SIGARMS
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SIGARMS was originally the name of the firearms manufacturing arm of the Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG), and of the subsidiary importing company that distributed these arms in the United States. The importing company was liter divested from SIG, although it retained the SIGARMS name. The orginal SIGARMS parent company has since been renamed as Swiss Arms AG
History
The origins of SIGARMS stem from a wagon factory created in 1853 by Friedrich Peyer im Hof, Heinrich Moser and Conrad Neher. Upon winning a contract to produce 30,000 muzzle-loading rifles, they changed their name to Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG), German for "Swiss Industrial Company".
In 1975, SIG teamed up with the German company J.P.Sauer & Sohn to produce the SIG SAUER P220 handgun, still renowned for its accuracy and durability
In 1985, SIGARMS was created as the American branch of SIG in Tyson's Corner, Virginia to import the P220 and P230. In 1987 SIGARMS moved to Herndon, Virginia, and in 1990 moved to Exeter, New Hampshire to accommodate new manufacturing.
The American SIGARMS distribution company was bought by Michael Lueke and Thomas Ortmeier in October, 2000
Products
Handguns
- Sig P210
- P220
- P225
- P226
- P228
- P229
- P239
- P230 P232
- SIGPro
- SP2009
- SP2340
- SP2009-9-Special
Rifles
- Blaser
- Sauer 202
- SSG3000
- Mauser Magnum
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