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Near The City (My The City), Advanced Munitions, maker of HPR Ammunition, will open a $553M facility that employees 600 or so people.
News has already hit the shooting community. First Beretta, and now another in the firearms biz.
Heard the CEO on the radio today saying that they came here for the NRA convention and loved Tennessee. They were first going to move to Texas.
October 21st, 2015 at 8:54 am
What was it that Bob Lee Swagger said in the movie “Shooter” when him and his cohort arrived in Athens, Tennessee to consult with an old gun expert? “Welcome to Tennessee, patron State of shootin’ stuff.”
Gun makers, ammo makers, y’all come!
October 21st, 2015 at 9:20 am
Go Vols.
October 21st, 2015 at 1:48 pm
As a Texan, we are happy to compete with Tennessee for gun & ammo makers and manufacturers of accessories for firearms.
I live just a few miles from the headquarters of the near-mythical STI, myself.
When our Academy Sporting Goods starts expanding nationwide and you get one in Tennessee, you’ll enjoy their Texan attitude to firearms (low prices, wide selection).
October 21st, 2015 at 8:46 pm
“T for Texas, T for Tennessee”.
We’re very fortunate to land this company in our state and we welcome them wholeheartedly.
[Now, off subject, I want to rub some salt in the wounds: My beloved Saints 26, Cowboys 20]
October 21st, 2015 at 9:43 pm
Mike, we’ve had Academy Sports for a while.
October 22nd, 2015 at 9:42 am
Yes, Mike same here, north of Nashville for quite a few years. They have an abundance of and great prices for ammo. Just bought several boxes of discounted 7.62×51 for my M1A.
October 23rd, 2015 at 1:41 pm
The burning question being of course, will they be cooking up 22LR?