texasmac
04-01-2012, 08:37 PM
Update on The Wilson Arms Company – Bristol, formerly known as Badger Defense, formerly known as Badger Barrels.
As many of you know, in 2009 the assets of Badger Barrels Inc. were acquired by the Principals of Airtronic USA. The company was renamed Badger Defense, LLC and continued to supply barrels for various US military weapons and also to nations friendly to the US. At the time Ernie Stallman, the original owner of Badger Barrels indicated that Badger Defense would continue to supply barrels in small quantities to the consumer market. Shortly afterwards it became clear that Ernie’s comment was either short-sighted or that military contracts required all of Badger’s production capacity. I may be wrong, but I don’t believe that Badger Defense supplied any BPCR barrels to the commercial/consumer market.
In any case, recently (2012) Wilson Arms Co. purchased all the assets of Badger Defense. The new facility will be known as The Wilson Arms Company – Bristol (Bristol, Wisconsin). Wilson Arms Co. is a high volume barrel supplier with minimum order requirements of 100 barrels.
Wayne
As many of you know, in 2009 the assets of Badger Barrels Inc. were acquired by the Principals of Airtronic USA. The company was renamed Badger Defense, LLC and continued to supply barrels for various US military weapons and also to nations friendly to the US. At the time Ernie Stallman, the original owner of Badger Barrels indicated that Badger Defense would continue to supply barrels in small quantities to the consumer market. Shortly afterwards it became clear that Ernie’s comment was either short-sighted or that military contracts required all of Badger’s production capacity. I may be wrong, but I don’t believe that Badger Defense supplied any BPCR barrels to the commercial/consumer market.
In any case, recently (2012) Wilson Arms Co. purchased all the assets of Badger Defense. The new facility will be known as The Wilson Arms Company – Bristol (Bristol, Wisconsin). Wilson Arms Co. is a high volume barrel supplier with minimum order requirements of 100 barrels.
Wayne