Smith & Wesson buys Battenfeld Technologies

Columbia Daily Tribune ^ | 12/6/14 | Alicia Stice

[Controlling Legal Authority]

A publicly traded firearm manufacturing and design company announced its pending purchase of Columbia-based Battenfeld Technologies.

Smith & Wesson, headquartered in Springfield, Mass., has signed an agreement to purchase Battenfeld for $130.5 million.

...Battenfeld, which employs 62 people, will stay at its Columbia facility...

Smith & Wesson ...wants to move all of its accessory business to the Battenfeld facility.

“Our intention is that eventually all existing Smith & Wesson, M&P and Thompson/Center Arms accessories will be housed within this new division,”

[txnativegop]

I am behind the times. S & W buy T/C Arms?

Correct information about this would be appreciated.

[CGASMIA68]

A step to getting out of liberal New England.

[TYVets]

A step to getting out of liberal New England.

Missouri's gain

[Hugin]

Which Columbia?

[publius911]

Battenfeld designs and distributes hunting and shooting accessories, such as targets, gun-cleaning equipment and gunstocks, under brand names including Wheeler Engineering, Caldwell and Fajen.

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Good grief.
I am not a reporter, have no part in news distribution and not likely to ever be, but.

I think the above facts might have been included as the second most important point in the report, or in the excerpt half the length of the one given.

[CGASMIA68]

See # 4

[NewHampshireDuo]

About 10 or so years ago.

[niteowl77]

This isn't something that I would have expected (making it sort of like The Spanish Inquisition). The justification seems a tad thin, especially when "hunting" is not exactly S&W's reason for existing to begin with (and their acquisition of the hunting-centric T/C has been… uhh… "interesting"). Maybe the big downturn in the long arm business has made the S&W honchos lose their collective marbles.

Mr. niteowl77

[Scrambler Bob]

Battenfeld sounds like MidwayUSA.

Google says:

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2012/06/potterfields-sell-ownership-interest-in-battenfeld-technologies/

[ExpatGator]

I think it was a son of Potterfield who branched off into Battenfeld.

[headstamp 2]

Yes, I knew for a fact the Midway owned Fajen stocks.

[txnativegop]

Thanks for the info, I didn’t know that.

I got out of the firearms magazines for while and I fell seriously behind in which companies were operating, new intros and such.

Thanks again.

[RicocheT]

Maybe Larry Potterfield, the founder of MidwayUSA, is going into a full retirement. Selling Battenfeld brings the son, Russell, back to Midway to take the top job.

[Myrddin]

I was blindsided by the T/C Arms acquisition. My T/C Contender G2 builds were all pistol configs. I purchased a rifle barrel from a 3rd party and needed stocks. Ooops. Scarce as hen's teeth. That's when I learned about the acquisition. EABCO (E. Arthur Brown) is one source of stocks and barrels. They have had spotty success in getting receivers. Matchgrademachine and Bullberry are also reputable suppliers.

The current website for TC Arms is at this link. The new prices for components are MUCH higher than when I was last in the market.

[txnativegop]

I am worse off, I only want the original Contender pistol frames and barrels.

Should I just end it now and save myself the frustration? /sarc

[Myrddin]

I wanted a Contender frame. I found one for sale with the 10" 30-30 barrel. That's a painful config. No less painful than the .308 15" Encore. Keep looking. They are fun rigs.