S&W (Partially) Leaves MA

[WillBrink]

About damn time. Why any gun manufacturer would stay in the NE being treated like criminals, while they employ people, pay high taxes, etc. is a mystery to me. That's a bunch of jobs, tax revenue, etc MA loses due to driving a solid company out of the state. I said that when I did my short stint as an adjunct trainer for the training academy too.

Smith & Wesson to Relocate Headquarters to Tennessee
September 30, 2021

Move includes headquarters and significant portion of operations due to changing business climate for firearms
manufacturing in Massachusetts

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select: SWBI), one of the nation's oldest
firearms manufacturers, announced today that it is moving its headquarters and significant elements of its operations to Maryville, Tennessee in 2023. Smith & Wesson has been based in Springfield, Massachusetts since the company was incorporated in 1852.

https://ir.smith-wesson.com/node/16831/pdf

[Hush]

As a former subject of that wretched state.... good for them!

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[WillBrink]

As a former subject of that wretched state.... good for them!

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I left approx 6 years ago from People's Republic of MA.

[Hush]

Revere right? I used to work the Ambulance there. I moved to Free Hampshire and never looked back.

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[WillBrink]

Revere right? I used to work the Ambulance there. I moved to Free Hampshire and never looked back.

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Me, Metro West. I went school in NH, and one thing I knew, when/if I moved, would not be one mile north. That cold/dark chit for 6 months is not for me

[jsbhike]

Passed through Maryville going to Cades Cove a couple months back. Good for them!

[Hush]

Me, Metro West. I went school in NH, and one thing I knew, when/if I moved, would not be one mile north. That cold/dark chit for 6 months is not for me

Bedford here!

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[seb5]

I hope they stop the asinine hole in the side. I like S&W revolvers, even the new ones but will never buy one with the hole in the side. Never owned one and won't.

[Wildcat]

They are not ceasing operations in Taxachusetts.

Read the press release:
" - The facility in Springfield, Massachusetts will be reconfigured but will remain operational.
- Smith & Wesson will keep some of its manufacturing operations in Springfield, Massachusetts, including all forging,
machining, metal finishing, and assembly of revolvers, and will continue to have over 1,000 employees in the state...."

[WillBrink]

They are not ceasing operations in Taxachusetts.

Read the press release:
" - The facility in Springfield, Massachusetts will be reconfigured but will remain operational.
- Smith & Wesson will keep some of its manufacturing operations in Springfield, Massachusetts, including all forging,
machining, metal finishing, and assembly of revolvers, and will continue to have over 1,000 employees in the state...."

Not yet, as no doubt they will test the waters, study logistics, train up workers, see who is willing to re locate, etc and see the viability of it. I have little doubt that's the intent.