OF Mossberg & Sons
| OF Mossberg & Sons, Inc | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Incorporation |
| founding | 1919 |
| Seat |
Springfield , Massachusetts United States
|
| management | Alan I. Mossberg ( Chairman ) Alan Iver Mossberg Jr. ( President ) |
| Number of employees | 500 (2008) |
| sales | 38,090,000 US dollars (2019) |
| Branch | Weapons manufacturer |
| Website | www.mossberg.com |
The OF Mossberg & Sons, Inc (Mossberg) is an American manufacturer of handguns , based in Springfield ( Massachusetts ), United States.
Company history
OF Mossberg & Sons was founded in 1919 by the Swede Oscar Frederick Mossberg and his two sons Harold and Iver in New Haven , Connecticut . Their first weapon produced was the Mossberg Brownie , a four-shot single-shot pistol in caliber 22 . In the years that followed, another two dozen weapons such as repeating and multi-loading rifles were produced.
Oscar Mossberg died in 1937 and his sons took over management of the company.
In 1941 Mossberg manufactured training rifles for the United States Army .
In 1961 the company brought the Mossberg 500 , a forearm repeater shotgun , onto the market, which became the most successful product of the Mossberg company with over 10 million units produced.
For the 100th anniversary of the company, the Mossberg MC1sc (sc = sub compact), a 9 mm self-loading pistol , was brought onto the market.
Products
- Mossberg 100ATR
- Mossberg 183
- Mossberg 185
- Mossberg 464
- Mossberg 500
- Mossberg 715T 22nd LR
- Mossberg 930
- Mossberg 9200
- Mossberg Brownie
- Mossberg Maverick
- Mossberg MC1sc (9 mm pistol)
- Mossberg Plinkster
- New Haven 600
Web links
- Mossberg's website. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
- Company Overview of OF Mossberg & Sons, Inc. Bloomberg, accessed May 22, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ^ OF Mossberg & Sons, Incorporated. D&B Hoovers, accessed May 22, 2019 .
- ↑ About Mossberg. Mossberg, accessed May 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Mossberg at 100. Mossberg, accessed on May 22, 2019 .