Just got this email from Anderson Manufacturing….
That is quite a surprise and I wonder if there is more to it. On the other hand, maybe Palmetto State pushed them out of the lower end market? I hate to see it but businesses change and adapt or they die….
The fatal flaw was the ISO play. Sooner or later it will sink the ship. You know what professional wreckers were/are, yes?
ISO just means consistent not good or functional. You can be ISO 9001 certified and make crap as long as every part has the same flaw you are 9001 compliant.
Not saying thats what they did. Just saying i ignore anyone who tells ne they are a good fabricator because 9001.
Yep. I was involved in two different companies during the first ISO wave. As I read the documentation, I quickly figured out what you just said – that it was about consistency, not quality. So I discarded it as a huge waste of time and money.
“Measure it with a Micrometer, Mark it with Chalk, and Cut it with a Chainsaw” was the comment an Aviation Parts Co. Engineer told me (a Jet Mechanic) what ISO 9001 was worth – it’s not ‘Standards’, it ‘Standards for Standards’, aka (non)Production Bureaucracy.
And I don’t Work on Wood-Framed Aircraft, but have been in a Shop that Did. Their Woodcutting and Milling Machines held .005″ Tolerances.
who did they sell to??????
Rumor is Ruger bought them, but i can’t find any official announcement.
Correct, they were purchased by Ruger. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/sturm-ruger-picks-up-key-assets-from-anderson-manufacturing-as-it-looks-to-launch-new-products/ar-AA1HMfiV
Very sad to hear, I’ve been a customer for a number of years.
Attached says that Ruger did in fact by Anderson. https://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Sturm+Ruger+%28RGR%29+Acquires+Assets+of+Anderson+Manufacturing/25003969.html
thanks
No idea what the case is here, but I know in a lot of other cases the kids, grandkids, or great-grandkids just don’t want to put the effort in anymore and hope for a good sell-out price. I’ve seen family restaurants survive 2, maybe 3 generations and then poof. Same with small stores and other family businesses.
It’s sad on one hand, but on another I can’t see being tied forever trying to keep your grand-dad’s business going long after he’s gone. No idea if that’s the case here or not, never heard of them.
Historically, the arms industry going far back as S&W nee Volcanic Repeating Arms seems to have more than their share of “going concern” financial issues; that’s my perception but am unsure my memory is accurate, Heck, maybe mis-management, e.g. Winchester allowing Amadeus, err JMB to be lured to Liege, Belgium by FN Herstal, after the untimely death of its namesake founder Oliver Winchester.
Seriously, that failure ranks up/down there with New Coke, Tranheiser Light & the most recent own goal by Jaguar, whose sales reportedly dropped 97% in April M-o-M. Yikes I guess they can console themselves that they somehow mis-managed to retain 3%. What a bunch of tards.
Never heard of them but it’s gotta be better than Kel-Tec.
Though I did learn to shoot pistol with the bloody hand roasting .40 caliber until the barrel and ejection port blew up.
Honk, honk.
.40 in a full sized gun is doable.
In a Shield it’s pretty snappy…
I concur. I always liked .40 S&W.
I like it just fine in my P229.
I’ve got five of them. I was getting back into match shooting after a long layoff from back in the days when everybody shot .45. I heard that .40 was the new thing to make major. Then I wound up shooting outlaw steel and Steel Challenge where there was no major/minor distinction. All I shoot now is 9mm. I’ll break out a .40 every once in a while for grins. I have 3 Anderson lowers in my inventory, haven’t got around to building them out yet.
What I was told is that the kids did not want to take over the business for reasons ranging from it being hard work to it being icky scary guns so it was sold off to Ruger.
The Anderson lowers were nice to have on the shelf for the budget minded builder and their interrupted rail AR-15 rifles were decently well made and came in at an amazing deal if you were to compare it to the next brand that didn’t come with MOE furniture and a better than average trigger.
It’s a shame seeing another decent budget maker close up shop while the ATI and Bear Creek types are still around.
I wouldn’t own an ATI if someone gave it to me.
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