DPMS Panther Arms

DPMS Panther Arms
DPMS Panther Arms
Type Subsidiary
Industry firearms
Founder(s) Randy Luth
Headquarters St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States
Area served Worldwide
Products firearms
Owner(s) Freedom Group
Website www.dpmsinc.com

DPMS (Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services) Panther Arms manufactures a wide range of military and civilian rifles in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The rifles are chambered for the .223 Remington, 5.56x45mm NATO, .308 Winchester, .260 Remington, .300 Remington SA Ultra Mag, 6.8mm Remington SPC, and .204 Ruger cartridges, among others. The company also manufactures several unorthodox rifles based on the AR-15 design, including pump-action and single-shot models, and also licenses the M16A1 Spring Airsoft Rifle produced by Soft Air.

The company attracted attention within the firearms industry with its version of the AR-10, the "Panther LR-308", earning the NRA Publication's magazine "Shooting Illustrated" 2005 Golden Bullseye Award for Rifle of the Year. In 2006 the "Panther LR-308AP4" earned the NRA Publication's magazine "American Rifleman" Golden Bullseye Award for "Rifle of the Year".[1] In 2008, DPMS introduced the LR-338 chambered in the .338 Federal cartridge[2].

DPMS Panther Arms was acquired by the private investment firm Cerberus Capital Management as of Dec. 14th, 2007,[3]. Cerberus combined DPMS with Bushmaster Firearms International, Remington Arms and Cobb Manufacturing to form the Freedom Group.

See also

Notes

Notes
  1. ^ NRA 2006 Golden Bullseye Awards
  2. ^ "DPMS LR-338: An AR-Style Rifle Chambered in .338 Federal For Serious Hunting". http://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/2008/06/14/dpms-lr-338-an-ar-style-rifle-chambered-in-338-federal-for-serious-hunting/. 
  3. ^ DPMS Acquired By Cerberus. Joins Bushmaster and Remington. « AccurateShooter.com Bulletin

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • DPMS — may refer to: VESA Display Power Management Signaling, a graphics card power management standard DOS Protected Mode Services, a set of 286/386 extended DOS memory management services to allow slightly modified drivers and applications to relocate …   Wikipedia

  • Norinco CQ — 5.56 NORINCO Type CQ 5 56x45mm assault rifle, right side Type Assault Rifle …   Wikipedia

  • AR-15 — The AR 15 comes in many sizes and has many options, depending on the manufacturer. The part shown bottom center is the lower receiver, which under US law is the component legally considered the firearm . Type …   Wikipedia

  • Cerberus Capital Management — Type Limited Partnership Industry Private Equity Founded 1992 Headquarters …   Wikipedia

  • Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 — M16 (top) and AK 47 (bottom) assault rifles Firearm AK 47 M16A1 Manufacturer Izhmash ArmaLite, Colt …   Wikipedia

  • Semi-automatic rifle — US M1941 is a semi automatic rifle A semi automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately… …   Wikipedia

  • AR-15 — 2 clones civils de l AR 15 L ARMALITE 15 (contrairement à AUTOMATIC RIFLE 15, car la compagnie d armement Armalite a développé le prototype pour ensuite le vendre à Colt) est un fusil inventé par Eugene M. Stoner et dont la version adoptée par… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • AR-15 (fusil) — AR 15 2 clones civils de l AR 15 L ARMALITE 15 (contrairement à AUTOMATIC RIFLE 15, car la compagnie d armement Armalite a développé le prototype pour ensuite le vendre à Colt) est un fusil inventé par Eugene M. Stoner et dont la version adoptée… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • AR-15 — Тип: Самозарядная винтовка Страна …   Википедия

  • Adaptive Combat Rifle — Bushmaster ACR Type Assault Rifle Place of origin …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”