

Action Targets

eguns.com ;)

and (for better or worse) Robinson Arms

ETA: I believe Sportsman's Warehouse is headquartered in Utah. They do have a very large warehouse complex in my city (though no stores).

probably some I have not remembered.

variablebinary

12-14-11, 14:13

DESERT TACTICAL ARMS

Robinson Armament

Browning

Silencerco

Vector Arms

North American Arms

Christensen Arms

Cobra Enterprises

L.A.R. Manufacturing (AKA Grizzly)

Barnes Bullets

chadbag

12-14-11, 14:17

L.A.R. Manufacturing (AKA Grizzly)

They also do OEM manufacturing of other brands' uppers and maybe lowers for ARs.

In addition they have the Grizzly Big Bore 50 cal rifle and (used to have?) the Grizzly 45 Win Mag 1911 style handguns.

sadmin

12-14-11, 14:26

DSG
Comp-Tac
Primary Arms
Texas Weapons Systems
CSAT!! :)

PdxMotoxer

12-14-11, 14:57

For Oregon you forgot................

Leatherman (they are off airport way just across 122nd from Danner Boots)

Back in the 90's you could get scratched and factory 2nd's from leatherman for 1/4 the price of new!! but i THINK they don't sell to the public anymore.
(unlike Danner Boots where i just got 2 pairs of hiking Danners for $30 each!! retail $109 each)

Moose-Knuckle

12-14-11, 15:05

thopkins22

12-14-11, 17:37

In addition to Larue, and if you count both manufacturing and sales, in terms of large operations we have GT Distributors in Austin, CDNN in Abeline, and SWFA near Dallas.

DSG
Comp-Tac
Primary Arms
Texas Weapons Systems
CSAT!! :)

In addition to those. . .

(not sure how cool some of these are lol)

We have DSG Arms in Fort Worth, CTD (Cheaper Than Dirt) original store and distribution center in Fort Worth and CTD Guns in McKinney, Bass Pro & Cabalas throughout the state.

Texas also has

Defense industry wise:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth where the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Grand Prairie.

Bell Helicopter makes a couple of military helicopters here.
Raytheon.

L-3 does a lot of things here.

BAE

Training opportunities that folks across the country might recognize(lots of smaller companies.)

CSAT(Paul Howe)

Rifles Only

Spartan Tactical(Jim Smith)

Aaron Roberts(hosted Tactical Impact with LAV for a while)

LOTS of others.

DeltaSierra

12-14-11, 17:40

SIG...

and

Ruger....

Bet nobody else can beat that... :haha:

Trajan

12-14-11, 18:03

dennisuello

12-14-11, 18:07

US Ordnance
Arsenal Inc

Moose-Knuckle

12-14-11, 19:42

Texas also has

Defense industry wise:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth where the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Grand Prairie.

Bell Helicopter makes a couple of military helicopters here.
Raytheon.

L-3 does a lot of things here.

BAE

Training opportunities that folks across the country might recognize(lots of smaller companies.)

CSAT(Paul Howe)

Rifles Only

Spartan Tactical(Jim Smith)

Aaron Roberts(hosted Tactical Impact with LAV for a while)

LOTS of others.

LOL, and I thought we were just talking about gun makers and retailers. If we are talking about the real toys then. . .

My grandfather's both moved here from IA and AR to work for Bell helicopter and Convair which then became General Dynamics and Lockeed Martin is also a player here as well as Rathheon Co.

Iraqgunz

12-15-11, 00:20

just an FYI.

Ordnance refers to weapons, ammunition.

Ordinance refers to a regulation or law.

US Ordinance
Arsenal Inc

rojocorsa

12-15-11, 01:53

Benchmade was also left out of the Oregon list. (Or I missed it)

Someone already said Surefire for CA.

I think the original Armalite used to be here too.

The only other relevant company I can think of is Triple Aught Design (TAD), makers of Gucci-tactical and other outdoorsy shit. I don't know much else about them, but they're literally up the road from me.

PdxMotoxer

12-15-11, 03:13

Your right i forgot about Benchmade out in oregon city.

