NE manufacturers & "gun valley"

Coyote33 · Mar 302006

What New England companies are currently making gunsgun partsor ammunition which can be purchased by civilians in New England? I'll start:

CT:

Chaparral Arms [Shelton]
Charter Arms and subsidiary Chaparral Arms [Shelton]
Colt [Hartford]
Connecticut Shotgun [New Britain]
Marlin Firearms [New Haven]
PTR 91Inc[Unionville]
United States Fire Arms [Hartford]
Mossberg & Sons Inc. [North Haven]
Ruger [Southport]
Seecamp [Milford] (MOVED TO SOUTHWICKMA??)
Stag Arms [New Britain]

MA:

Auto-Ordnance [Worcester]
Davinci Arms [Ludlow]
Kahr (Saeilo) [Worcester]
NEF [Gardner]
Remsport [Ludlow]
S&W [Springfield]
Savage [Westfield]
Troy Industries [Lee]
Whalley (Seecamp) [Southwick]
Yankee Hill Machine [Florence]
ZM weapons [Bernardston]

ME:

Smith & Wesson (Walther pistols) [Houlton]
Bushmaster [Windham]

NH:

Advanced Cartridge Company LLC [Manchester]
Gonic Arms [Gonic] are they "gone-ic"?
Heckler & Koch [Newington]
Lusa USA [Hookset/Webster]
Sig Arms [Exeter]
Tandemkross [Weare]
Thompson Center [Rochester]
Competitor CorporationInc. [Jaffrey]
Remcon/North Corporation [Meredith] 1-800-PEN-GUNS
Ruger [Newport]
Warner Sights [Swanzey]
Samson Manufacturing Corp.[Keene]

RI:

VT:

Century [FairfaxVT]
Robbins and Lawrence [Windsor]

Lost New England manufacturers:

Allen and Thurber [Worcester]
Bay State Arms [Uxbridge]
Dan Wesson [Monson]
Ethan Allen [city?]
H&R [Worcester] see: in January of 1986 they went out of business and The first Harrington & Richardson company was founded in 1871 as Wesson & Harrington. The old H&R company went out of business in 1986and the building was demolished.
Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works [Fitchburg]
J. Stevens A&T Company [Chicopee Falls] (from this post)
N.R. Davis & Sons [Assonet (Freetown)]
Noble [Haydenville]
Spencer Arms [Boston]
Winchester [New Haven] see: Winchester closes its doors in New Haven for good
Waters [Millbury] see: Waters and GUNMAKER ASA WATERS
Reinhard T. Torkelson [Boston] started manufacturing shotguns [Worcester] ~1900 & operated in [Warren] MA 1903-08.

Ohand where is "gun valley"? ... ... One person said the Connecticut River Valley from Springfield on down past ColtMarlin and Winchester. But that leaves out the whole Blackstone Valley also of Worcester to the Narragansett baylet alone northern NE

ephemeratta said:
CoyoteI made a map based on your list.
Map

jacobtowne · Mar 302006

Smith & Wesson builds Walther pistols in HoultonMaineIIRC.
Gun Valley does indeed include Worcester and the Blackstone Valley where gunsmiths such as Ethan Allen got their start.
JT

matt · Mar 302006

If this is lastlywhat was first?

edit: Never mind... just read the other thread...

Nickle · Mar 302006

A few updates

VT - Caspian and Essex (Hardwick)

Century is the importer in St Albans/Georgia(VT) GE (now General Dynamicsor whatever the current name is) do military contracts and built the Vulcan

Maine would have Bushmaster

Maremont and Saco did military contracts (M2 and M60)

Coyote33 · Mar 302006

No importers or distributorsjust manufacturers. Is Maremont a mfg? Saco? Those both in Maine? Saco the city?

I'm mostly interested in riflesshotgunsand handguns that the public does or used to be able to buy. (In the case of someMA can't.)

Use the list as your example.

If it is currently making ones which can be purchased by civilians in New Englandput "current". If it used toput "gone".

I'll add them to the list at top. Thanks.

Nickle · Mar 302006

GEMaremont and Saco don't/didn't make stuff you could "normally" buy (directly at least). If you're going to own an MG

Saco is the city/townyes. IIRCMaremont is nearbybut I'm just not sure.

Len-2A Training · Mar 302006

Century is not just an importerbut also "hammers together" guns out of parts. I think that their trained monkeys work at the VT locationbut Nickle would more likely know for sure.

They build CETMEsSARs (now WASRs I think)etc.

matt · Mar 302006

Being local to NEFI feel I should own one of thier gunsbut I don't know anything about them. Do they have a good rep?

Matt

heron163 · Mar 302006

A.R.M.S. - West BridgewaterMA

Yankee Hill Machine - FlorenceMA

daveInME · Mar 302006

Bushmaster

Bushmaster is in Windham ME make a left at Portland

dwarven1 · Mar 302006

Thompson Center - RochesterNH.

Len-2A Training · Mar 302006

ARMS makes mountsmostly for .gov. They don't make guns.

You'd be shocked to see the place. It's not much bigger than my garage!!

hooter · Mar 302006

LenS said:
ARMS makes mountsmostly for .gov. They don't make guns.

You'd be shocked to see the place. It's not much bigger than my garage!!

You got that right. If you are trying to find the place you'll drive by twice before you see it.

SiameseRat · Mar 302006

What I find appalling is that there are gun manufacturers in MAwho pay taxes hereand whose employees pay taxes hereyet the stupid frickin' government won't allow their products for general sale without them bending over. I meanrealisticallywhy do they stay?

DR · Mar 302006

matt said:
Being local to NEFI feel I should own one of thier gunsbut I don't know anything about them. Do they have a good rep?

