predecessor schuetzen gun works sgw founded 1956 1956 in colorado springs co united states founder robert schuetz headquarters olympia wa united states key people brian schuetz president diane haupert cfo tom spithaler sales director 1 products rifles pistols website http www.olyarms.com footnotes references purchased safari arms in 1987 olympic arms inc. manufactures and markets ar 15 and m16 pattern rifles carbines and pistols . olympic also manufactures colt 1911 m1911 series 70 style pistols . all products currently manufactured by olympic are sold under the olympic arms brand name . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit olympic arms inc. was founded by robert c. schuetz 1 and began as schuetzen gun works sgw in 1956 manufacturing barrels in colorado springs colorado . prior to that mr. schuetz had been partnered in business with well known gunsmith p.o. ackley . in 1975 the company moved to olympia washington and while its business in rifle barrels and barrel blanks thrived it also began manufacturing complete custom bolt action rifles . in 1982 schuetzen gun works began to manufacture ar 15 m16 rifles and components under the trade name of olympic arms inc while custom bolt action rifles continued to be produced under the sgw brand . 2 olympic was the first to introduce features now seen as commonplace on the ar 15 platform . it was the first company to produce flat top upper receivers free floating aluminum hand guards pistol caliber conversions and ar 15 based pistols . olympic also manufactures many ar 15s in calibers other than the standard 5.56 45mm . olympic was the first in the industry to offer ar 15 style firearms in 9 19mm and .45 acp 10mm auto 7.62 39mm and the winchester super short magnum cartridges . 2 in late 1987 the company purchased phoenix arizona based m s safari arms adding the m1911 pistol to its lineup under the name safari arms . in january 2004 the safari arms product name was discontinued and all 1911 style products were then manufactured in the olympic arms facility in olympia . 3 in 2005 olympic arms revived the 1955 whitney wolverine pistol for the .22 long rifle cartridge with a black polymer frame instead of the original whitney s blue finished aluminum alloy frame . 4 5 6 in february 2013 olympic arms announced that the company would no longer sell its products to new york law enforcement officers or agencies following the state s passage of an assault weapons ban . 7 8 9 see also edit list of modern armament manufacturers references edit a b about olympic arms . olympic arms . retrieved 17 june 2014 . a b olympic arms . gunbroker.com . gunbroker.com llc . retrieved 17 june 2014 . olympic arms inc. . blue book of gun values . blue book publications . retrieved 17 june 2014 . whitney wolverine owner s manual pdf . olympic arms . july 2005 . retrieved 17 june 2014 . downey jim 20 february 2012 . review olympic arms whitney wolverine .22 lr . guns.com . retrieved 17 june 2014 . tartaro joe 5 august 2013 . gun review at long last the whitney wolverine . bearing arms . retrieved 17 june 2014 . olympic arms inc. announces new york state sales policy will no longer serve first responders . daily caller . 13 february 2013 . retrieved 17 june 2014 . olympic arms drops new york law enforcement customers . police magazine . 14 february 2013 . retrieved 17 june 2014 . in an open letter the company s president brian schuetz said the new law was unconstitutional and state lawmakers who passed the law should apologize . a.w.r. hawkins 14 february 2013 . olympic arms to cuomo repeal ban and apologize or no business with ny . breitbart . retrieved 17 june 2014 . external links edit olympic arms official web site olympic arms on facebook olympic arms owners association this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title olympic arms & oldid 667275185 categories firearm manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in colorado springs coloradocompanies based in washington state thurston county washingtonprivately held companies based in coloradounited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 17 june 2015 at 00 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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