Hunting/Shooting

11/18/2024 |  Charter Arms Adds Indie Sales Agency for 13 Western States (SGB UPDATE) Charter Arms selected Mountain States Sports Marketing, Inc.(MSSM Group) as the sales agency of record for the Western United States (AK, WA, OR, HI, CA, NV, ID, MT, UT, AZ, NM, CO, and WY).
MSSM Group focuses exclusively on selling and servicing the shooting sports category.

11/6/2024 |  Report: Handgun Sales Slide in Q3 While Shotguns Lead Firearms Growth (SGB UPDATE) earfire RetailBI has released its Q3 2024 Shooting Sports Retail Report, which outlines the key trends and data from over 2,400 firearms retailers.
RetailBI, a flagship product of Gearfire, is a business intelligence and data analytics provider in the shooting sports industry. Its Q3 2024 analysis reveals notable consumer behavior, sales and inventory shifts in firearms, ammunition and accessories.

11/1/2024 |  Guns.com Partners with Silencer Central for Suppressor Fulfillment (SGB UPDATE) Guns.com, the online firearms retail store founded in 2011, partnered strategically with Silencer Central to fulfill all Guns.com customers’ online silencer purchases through its new “Delivered by Silencer Central” program. This program offers customers the option to ship orders directly with no transfer fees.

10/31/2024 |  Sturm, Ruger’s Earnings Slide on Promotions, Sales Turn Positive (SGB UPDATE) Profits at Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. fell 36.2 percent in the third quarter on lower gross margins amid promotional pressures. Sales improved 1.2  percent, the company’s first gain in five quarters.
The firearms company announced that net sales were $122.3 million for the third quarter against $120.9 million a year ago.  Earnings reached $4.7 million, or 28 cents a share, compared with $7.4 million, or 42 cents, the prior year.

10/30/2024 |  Luth-AR Acquires Acro Machine (SGB UPDATE) Luth-AR, a manufacturer of AR-15 firearms and firearm components based in Buffalo, MN, has purchased all the assets of Acro Machine Inc., including several CNC turning and milling machines, fixtures, programs, designs, and proprietary knowledge.