6/11/2023 0 Comments Federal ordnance m1a![]() There were a few exceptions, for distributors either man had becomeįriends with, such as Kaufman Surplus and Globe Firearms in New York City, whose owner (Manny Korn) was a close friend of Bob Penney. To the midwest, and they would both use their own distributors they already knew on the west coast. Whatever the case, National Ordnance certainly occupied this address for most, if not all, of the years John Arnold ran the business.Īrnold and Penney made an agreement that, generally, Arnold would market his National Ordnance M1 carbines to the east coast, Penney would market his Alpine M1 carbines It's possible this location was expanded in 1965, instead of newly built. Moved to this location when National Ordnance separated from Alpine in the Fall of 1962. The Los Angeles County Tax Assessor indicates the building at 9643 Alpaca St. Arnold retained the National Ordnance name, all of the machinery, and moved to a small warehouse in South El Monte, CA. Refer to the web page devoted to Alpine's carbines. These were the only M1 carbines with the name Alpine. He continued production of the M1 carbine, under the Alpine name. Penney took the Alpine name, all of the personnel that had been National Ordnance, the M1 Garands, and moved to a different facility at 964 W Foothill Blvd in Azusa. In September/October 1962, before production of the 1903A3 rifles commenced, the differences between Arnold and Penney regarding the future of National Ordnance motivated Post WWII Commercially Manufactured M1 Carbines (U.S.A.)
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