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Posted: 4/8/2016 4:27:31 PM EDT
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Well the original was a government run arsenal and the current a private company. So name only.
ETA: I visited the original Spfld armory a few years ago, cool museum. Of course getting there you have to go through what looks like a war zone. |
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Posted: 4/8/2016 4:46:00 PM EDT
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They bought the name fair and square.
But, that is the only direct connection I can think of. It would be funny if they bought a foreign company, and did a tax inversion. 
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Posted: 4/8/2016 5:16:48 PM EDT
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Just a note to anyone traveling to or near Springfield Mass---
A small part of the original Springfield Armory is run by the NPS as a museam and it is very interesting. |
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Posted: 4/8/2016 6:16:37 PM EDT
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Just a note to anyone traveling to or near Springfield Mass--- A small part of the original Springfield Armory is run by the NPS as a museam and it is very interesting. Yes! I went there about 10 years ago - very cool! |
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Posted: 4/8/2016 6:33:14 PM EDT
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Original Springfield Armory was govt. Closed 1968.
Elmer Balance in Devine TX created commercial Corp shortly after to make m1a that was bought in 74 by Reese. Elmer is still in business and a very fun day trip to visit. |
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Posted: 4/9/2016 10:42:07 PM EDT
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They bought the name fair and square. Okay, please don't take this as hate on the current SA, I just bought a Range Officer Champion on Thursday, but... they did not "buy" the name, they just sort of took it and hoped it would stick. And it has for something like 40 years now, so I'm sure they're happy about that. 
If they were starting up today, they'd just call it Springfield Arsenal... 
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Posted: 4/9/2016 11:34:53 PM EDT
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Okay, please don't take this as hate on the current SA, I just bought a Range Officer Champion on Thursday, but... they did not "buy" the name, they just sort of took it and hoped it would stick. And it has for something like 40 years now, so I'm sure they're happy about that.
If they were starting up today, they'd just call it Springfield Arsenal... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They bought the name fair and square. Okay, please don't take this as hate on the current SA, I just bought a Range Officer Champion on Thursday, but... they did not "buy" the name, they just sort of took it and hoped it would stick. And it has for something like 40 years now, so I'm sure they're happy about that.
If they were starting up today, they'd just call it Springfield Arsenal... Incorrect. In 1974, the Springfield Armory name was licensed to Robert Reese, to form Springfield Armory, Inc., a company that manufactures semi-automatic versions of the M14 rifle and M1911 pistol. The company is not located in or near Springfield, Massachusetts and has no direct association with the original Springfield Armory. The current Springfield Armory, Inc., based out of Geneseo, Illinois, manufactures several of its weapons on the exact blueprints and to identical specifications as the original government owned Springfield Armory. Springfield Armory, Inc. has expanded its line of firearms to include modern day sporting rifles and polymer pistols as well as Historical American icons, namely the M14 and M1911. |
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Posted: 4/9/2016 11:45:34 PM EDT
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They bought the name fair and square. But, that is the only direct connection I can think of. It would be funny if they bought a foreign company, and did a tax inversion.
There was no name to buy. |
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