Posted: 1/20/2009 11:07:25 AM EDT
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After looking at the footage from SHOT show, how many AR makers are there now or have made AR's in the past?
(Parentheses are AR's I have owned at one time) 1) Armalite (1) 2) Bushmaster (1) (Cere) 3) Colt (1) 4) Cav Arms (3) 5) DPMS (1) (Cere) 6) Essential 6) Smith & Wesson 7) Century 8) FN 9) HK 10) CMMG 11) Stag (1) 12) Wilson Tactical 13) ADS 14) POF 15) ZM/Para (1) 16) Rock River (1) 17) Spikes Tactical 18) Anvil Arms 19) Remington (Cere) 20) Sabre 21) Daniels Defense 22) Cloud 23) SLR 24) Yankee Hill 25) Hesse (Allegedly) 26) Vulcan (Allegedly) 27) Norinco 28) Hi Standard 29) Olympic Arms 30) Aero 31) Larue 32) LMT 33) Noeveske 34) Double Star 35) Superior Arms 36) Diemaco 37) Kaiser Defence 38) American Spirit Arms 39) Knights Armament 40) LWRC 41) Alexander Arms 42) Denny's Guns (Billet) 43) Sun Devil (Billet) 44) Tactical Innovation 45) GM Hydromatic 46) Bohica 47) Gun Smoke Enterprises 48) Charles Daly Defense Can we hit 50? And I know there are more, I can' t remember the companies that make machined receivers. |
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After looking at the footage from SHOT show, how many AR makers are there now? (Parentheses are AR's I have owned at one time) 1) Armalite (1) 2) Bushmaster (1) 3) Colt (1) 4) Cav Arms (3) 5) DPMS (1) 6) Essential 6) Smith & Wesson 7) Century 8) FN 9) HK 10) CMMG 11) Stag (1) 12) Wilson Tactical 13) Any others I am missing? You have quite a few AR15 assemblers on that list. 
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 I don't know how many of those just add their own rollmarks to other company's parts.
But it still looks like more private companies make AR's than any other rifle, pistol or shotgun. The only one that I think comes close are the (10) companies that were making M-1 Carbines during WWII, and the others that were making commercial Carbines after WWII. 1911's would most likely lead in pistols, with SAA's next. Shotguns? Maybe 870's? |
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Come on you fr00t cakes: Knight's Armament!
Ameetec Arms Del-ton LWRC (land warfare rifle company, or the old leitner wise) Alexander Arms maker of the 6.5 Grendel guns. Charles Daly Defense - these guys actually started a thread in the AR forum asking what we wanted. Then they built it and put it up for sale. Denny's Guns makes a billet lower |
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can we get some sort of notation of manufacturers who actually manufacture their own receivers, vs ones who just stamp their name on blanks made by someone else?
I know (or am at least pretty sure) the list is pretty short of companies who actually make their own -NoDak -DPMS -Colt -Armalite -Bushmaster -Olympic (?) -Rock River who else? |
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can we get some sort of notation of manufacturers who actually manufacture their own receivers, vs ones who just stamp their name on blanks made by someone else? I know (or am at least pretty sure) the list is pretty short of companies who actually make their own -NoDak -DPMS -Colt -Armalite -Bushmaster -Olympic (?) -Rock River who else? Noveske Kaiser Defense (supplies Spikes Tactical) LWRC |
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Lauer Custom Weaponry
Fulton Armory Territorial Gunsmiths Seekins Precision |