O.F. Mossberg & Sons fired up in 1919 when Swedish immigrant Oscar Frederick Mossberg and his sons Iver and Harold rented a small loft in New Haven, Connecticut, after Oscar's previous gig making machine guns ended with World War I. Starting with the quirky four-shot Brownie .22 pistol aimed at hunters for humane finishes, the company quickly expanded into affordable rifles and shotguns, thriving through the Great Depression by delivering "more gun for the money." Today, this family-owned powerhouse, the oldest in America, crafts reliable pump-action shotguns like the iconic Mossberg 500 (over 12 million made), rifles, scopes, and accessories, with manufacturing in Texas since 1989 and a focus on durable firearms for hunters, law enforcement, and everyday folks.
This crew stays anti-woke by keeping things old-school: fierce Second Amendment advocacy, no flashy DEI initiatives or rainbow campaigns, just straightforward support for gun rights and family traditions that skip the social justice seminars big corps love to push. Interestingly, they've armed everyone from duck hunters to the military since the 1940s, proving you can build a century-old empire on reliability and grit instead of chasing trendy virtue points that might leave you reloading empty promises.
