Alexander Arms
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| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Firearms |
| Founded 📆 | 2001 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Radford, Virginia |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Bill Alexander - Founder and Chief Product Designer |
| Products 📟 | Rifles, specifically chambered in .50 Beowulf, 6.5mm Grendel, 5.56 NATO, 300 AAC Blackout, .17 HMR, and .338 Lapua Magnum |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | http://www.alexanderarms.com/ |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Alexander Arms is an American manufacturer of firearms. It is most known for the .50 Beowulf and 6.5 Grendel cartridges designed primarily by the company founder, Bill Alexander.[1] The company produces AR-15 rifles chambered in .50 Beowulf and 6.5 Grendel. Alexander Arms also produces both AR-15 upper receivers and complete rifles chambered in .17 HMR,[2] 5.56 NATO,[3] and 300 AAC Blackout.[4] As of early-2014, the company sells a custom, semi-automatic rifle chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum,[5] which is named Ulfberht after the ancient European sword by the same name. The company also produces and sells ammunition and accessories for its products.
Firearms by caliber[edit]
.50 Beowulf (12.7×43mm Rb)[edit]
.50 Beowulf is an ammunition cartridge, trademarked, and owned by Alexander Arms;. It is a powerful, low-pressure cartridge designed to work in standard-type AR-15 rifles. The cartridge serves primarily as a large-caliber hunting cartridge, effective against most large game animals worldwide. It can also penetrate hard targets with relative ease.[6]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Sweeney, Patrick (2007). Gun Digest Book of the AR-15, Vol. 2. Gun Digest Books. pp. 215–221. ISBN 978-0-89689-474-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Alexander Arms Web site [1]. Retrieved on 05 May 2015
- ↑ Alexander Arms Online Store [2]. Retrieved on 05 May 2015
- ↑ Alexander Arms Online Store [3]. Retrieved on 05 May 2015
- ↑ Alexander Arms Web site [4]. Retrieved on 05 May 2015
- ↑ Crane, David. "Alexander Arms .50 Beowulf: One Serious .499 Caliber Tactical Carbine". Defense Review. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Firearms Multimedia Guide. Impressum Media Inc. ISBN 978-0-615-23755-8. Search this book on
- Shideler, Dan (2010). GunDigest 2011. Krause Publications. p. 568. ISBN 978-1-4402-1337-3. Search this book on
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