Hunting/Shooting

7/14/2025 |  Arcus Hunting Partners with Smith & Wesson on Defense Spray License (SGB UPDATE) Arcus Hunting, LLC, USA, the maker of Tink’s and Dead Down Wind hunting scents, announced a new licensing partnership to develop, manufacture and market a line of Smith & Wesson-branded personal defense sprays, including bear spray and pepper spray products, set to launch at retail in Fall 2025.

7/9/2025 |  Boar Products Expands Distribution into Canada with Green Peak Wholesale (SGB UPDATE) Boar Products, a family-owned manufacturer of all-natural gun cleaning and lubrication solutions, has partnered with Green Peak Wholesale, a Canadian wholesale distributor specializing in outdoor, sporting goods and firearms-related products. 

6/26/2025 |  Nosler Partners with Phelps Game Calls (SGB UPDATE) Nosler, Inc., the U.S. manufacturer of bullets, cartridge cases, ammunition, firearms, and suppressors, announced a new partnership with Phelps Game Calls, a maker of hand-crafted, American-made game calls designed for “serious hunters.”

6/24/2025 |  EXEC: Czechoslovak Group Plans Debt Offering; Sees Healthy Start to Second Quarter (SGB UPDATE) Czechoslovak Group (CSG), which acquired Vista Outdoor’s Kinetic Group ammunition business in November 2024, has reportedly launched a bond offering consisting of $500 million and €350 million in senior notes.
CSG also reported that company results in the first two months of the second quarter “continued to build on the momentum gained during the first quarter.”

6/23/2025 |  Archon Firearms Streamlines U.S. Operations (SGB UPDATE) Archon Firearms, a manufacturer of handguns, headquartered in the Czech Republic, announced a strategic transition in its U.S. market operations.
As part of the cooperation plan between Archon Firearms and PTR Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of roller-lock weapons based in Horry County, SC, Archon Firearms has now established its U.S.-based subsidiary, Archon Firearms USA.