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=Armson USA= Armson USA was founded in by Forest Hatcher of Pro-Team Products/Armson USA to serve as the North American distribution arm of Armson LTD, a South African manufacturer and defense contractor, in 1990.

Mr. Hatcher had relocated to South Africa and in the course of developing his South Africa Survival Games Supply, a company created to export the sport of paintball from the United States to South Africa. In addition to importing paintball products from the United States, Mr. Hatcher desired to develop local manufacturing capabilities. He eventually ended up partnering with Armson LTD, a company that had previously been engaged solely in the manufacture of sighting systems, primarily for military application.

Following the development several paintball products (notably gun barrels and gun sights) that were the result of a collaborative effort between Mr. Hatcher and Armson, LTD, it was determined that the products should be made available to the North American Market.

In January of 1990, Mr. Hatcher established the Pro-Team Products/Armson USA company in Dover, New Hampshire.

The company specialized in the design and development of unique paintball products as well as the importation of Armson Internally Rifled Barrels, Armson OEG Sights and a variety of accessory products.

Between 1990 and, Pro-Team Products would partner with Armson LTD on a variety of products for the paintball, less-lethal weapons and gun sight markets, including the Armson Pump Rifle, the Armson Semi-Auto paintball gun, and numerous barrel and sight products.

In Pro-Team Products purchased the assets of Armson LTD and moved the manufacturing facilities to Palm Coast Florida. In the company assets were sold back to Armson LTD and a separate North American entity named Armson USA was established, becoming the exclusive North American distributor for all Armson LTD products.

Today, Armson USA continues to partner with Armson LTD on the development of new product (most notably the Advanced Combat Sight - ACS 21) and conducts operations out of Maine.

Overview
Armson LTD was founded in (Praetoria?), South Africa by (Vernon ) and (Melvin ). The company's initial focus was on the development and manufacture of "occluded gun sights" for use by units of the South African Military services.

(more about the concept of occluded gun sights)

In, principals of Armson LTD became involved with the sport of paintball, which had been introduced to the country by Forest Hatcher's South African Survival Game Supply company. A friendship developed between the principals and it was quickly discovered that Armson LTD had the manufacturing and engineering facilities required by South African Game Supply to develop and market a wide variety of new products.

The first product to be introduced was an adaptation of Armson's popular OEG gun sight; the requirement of keeping both eyes open while using an occluded gun sight was a perfect match for the requirements of paintball.

Shortly after the initial introduction of the sights, development began on Internally Rifled Barrels, with the desired goal of providing a barrel for paintball guns that provided increased accuracy over standard barrel.

South African Game Supply relocated to the United States and began operations under the name of Pro-Team Products/Armson USA. Sights and barrels (for the then most popular paintball guns) were introduced to the market and helped to establish the after-market gun barrel niche. Over the course of several years, Armson Barrels would go on to receive more four star review awards than any other brand in the market place.

Several other notable products were either introduced under the Armson label, including guns (Armson Rifle, Armson Semi-Auto) loader elbows (the only "universal" mating system offered within the industry), folding foregrips,