Uncle Mikes USED to be right next door but was sold and moved across the river to Vancouver Wa.

Moose-Knuckle

12-15-11, 03:19

The only other relevant company I can think of is Triple Aught Design (TAD), makers of Gucci-tactical and other outdoorsy shit. I don't know much else about them, but they're literally up the road from me.

Hah!. . .:lol:

Gawd the fanboys will have your scalp!

Iraqgunz

12-15-11, 05:18

I have had and still do some TAD stuff. It's actually very good albeit pricey.

Benchmade was also left out of the Oregon list. (Or I missed it)

Someone already said Surefire for CA.

I think the original Armalite used to be here too.

The only other relevant company I can think of is Triple Aught Design (TAD), makers of Gucci-tactical and other outdoorsy shit. I don't know much else about them, but they're literally up the road from me.

rojocorsa

12-15-11, 14:40

Hah!. . .:lol:

Gawd the fanboys will have your scalp!

I must confess that the first time I ever hear of TAD was on some funny blog post disparaging the "bad" kind of fanboys. I think I must have seen that at Death Valley Mag.

I had seen them before, but had no idea what they were called or that the gucci types hijacked them.

I have had and still do some TAD stuff. It's actually very good albeit pricey.
That's what I heard, lol.

I do want to check out the storefront. I won't lie, they got some cool looking jackets. I just like making fun of the fanbois. :p

Spiffums

12-15-11, 19:00

Jack Daniels :happy: :happy:

Jer

12-15-11, 19:22

That I know of:

Magpul
IWC
Spyderco

All pretty cool

Burris is also on the East side of Greeley.
IOR has their customer service for the US in NW Denver.
Iron Ridge is in Longmont although I don't give any of them my $ since the guy was a jerk to me a few years ago.
Thunder Beast Arms is in Cheyenne but close enough.
Bighorn Arms makes some of the best bolt actions on the market.

There's more but I can't think of them right now.

mtdawg169

12-16-11, 10:31

Daniel Defense & Glock here in GA!

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Moose-Knuckle

12-16-11, 14:57

Daniel Defense & Glock here in GA!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/AKS-74/lukcy.jpg

HK51Fan

12-16-11, 17:09

In addition to Larue, and if you count both manufacturing and sales, in terms of large operations we have GT Distributors in Austin, CDNN in Abeline, and SWFA near Dallas.

military gun supply, cheaper than dirt.

caporider

12-16-11, 17:20

Wisconsin:

Bartlein Barrels

Brux Barrels

Obermeyer Barrels

Rock Creek Barrels

(anyone see a theme going here?)

Bravo Company

Vortex Optics

American Defense Manufacturing (ADM)

Lauer Custom Weaponry (DuraCoat)

and probably a dozen others I'm forgetting.

ra2bach

12-16-11, 21:32

Daniel Defense & Glock here in GA!

and AAC (Advanced Armament Co)...

Bowser

12-17-11, 01:08

Surefire LLC
Strider Knives
Laser Devices
Ops Inc.
Mesa Tactical
L3 Communications has some offices in CA too.

Can't believe all the cool stuff is made very close to me, yet I can't own any of it.

GeorgiaBoy

12-17-11, 22:15

Daniel Defense
Glock
AAC

Daniel Defense is about a 30 minute ride.

montanadave

12-18-11, 11:16

Here's an article on a Montana woodworker who crafts custom rifle and shotgun stocks up around the Flathead Lake area (northwestern Montana): http://billingsgazette.com/business/features/gun-owners-pay-top-dollar-for-polson-woodworker-s-custom/article_5cde650e-eed3-5417-9e81-88e408345c3d.html

Here's a link to the guy's website: http://www.mtcustomguns.com/

And, of course, Cooper Firearms makes some absolutely beautiful custom firearms: http://www.cooperfirearms.com/

And if you're looking for some hard hitting ammo, there's Buffalo Bore Ammunition: http://www.buffalobore.com/

Montana folks tend to like their guns. :smile: