[RandyO]

Thompson/Center Arms purcahsed by Smith & Wesson


ROCHESTER - Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation of Springfield, Mass., has purchased Thompson/Center Arms for $102 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close at the be-ginning of January 2007.

The formal announcement of an agreement for Smith & Wesson to purchase the 40-year-old Rochester company was made shortly before noon today.

Smith & Wesson executives were in the city for the announcement and were expected to address all Thompson/Center Arms employees at a gathering in the auditorium of Spaulding High School at 3 p.m.

Thompson/Center Arms is considered top designer, manufacturer and marketer of premium hunt-ing firearms, best known for its black powder firearms.

[OreoGitorio]

sweet, now dhuze can buy the same riffles he already has, but with a different name on em.

[dhuze]

Originally posted by OreoGitorio
sweet, now dhuze can buy the same rifles he already has, but with a different name on em.

Cool. Now I have another reason to buy more guns. I can't wait to start my own war.

[PinHead]

I have their Omega black powder rifle and it's SWEET ! Tis the season for them in MA right now.

[dhuze]

I have the omega also. I have the camo and stainless .50