Armscor (Philippines)

This article is about the Philippine small arms company. For the South African defense company, see Armscor (South Africa).
Armscor Global Defense, Inc.
FormerlySquires Bingham Manufacturing, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryArms industry
Founded1905; 119 years ago (1905)
FounderRay Squires
William Bingham
Headquarters
Marikina, Metro Manila
,
Philippines
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Martin Tuason (President)
ProductsFirearms, ammunition
SubsidiariesArmscor International, Inc.
Websitearmscor.com

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]

  1. ^ "PH's Biggest Arms Maker Now a Defense Company". Archived from the original on April 29, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Lucas, Daxim L. (June 24, 2012). "World-class guns made in PH". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Huntington, Roy (July 1, 2013). "Armscor Expands, Doubles Capabilities". Shooting Industry. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014.