Founded in 2020, House of Payne Munitions makes ammunition in Central Ohio, where skilled veterans tumble-polish, hand-gauge and carefully package every round. The Ashland company supports its community by providing combat veterans with stable employment and housing when needed, and also develops custom loads tuned to an individual firearm. Through Project HOP, it supplies no-cost firearms training to active Ohio law enforcement officers.
Stealth Arms, LLCStealth Arms began in 2012 as a small St. Marys, Ohio workshop selling specialized targets before growing into a U.S. manufacturer for gun owners who want to build and customize their own firearms. The company machines its parts in-house, inspects every piece before it leaves the shop, and donates proceeds from its scrap metal to charities aligned with its mission.ST. MARYS, OH
Ohio Ordnance Works, IncEstablished in 1981, Ohio Ordnance Works designs and manufactures automatic and semi-automatic firearms for military and law-enforcement applications, including light and heavy machine guns supplied to U.S. forces and customers worldwide. From its 35,000-plus-square-foot Chardon facility, the company also makes training-simulator arms and military mounts, building on founder Bob Landies’ background in weapons design and Army armor service. OOW employs more than 80 people and operates under ISO 9001:2015 certification.CHARDON, OH
ICC AMMOICC AMMO manufactures 100% American-made ammunition with a particular focus on lead-free and frangible designs for training, duty, defense, and hunting. Its staff includes military and law-enforcement personnel, certified firearms instructors, and research-and-development engineers, and every round is hand inspected before it leaves the company. Based in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, ICC makes ammunition intended to give shooters consistent performance from the range to duty use.332992REYNOLDSVILLE, PA
SinterFire, IncKnown for originating lead-free frangible projectile technology, SinterFire has been developing safer, lower-hazard ammunition components since 1998. Based in Pennsylvania, the company manufactures projectiles and ammunition for government and law-enforcement training as well as civilian shooting applications, with production supported by a 22,000-square-foot facility and on-site testing ranges.332117KERSEY, PA