And it makes its own branded semi-automatic pistol patterned after the M pistol adopted by the U. Army in Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. As it has ramped up production, PSA now produces about units — rifles and pistols — per day, Ruonala said. Because of his commercial real estate experience, Wilson finds the retail and manufacturing locations and LaRocque handles the construction details, Ruonala said.
Being in the firearms business, PSA has dealt with controversy. South Carolina residents hold almost , current valid concealed weapons permits, according to the S. Law Enforcement Division. Applications for first-time concealed weapons permits have gone up in the last five years, from about 28, in to about 33, in , according to SLED.
We want to make the shooting sports fun and enjoyable and get it away from politics. I want Democrats and Republicans to shoot. The more people who do it, the less taboo it is. I have been buying from Palmetto ever since I have purchased quite a few rifles and receivers from them over the years.
My experience with them has been nothing less than excellent. And it only gets better with each year. It's not to say there haven't been mistakes. Once a shipment was lost , and a few times I received a defective item, but customer service was always there and extremely pleasant to deal with and it was always resolved quickly. The only time I saw a delay from customer service was during the holiday season and that was many years ago. To keep Palmetto State Armory going back then, I started visiting banks.
I did that because by this time, we had inventory now busting out of our house. Now, the mantle above my fireplace had stacks and stacks of Winchester hunting rounds organized by caliber. It was ridiculous. Our house had become the Palmetto State Armory warehouse. So, we knew we had to get a warehouse, but real estate was in the tank. The economy was really, really bad. We went to these banks and showed them the financials, but they just laughed at us.
Everyone we visited dismissed us and told us what Palmetto State Armory was doing was not sustainable. So, as a last ditch move, I contacted the Small Business Administration. Because, when you apply at the Small Business Administration, they have to look at it.
They cannot just turn you down sight-unseen. And because of that, this guy from the Small Business Administration came out to my house.
So, due to that, Palmetto State Armory was able to buy our first big warehouse. It was about a million and half dollars but it was a screaming deal. It ended up being worth more than 4 millon…but it was about 40, square feet. We had also just bought a forklift from a business down the road that had closed because the economy was so terrible. So, we had the warehouse, but what happened next is the market really did start to slow down.
They were kicking themselves. I had been trying to figure out how to go from someone who rode a wave to being someone who creates a wave. Which is totally different. And they accepted the offer. We paid cash and we ended up with just a massive quantity of magazines. In a nutshell, Palmetto State Armory would get lots of things and then turn around and sell them cheap.
People ask how can we sell something at that price? So, that was a nice transition, because I had been trying to figure out how to go from someone who rode a wave to being someone who creates a wave. So, we were buying up pallets of mags. But one day, we were looking through all these pallets of mags, and I found a single box of about sixty buffer tubes sitting there. Now I love guns, but I was not big into gun parts.
So, I called the company who had sent us the pallet. I told them there had been a mistake, and they had accidentally sent us a box of buffer tubes.
They said I could just keep them, and not to send them back. Well, I had no need for them, so, I decided to simply put them on the Palmetto State Armory website for 20 dollars. And they ended up selling out that day. After that, I called the company and asked if I wanted more, how much would they cost. They gave me a figure, and I thought… I can work with that.
We just started expanding out our line of AR parts from there. That said, we were not actually making anything. We were just buying and selling. So, we had an 07 FFL, but we applied for a variance, and had a company making a lower for us…so we had a lower with our Palmetto State Armory logo on it and a bunch of parts, and so the only missing component was the barrel at the time. So, as a part of our second phase of growth, Palmetto State Armory ended up buying several manufacturers so that we could end up making our own stuff.
Wagento created the visual design of the store to attract gun enthusiasts and make it simple for customers to view products before purchasing. With some website assistance from Wagento, McCallum was able to meet and exceed his goal of creating a gun company designed for everyday gun collectors and enthusiasts. The story of Palmetto State Armory proves that launching a company you have a passion for while prioritizing customers, will set you up for a successful and fulfilling future.
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