Cavalry Arms out of firearms business
As you may be aware, we have been engaged in an ongoing dispute with the ATF for the past two years. While Cavalry Arms has at all times tried its best to run a lawful and honest shop, unfortunately, some regulatory compliance mistakes were made. We have now come to the point where we feel it is in our best interest to close our FFL and to cease all firearms operations. The owner of Cavalry Arms, Shawn Nealon, has elected to leave the firearms business and concentrate on firearms accessories instead. We are currently in negotiations with another company for that company to purchase the CAV-15 product line. Rest assured that any resulting purchase agreement will address the issue of providing service and support with regard to existing CAV-15 firearm products. We will continue to manufacture quality plastic components, grow our Medical products line, and work to bring new innovations to the relevant markets. Over the next several weeks we will be conducting a wind-down of our firearms manufacturing and FFL operations. Accordingly, please do not send us any firearms for repair or replacement. Instead, such issues should be addressed to the ultimate purchaser of our assets. Due to our limited personnel resources, during this transition/operation wind-down period, the final processing and shipping of firearm receivers already in our inventory will be our first priority.
That sucks. I have a couple of rifles built using their components.
IIRC, this came about because they had some off-site work done.
February 16th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
They had the receiver halves molded off site. Then they friction welded the halves together on-site.
They had a letter from the ATF allowing this, which was rescinded without bothering to inform them, other than raiding their factory.
Having a new entity buy the equipment and intellectual property rights and restart is probably the simplest legal solution … the Jennings family used it extensively to make cheap .22s despite everyone and their cousin suing them for no good reason other than that their product was affordable.
February 16th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
damn. I guess I won’t be buying another one of their lowers to play around with, the two I have will just have to keep each other company.
February 16th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
The fascists win again.
February 16th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
This is a crime. Not what Cav Arms did– what ATF did. Who the is that sort of shit supposed to serve? But mariner answered that question.
February 16th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Was the company molding the receiver halves a licensed manufacturer or a non-licensee?
February 16th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Sounds just like the crap the ATF is pulling with the GSG5SD and it’s not-suppressing suppressor. What a bunch of worthless jerks.
February 16th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Well at least they already have a medical products line. Perhaps they can start making prosthetic limbs and their name will still be appropriate.
February 16th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
From what I understand the atf does not look at the actual finish of the receiver but the number of machining operations left compared to the whole. Say cav arms uses a total 10 operations to make the whole receiver counting outside help. If the outside company does 9 operations instead of 8 without a manufacturing permit that would be where the breach occurred. Criminal intent I doubt it else they would be shut down totally. Yes it is unfair. Another price of living in america supposedly the most free nation on earth.
February 16th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
My bet for the company in negotiations to buy the CAV-15 product line: Sabre Defence.
Any takers?
February 16th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
This is only the begining……….BUY MORE AMMO
February 16th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Yay gov’t.
I <3 regulatory compliance laws.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Ah, internet speculation. Gotta love it.
The lowers were coming in two halves which were then welded at CavArms. Technical Branch changed their mind about their original opinion after securing two halves together with a LRPK inside (reports vary as to whether glue or rubber bands were used) and successfully getting a couple shots off.
Yes, it’s BS, but anybody contemplating getting a Type 07 should realize that this is the type of BS you will have to put up with. If your business model requires an opinion letter from the ATF to stay open, it’s on pretty shaky ground from the jump-off.
February 22nd, 2010 at 9:52 am
well this is the first ive heard of it is in todays azcentral. hopefully someone will take over the product line and continue to make these products available
“in federal court last week, owner Shawn Nealon admitted that he and his company illegally sold as many as 40 weapons to an out-of state buyer, and he voluntarily surrendered his federal firearms licenses,”
all i got to say is if the people got the proper license to buy why not sell em what they want>” im not up on all the batf laws except to say IT SOUNDS LIKE theyre nailing cavalry for. i cant imagine someone especially a manufacturer to place themselves in this situationt
nice looking guns they were making tho