Hunting/Shooting

8/3/2025 |  Thompson/Center Arms Acquires Green Mountain Rifle Barrel Company (SGB UPDATE) New Hampshire-based Thompson/Center Arms acquired Green Mountain Rifle Barrel Company, based in Conway, NH.
Building on this acquisition, Thompson/Center Arms further strengthens its vertical integration and development goals, including the exploration of new barrel materials and emerging calibers. This move comes on the heels of Thompson/Center Arms’ recent return to independent, family-owned status.

7/14/2025 |  Arcus Hunting Partners with Smith & Wesson on Defense Spray License (SGB UPDATE) Arcus Hunting, LLC, USA, the maker of Tink’s and Dead Down Wind hunting scents, announced a new licensing partnership to develop, manufacture and market a line of Smith & Wesson-branded personal defense sprays, including bear spray and pepper spray products, set to launch at retail in Fall 2025.

7/9/2025 |  Boar Products Expands Distribution into Canada with Green Peak Wholesale (SGB UPDATE) Boar Products, a family-owned manufacturer of all-natural gun cleaning and lubrication solutions, has partnered with Green Peak Wholesale, a Canadian wholesale distributor specializing in outdoor, sporting goods and firearms-related products. 

6/26/2025 |  Nosler Partners with Phelps Game Calls (SGB UPDATE) Nosler, Inc., the U.S. manufacturer of bullets, cartridge cases, ammunition, firearms, and suppressors, announced a new partnership with Phelps Game Calls, a maker of hand-crafted, American-made game calls designed for “serious hunters.”

6/24/2025 |  EXEC: Czechoslovak Group Plans Debt Offering; Sees Healthy Start to Second Quarter (SGB UPDATE) Czechoslovak Group (CSG), which acquired Vista Outdoor’s Kinetic Group ammunition business in November 2024, has reportedly launched a bond offering consisting of $500 million and €350 million in senior notes.
CSG also reported that company results in the first two months of the second quarter “continued to build on the momentum gained during the first quarter.”