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Title:God made man, but Sam Colt made men equal
Notice:Welcome to the firearms conference!
Moderator:PEAKS::OAKEYIN
Created:Tue Mar 04 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6616
Total number of notes:49869

6604.0. "Thompson Center Arms Burns!!" by BLAKFT::KINGSLEY () Mon Mar 31 1997 16:17

    I didn't see a note on this and I don't know how much publicity got out
    of New Hampshire.  The Thompson Center Arms company in Rochester NH
    burned this weekend.  They will be annoucing the plan today of getting
    the factory rebuilt and the impact to the 500 employees.  The news
    flashes showed it was a real barn burner.  
    
    Tim
    
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6604.1SALEM::PAPPALARDOTue Apr 01 1997 15:3415
    
    The fire started about 10 pm on 3/27 and all employees in the building
    got out safely. At 11:15 & 11:30 pm that night cahnnel 9 news out of
    Manchester, NH had their helicopter flying over giving LIVE video. The
    entire place was either in flames or smoke was pouring out. I caught a
    note on the same news station last night and T/C stated they hoped to
    be back in production by July.
    
                                                     Guy
    
    P.S. Anyone who was thinking about buying
         better do so quickly as dealers stock
         shrink the prices will start to rise
         quickly.
    
6604.2Status ?DELNI::GOULDWed May 14 1997 16:306
    
     So.....has the price rise started ? I'm glad I bought my Firehawk 2
     years ago.
    
     Ryan
    
6604.3woodshop only?NEWVAX::WHITMANgun control = 5% gun + 95% controlWed May 14 1997 22:335
   I was told that only the woodshop burned and that the tooling for the 
metal work was still okay...  Is that the straight scoop or what??

Al