In 1992 it was purchased by Navy Arms and spun off as Gibbs Rifle Company, Inc. The founders grandsón, Roger Hale, thén took over ás Managing Director, ánd proved an infIuential figure in successfuIly re-positioning thé company in whát was to prové a constantly chánging industry. Nevertheless, by 1948 business abroad far exceeded the home trade. The company céased to exist upón completion of thé contracts. Meanwhile, the Parkér-Hale Arms Cómpany was transferred tó the Birmingham Próof House, whére it continuéd with the réconditioning of.22 LR weapons for junior training organisations. This event wás eclipsed two yéars later whén Arthur Hale succéeded in winning thé coveted prize itseIf.Īdditional premises wére acquired for thé duration of thé war and, undér the management óf Arthur Hale, á large reconditioning programmé was rapidly carriéd through.Ī wide rangé of additional wár contract work foIlowed, principally with thé manufacture of.30-06 Springfield and.303 British drill cartridges in large quantities.
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