GemTech Purchased by Smith & Wesson

[SC-Texas]

GemTech Purchased by Smith & Wesson

Its finally public. The worst kept secret.

I called it. Smith & Wesson buys Gemtech Silencer. I have said many times that major Firearms manufacturers are going to purchase silencer manufacturers in order to have a ready-made product line with branded silencers to sell with their branded firearms. I theorized that Smith & Wesson would be looking at a Gemtech size company to bring into its fold. And here it is.

Silencer market v3.0. The real question is what effect this will have on the smaller manufacturers in the market.

Economies of scale: They are competing against the economies of scale that Remington, Ruger and Smith & Wesson can generate in their production processes.

Marketing: They are also competing against the marketing of these three large nationally recognized American Firearms manufacturers.

It appears that Smith & Wesson is getting in position for an expansion of the silencer Market. It's a win-win for Smith & Wesson. You've HPA passes, they have a ready-made suppressor for the expansion of the market. If HPA does not pass, they are still in position to co-brand their firearms and sell them with a Smith & Wesson suppressor and expand the market a little slower

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[Sharkhawk37]

Ive never heard any complaints about Gemtech, I hope that this merger they will continue to produce quality cans. It is going to be interesting to see how this plays out.

[bermise]

It's not good. Look what happened to AAC when Freedom Group acquired them. Quality went down and so did the innovative people in the company.

[SC-Texas]

Yep. I hope it gets better at GemTech. Expect new stuff. Think about what they can do with the extra cash

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[35remington]

I wonder what this means for the Mist22. SW Corp is unlikely to think highly of a product that exclusively serves their competitors. But then again, SW doesn't really have something similar to the 10/22, so maybe they'll leave it alone.

[J.B.]

Any chance HPA get enough support to get through in the Trump admin?

[SC-Texas]

I wonder what this means for the Mist22. SW Corp is unlikely to think highly of a product that exclusively serves their competitors. But then again, SW doesn't really have something similar to the 10/22, so maybe they'll leave it alone.

My guess is they will leave it alone. Will let them compete directly against trigger and riggers integrally suppressed Barrel. Might also encourage them to offer and integrally suppressed M&P 22

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[Texas Grown]

Yep. I hope it gets better at GemTech. Expect new stuff. Think about what they can do with the extra cash

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And the engineering resources.

And I agree, the M&P 15-22 would be one of the first of the kits with a can.