gun manufacturer history blog

[Dustbuster]

someone put together a pretty cool blog that explains the history of gun manufacturing facilities that have been in United States

lots of gun trivia, photis, and more.
one article mentioned how the Westinghouse company actually manufactured the mosin nagant rifle for the Russians many years ago right in Connecticut.

anyhow heres the link, enjoy!!

http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2015/02/ghost-gun-factories.html?m=1


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[No_0ne]

"one article mentioned how the Westinghouse company actually manufactured the mosin nagant rifle for the Russians many years ago right in Connecticut. "

 

As did Remington as well ...

[Garufa]

That's one of the reasons I dig milsurps so much. There's a lot of neat history behind the manufacturing.

[Oh Shoot]

That's one of the reasons I dig milsurps so much. There's a lot of neat history behind the manufacturing.

 

What a manufacturing country we used to have: when makers of juke boxes, typewriters, postal meters, and auto steering components could tool up and make quality rifles in short order!

 

- OS

[jtmaze]

A friend of mine has a bubba'ed up mosin made by Remington that is sitting in a safe with him trying to figure out what to do with it. No it is not for sale, already made offer, he is either going to scrounge parts and try and get back to original configuration or arch-angel it he hasn't decided due to the fact that you don't see a lot of them around. The problem is the front sight has been cut off and he is not sure if he wants to go thru the trouble of repairing( he is capable) but very time consuming.


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[Garufa]

What a manufacturing country we used to have: when makers of juke boxes, typewriters, postal meters, and auto steering components could tool up and make quality rifles in short order!

 

- OS

 

You just hit on the fascinating history of M1 Carbines! 

 

I seriously doubt American manufacturing could be so utilized and tooled-up so quickly in this day and age.

Edited November 28, 2015 by Garufa

[10-Ring]

You just hit on the fascinating history of M1 Carbines! 

 

I seriously doubt American manufacturing could be so utilized and tooled-up so quickly in this day and age.

We'd first have to clear it with the foreign companies that own a significant portion of manufacturing facilities in the US.

[TINCANBANDIT]

Thanks! That someone was me...I spent a lot of time looking into those old factories and the more I dug, the more I found.

[TINCANBANDIT]

I accidentally deleted the post on the old gun factories....thanks to google cache I was able to recover the info and republish it....this time with a couple more additions

 

http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2016/02/ghost-gun-factories.html

[Sidecarist]

As a former NY, New England resident having visited, or seen some of these plants is one of he few things I miss. There is a huge history of firearms in the north east. It looks like the firearms history for the 21st century will reside in the south.