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Of considerable interest on several fronts…
A-MERC's History is intriguing: it was incorporated in California 1 February 2000 as Firstelevision.com, then underwent a name change to FBI Fresh Burgers International on 26 May 2000 and subsequently to American Ammunition, Inc. on 2 October 2001, three days after it had acquired F&F Equipment Inc. (d/b/a American Ammunition) which had been incorporated in Florida on 4 October 1983. A subsidiary of A-MERC's is Industrial Plating Enterprise Company, and I imagine that it is this enterprise which coats the lead projectiles American Ammo uses with their home-grown (as opposed to the IMI matériel they import) rounds.
That Raging Bull AAMI thread is both interesting and amusing reading… there's one character on there ("TonyClifton9," Posts #758 and #763) who's lucky that there aren't Cuban Death Squads out looking for him! (Wasn't "Tony Clifton" the alter-ego of the late Andy Kaufman?)
O, and while I'm at it, for the edification of those who require deconfusing about TIO, the late TII and David Crane (a/k/a "The Young and The Hapless"), I should point out that this is exactly what The Industry Intelligencer does… delve into small arms reports and trot out whatever miscellaneous erudition might have been collected over the years.
².- Other People's Money.
³.- The bastid started this anti-gun campaign because his brother was shot to death by a handgun. Among other things he failed to disclose was that the handgun was wielded by an on-duty Sheriff's Deputy after a high-speed chase!
A missed "About American Ammunition, Inc." link under the heading of "Full Disclosure" would be any of several pages in the Glock section of TGZ.
A-MERC's History is intriguing: it was incorporated in California 1 February 2000 as Firstelevision.com, then underwent a name change to FBI Fresh Burgers International on 26 May 2000 and subsequently to American Ammunition, Inc. on 2 October 2001, three days after it had acquired F&F Equipment Inc. (d/b/a American Ammunition) which had been incorporated in Florida on 4 October 1983. A subsidiary of A-MERC's is Industrial Plating Enterprise Company, and I imagine that it is this enterprise which coats the lead projectiles American Ammo uses with their home-grown (as opposed to the IMI matériel they import) rounds.
- Upon information and belief, AAMI was taken public by some former
friendsassociates of Señor Coelho;
[/*:m:23bnvz12] - American Ammunition Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Assets of Triton Ammunition Corporation. (An interesting inclusion here is the notation that
I realize they're hedging their bets here and not wanting to irk either Alan Corzine or Dave Schluckebier, but c'mon already!)
[/*:m:23bnvz12] - The very personable son of El Presidente Fernandez glommed on to me at NRACon last month when Rob and I passed by their floor exhibit (they seem to have left the Triton banner back in Florida this trip) and asserted, most genially, that his Dad was most desirous of speaking with me… the young man recalled me and recalled that his Dad and I had spoken at SHOT several years back… Paul Goebel, the Sales Manager who had started to blow some smoke up our collective butts in Las Vegas until I introduced Fernando as the founder of Triton, was also there but visibly shrank from the conversation and looked muy uncomfortable;
[/*:m:23bnvz12] - It looks like Familia Fernandez will be a worthy inheritor of Señor Coelho's enterprise as each seems to have a graduate level degree from US&M¹ in OPM².[/*:m:23bnvz12]
- American Ammunition Acquires State of the Art Computerized Laser Gauging Inspection Equipment. (And, I am compelled to observe, not a moment too soon!)
[/*:m:23bnvz12] - American Ammunition Receives Two Additional Export Orders.
[/*:m:23bnvz12] - American Ammunition said it has won a multi-year federal contract worth up to $2.95 million.
[/*:m:23bnvz12] - American Ammunition said it has expanded its product line and will commensurately up its operations to two manufacturing shifts.
[/*:m:23bnvz12] - American Ammunition Files Patent Application for Bullet That Will Not Pierce Aircraft Fuselage
[/*:m:23bnvz12] - American Ammunition said the federal government has awarded it a contract that could be worth up to $52.72 million over five years to supply "green" reduced hazard ammunition.
[/*:m:23bnvz12] - New Short Selling Scandal Via Berlin Stock Exchange.[/*:m:23bnvz12]
That Raging Bull AAMI thread is both interesting and amusing reading… there's one character on there ("TonyClifton9," Posts #758 and #763) who's lucky that there aren't Cuban Death Squads out looking for him! (Wasn't "Tony Clifton" the alter-ego of the late Andy Kaufman?)
O, and while I'm at it, for the edification of those who require deconfusing about TIO, the late TII and David Crane (a/k/a "The Young and The Hapless"), I should point out that this is exactly what The Industry Intelligencer does… delve into small arms reports and trot out whatever miscellaneous erudition might have been collected over the years.
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¹.- Universidad of Smoke & Mirrors, but in fairness to our host, I never had a kB! report, documented or otherwise, involving a Triton product.².- Other People's Money.
³.- The bastid started this anti-gun campaign because his brother was shot to death by a handgun. Among other things he failed to disclose was that the handgun was wielded by an on-duty Sheriff's Deputy after a high-speed chase!