Matt

They're cheap guns and I think they're good value for the money. I have one of their slug guns. I paid about as much for the gun as a rifled barrel would cost for my Mossberg. It's accurate and locks up nice and tight.

There's a shop in GardnerMatch Shot Firearmsthat carries a lot of NEF guns.

LoginName · Mar 302006

ZM weaponsBernardstonMA

http://www.zmweapons.com

reinbeau · Mar 312006

dwarven1 said:
Thompson Center - RochesterNH.

That's right near the Market Basket we shop at all the time when we go up to Lebanon.

JuergenG · Mar 312006

a.k.a. www,foxridgeoutfitters.com/
Been there and took some TC Contender parts which we couln't get here.

Coyote33 · Mar 312006

LenS said:
ARMS makes mountsmostly for .gov. They don't make guns.

You'd be shocked to see the place. It's not much bigger than my garage!!

and

JuergenG said:
a.k.a. www,foxridgeoutfitters.com/
Been there and took some TC Contender parts which we couln't get here.

see:

Coyote33 said:
No importers or distributorsjust manufacturers....

I'm mostly interested in riflesshotgunsand handguns that the public does or used to be able to buy. (In the case of someMA can't.)

Use the list as your example.

If it is currently making ones which can be purchased by civilians in New Englandput "current". If it used toput "gone".

I'll add them to the list at top. Thanks.

Wildweasel · Mar 312006

noble was in Haydenville ma. (pioneer vally. ) kind of crappy guns. I used to have one of them.

JonJ · Mar 312006

Wildweasel said:
noble was in Haydenville ma. (pioneer vally. ) kind of crappy guns. I used to have one of them.

I have one. A 12ga pump that I bought for $20!

PatMcD · Mar 312006

Saco Defense also was making Weatherby rifles for a time.

Nickle · Apr 42006

LenS said:
Century is not just an importerbut also "hammers together" guns out of parts. I think that their trained monkeys work at the VT locationbut Nickle would more likely know for sure.

They build CETMEsSARs (now WASRs I think)etc.

THe WASR's are made in Romania. SAR's are alsoI think. They did build CETME'sG3 clone's and FAL's. Some of the FAL's were OKothers garbage. Check the receiver of any Century FAL. If it's an Imbelyou're OKHessepass on it.

One of my ex-coworkers went to work for them after he left here on a medical. He has since left there. He was a vehicle mechanic hereand not a real good one at that.

lightbulb1976 · May 312006

Troy IndustriesMossberg and corrections.

Troy Industries Inc located in LeeMAmakes tactical accessoriessuch as BUIS and rail systems for AR-15s. They also maketheir own line of tactical M4s using mostly their own products. http://www.troyind.com/shop/index.php?cPath=23

Mossberg & Sons Inc. Headquarterd in North Haven CT. I have no idea where their factory migh be located.

Corrections:
Ruger's headquarters is in Southport CT. They make their semi-auto pistols and rifles in Prescott AZ. All their other long guns and revolvers are made in Newport NH.

Savage is headquartered in CTnot Mass. Their factory is in Westfield Mass.

lightbulb1976 · May 312006

Some more manufactures in NE.

US firearms: Located in Hartford Ct. They make Colt SSA copies.

http://www.usfirearms.com/

firtree · May 312006

This is a great list. Can someone make this sticky and update the first page with the info?

I'd hate to see this all lost over time.

dreppucci007 · Jun 162006

firtree said:
This is a great list. Can someone make this sticky and update the first page with the info?

I'd hate to see this all lost over time.

Just noticed...I'm gonna move this to FirearmsEquipment& Ammo and make it a sticky.

lightbulb1976 · Jun 172006

Here is another company in CT.

Chaparral Arms in Shelton Ct.
http://www.chaparralfirearms.com/

dwarven1 · Jun 172006

lightbulb1976 said:
Here is another company in CT.

Chaparral Arms in Shelton Ct.
http://www.chaparralfirearms.com/

Interesting... it seems to be part of Charter Arms.

Chaparral Arms is a salute to the past—with recent roots.
A few years back Nick Eckerowner of Connecticut-based Charter Armsgot together with a small group of Italian companies already producing finished firearms and firearm parts. They began to explore the idea of producing Old West replica firearms for the American market. Eventually this idea developed into a new company—Chaparral Arms.

Just like in the USAItaly has its own version of Gun Valley—
a region where the noted Italian manufacturers have produced finely crafted firearms for generations. It is a region rich in gun-making tradition and talent. And it is here that Chaparral has set up shop.

Until nowChaparral Arms have been sold exclusively in the European marketand have developed a strong following among European cowboy action shooters.

Nowto serve the North American marketChaparral ships finished gun parts to Connecticut. Charter Arms’ craftsmen assemble the partsassure strict quality controland test-fire each weapon.

Chaparral combines Old World and New World craftsmanship—and a new tradition is born.

Rebmocam · Aug 22006

Saco Maremont

Saco is the town in which they were located and was used as short for Saco Defence. Maremont had bought them out in the early 80's. At that point they called themselves Saco-Maremont. I actually own one of the Sig p226 that were manufactured there during the XM9 trials. The slide of the gun is stamped SIG Maremont and the barrel is stamped Saco Defence. Hope this helps.

NE manufacturers & "gun valley"

Coyote33

jacobtowne

matt

Nickle

Coyote33

Nickle

Len-2A Training

Instructor

matt

heron163

daveInME

dwarven1

Lonely Mountain Arms

Len-2A Training

Instructor

hooter

SiameseRat

DR

LoginName

reinbeau

JuergenG

Coyote33

Wildweasel

JonJ

PatMcD

Nickle

lightbulb1976

lightbulb1976

firtree

dreppucci007

lightbulb1976

dwarven1

Lonely Mountain Arms

Rebmocam

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