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Looking for info on Palmetto Armory.
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Palmetto Armory
Almost all weapons used by South Carolinians were made outside the state. However, a few South Carolina firms provided arms for the state's troops.
The Palmetto Armory in Columbia and the State Military Works in Greenville manufactured weapons used during the war. In addition, smaller firms
like Kraft, Goldschmidt, and Kraft, and B. Douglas and Company produced a few edged weapons for Confederate troops.
Founded in 1850 by William Glaze, a Columbia silversmith and jeweler, the Palmetto Armory received a contract in 1851 to make weapons for South
Carolina. By 1853 it had delivered: 6,020 Model 1842 muskets with bayonets; 1,000 Model 1841 Mississippi rifles; 1,000 Model 1842 dragoon pistols;
2,000 Model 1840 cavalry sabers with scabbards; and, 576 Model 1840 light artillery sabers.
After the contract was fulfilled, the state bought guns from the federal government as it had before. Most of the armory-made weapons were issued to the
militia before 1860, but some were still in the state arsenal when the war began.
Except for a few exceptional cannons, 275 saber bayonets, and 1,000 10-inch shells produced in 1861, the armory did not make any other weapons. From
1854 until it was sold in 1868, the firm was called the Palmetto Iron Works. It made steam engines, boilers, cotton gins, sugar mills, and farm tools.
The Palmetto Armory was partially destroyed by Union forces in February 1865. The first floor still stands at the corner of Laurel and Lincoln streets. It
is used as a recreation building in Arsenal Hill Park.
http://www.richland2.k12.sc.us/rce/Related Arts/civilwar.htm
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If yer asking about AR15s the Palmetto Armory lowers were manufactured under contract by Olympic Arms
dZ
Almost all weapons used by South Carolinians were made outside the state. However, a few South Carolina firms provided arms for the state's troops.
The Palmetto Armory in Columbia and the State Military Works in Greenville manufactured weapons used during the war. In addition, smaller firms
like Kraft, Goldschmidt, and Kraft, and B. Douglas and Company produced a few edged weapons for Confederate troops.
Founded in 1850 by William Glaze, a Columbia silversmith and jeweler, the Palmetto Armory received a contract in 1851 to make weapons for South
Carolina. By 1853 it had delivered: 6,020 Model 1842 muskets with bayonets; 1,000 Model 1841 Mississippi rifles; 1,000 Model 1842 dragoon pistols;
2,000 Model 1840 cavalry sabers with scabbards; and, 576 Model 1840 light artillery sabers.
After the contract was fulfilled, the state bought guns from the federal government as it had before. Most of the armory-made weapons were issued to the
militia before 1860, but some were still in the state arsenal when the war began.
Except for a few exceptional cannons, 275 saber bayonets, and 1,000 10-inch shells produced in 1861, the armory did not make any other weapons. From
1854 until it was sold in 1868, the firm was called the Palmetto Iron Works. It made steam engines, boilers, cotton gins, sugar mills, and farm tools.
The Palmetto Armory was partially destroyed by Union forces in February 1865. The first floor still stands at the corner of Laurel and Lincoln streets. It
is used as a recreation building in Arsenal Hill Park.
http://www.richland2.k12.sc.us/rce/Related Arts/civilwar.htm
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If yer asking about AR15s the Palmetto Armory lowers were manufactured under contract by Olympic Arms
dZ
Palmetto Armory.
Hello,
dz , thank you for your reply , yes iam searching for info on a AR15 .
Essential Arms
it has on the side
E.A. CO
KR.Spr.LA
now on the leftside of the mag well it has a Stamp in a circle about the size of a quarter
in it is says Palmetto Armory.
below it says
Cal.223-556mm
Mod .BH.15A1
EA 10XX is the serial
iam trying to find out more about Palmetto Armory
and about how old this AR is .
Thanks
GrandPa
Hello,
dz , thank you for your reply , yes iam searching for info on a AR15 .
Essential Arms
it has on the side
E.A. CO
KR.Spr.LA
now on the leftside of the mag well it has a Stamp in a circle about the size of a quarter
in it is says Palmetto Armory.
below it says
Cal.223-556mm
Mod .BH.15A1
EA 10XX is the serial
iam trying to find out more about Palmetto Armory
and about how old this AR is .
Thanks
GrandPa
http://www.olyarms.com/usa.html
A Brief History of Olympic Arms, Inc.
Olympic Arms was started as Schuetzen Gun Works (SGW), established in 1956 in Colorado Springs, CO primarily as a barrel manufacturer. The owner learned
his trade from the famous P.O. Ackley, and continued many of Ackley's work ethics and quality standards in the new enterprise. The company moved to Olympia,
WA in 1975, and proceeded to manufacture barrels and related parts under that name.
In 1982 Olympic Arms, Inc. was founded to manufacture AR-15 style components, and other military rifle parts - making Oly Arms the second oldest
continuous manufacturer of AR-style rifles in the U.S.. Originally our AR receivers were marked with not only the Oly Arms name, but also with the SGW crest.
The receivers received the rampant lion found in our logo in 1993, and they have remained that way ever since.
Olympic Arms, Inc. is now the primary company, with the SGW name no longer being used.
Serial number range
1000 - 8845
Dates of manufacture
03/14/79 06/04/82
Cut from Aluminum Bar Stock
Most made for other manufacturers
such as Palmetto Armory
A Brief History of Olympic Arms, Inc.
Olympic Arms was started as Schuetzen Gun Works (SGW), established in 1956 in Colorado Springs, CO primarily as a barrel manufacturer. The owner learned
his trade from the famous P.O. Ackley, and continued many of Ackley's work ethics and quality standards in the new enterprise. The company moved to Olympia,
WA in 1975, and proceeded to manufacture barrels and related parts under that name.
In 1982 Olympic Arms, Inc. was founded to manufacture AR-15 style components, and other military rifle parts - making Oly Arms the second oldest
continuous manufacturer of AR-style rifles in the U.S.. Originally our AR receivers were marked with not only the Oly Arms name, but also with the SGW crest.
The receivers received the rampant lion found in our logo in 1993, and they have remained that way ever since.
Olympic Arms, Inc. is now the primary company, with the SGW name no longer being used.
Serial number range
1000 - 8845
Dates of manufacture
03/14/79 06/04/82
Cut from Aluminum Bar Stock
Most made for other manufacturers
such as Palmetto Armory