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| Formerly | Squires Bingham Manufacturing, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Arms industry |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Founder | Ray Squires William Bingham |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Martin Tuason (President) |
| Products | Firearms, ammunition |
| Subsidiaries | Armscor International, Inc. |
| Website | armscor |
Armscor Global Defense, Inc. is a firearms manufacturing company based in the Philippines. It is known for its inexpensive 1911-pattern pistols, revolvers, shotguns, sporting rifles, firearms parts and ammunition. Armscor, whose manufacturing facility is located in Marikina, produces about 200,000 firearms and some 420 million rounds of ammunition a year, where 80 percent of this is exported and sold to over 60 countries. The company was known as the Arms Corporation of the Philippines (Armscor) until 2017.[1]
The company has been headquartered in Marikina, Philippines since 1958[2] and represented in the United States by its subsidiary Armscor International, Inc., located in Pahrump, Nevada with facilities in Stevensville, Montana.[3]
- ^ "PH's Biggest Arms Maker Now a Defense Company". Archived from the original on April 29, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ Lucas, Daxim L. (June 24, 2012). "World-class guns made in PH". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ Huntington, Roy (July 1, 2013). "Armscor Expands, Doubles Capabilities". Shooting Industry. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014.
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