This year has already seen some big changes in the firearm industry. They don’t quite reach the tectonic shift in 2020, when legendary firms owned by Remington Outdoor were auctioned off, but there have still been some notable shifts within the industry in 2025.
Others are lower on the radar screen. There’s no doubt some are in the works or went undetected, because the pace of change in gun company statuses has accelerated in the past few years.
The Big Changes
One of the most notable changes was Ruger’s acquisition of Anderson Manufacturing in July. Ruger historically ranks No. 1 in total number of firearms made each year and Anderson reached the No. 7 position in 2023. It makes for a formidable combination of manufacturing capacity and expertise.
Early this year, Olin, parent company of Winchester Ammunition, purchased all small-caliber ammunition manufacturing assets from Ammo Inc.—parent firm of GunBroker.com. Included in the sale was the 185,000-sq.-ft. production facility in Manitowoc, Wis. That's not all that happened on the ammunition side of the industry, though. The Kinetic Group, already a large conglomerate of some of America's best-known ammunition makers, announced that it had added Fiocchi of America to its family of companies. The news follows confirmation that Czechoslovak Group (CSG) had secured 100 percent ownership of the Fiocchi Group in April 2025. CSG is the owner of The Kinetic Group family of companies.
Smaller
In January, Alexandria Pro-Fab acquired the intellectual property and physical assets of Adams Arms. The company has already relaunched many of the company’s piston-driven ARs.
The same month, MDT acquired the Mountain and Backcountry bipod lines from MTNGear. Also in January, RuckPack—a company that produces healthy energy drinks—became part of the C&H Precision family of firms.
North Carolina-based Del-Ton shuttered its doors in April. It opened in 1998—not far away from the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School on Fort Bragg—and specialized in AR-15s and accessories.
SCCY Firearms closed in May and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August. If granted by the court, the company will be allowed to reorganize, reopen and repay creditors over time.
Lehigh Defense, a sister company of Wilson Combat, acquired all assets of Performance Engineering in late June. Performance Engineering is a renowned firearm component manufacturer that was located in Hillsboro, Mo. Its operations and manufacturing are now headquartered in Lehigh’s Clarksville, Texas, facility.
VK Integrated Systems (VKIS), a firm specializing in advanced weapon electronics and battlefield networking, was acquired by EOTEch in early August. VKIS operations will remain in Clarksville, Tenn.
And the last company change to hit our screen was Thompson/Center Arms acquiring Green Mountain Barrel Company in early August. The pair worked closely together in the past and Green Mountain is a steady OEM provider to several major firearm manufacturers.
The trend hasn’t reached tectonic proportions yet this year, although 2026 is still a long way off.
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