Founded in 1916, Belding & Mull is a Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, sporting-goods business that supplies firearms, ammunition and outdoor equipment to hunters and fishermen. The company also has a distinctive manufacturing legacy, having made its own powder measures, bullet molds, reloading dies and rifle scopes before becoming a regional retail destination. In 2014, it opened a 5,000-square-foot shopping center and continues to serve outdoorsmen across Pennsylvania.
Stateline BulletsFamily-owned Stateline Bullets has spent 40 years casting, shooting, and reloading lead bullets in Great Bend, Pennsylvania. Its 4,000-square-foot commercial facility produces cast bullets for people who handload and reload, with a particular fondness for proven, old-school designs and careful triple sorting before packaging.GREAT BEND, PA
American Black PowderAmerican Black Powder is a U.S.-made black-powder manufacturer serving people who use traditional firearms and related equipment. Based in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, the company also produces powder for pyrotechnic applications and military use.325920PHILIPSBURG, PA
MTM Case-gardFrom a Dayton basement job shop to an international shooting-sports brand, MTM Case-Gard makes molded cases, ammunition storage and related accessories for hunters and range users. Founded in 1968, the family-owned company still manufactures its products in Dayton, where six of founder Bill Minneman’s children work full-time alongside a 75-member team. MTM says its 325-plus accessories are developed around problems its employees and customers encounter, and its products now reach 108 countries.DAYTON, OH
Thompson Target IncSince 1986, Thompson Target has grown from Rick Thompson’s Ohio basement startup into a family-owned, American-made target producer with a full-scale industrial building and warehouse. The company supplies sporting goods stores, gun shops and shooting ranges nationwide, with a particular identity rooted in vivid, innovative designs created by a sportsman and graphic artist.UNIONTOWN, OH