Gun Company Name Generator

Manufacturer and brand names for firearms companies

Business, Brands & Shops500 namesUpdated Sep 2026Free · no sign-up

0 of 500 seen

This or that?

7 picks, 1 winner

Tap the name you like more.

Tap a name to copy it. The arrows swap one name.

Click a name to copy itPress Space for new names

Or browse all 500 names, A to Z

Generate gun company names that sound like real firearms manufacturers: surname-and-Arms heritage brands, regional rifle works, modern tactical defense companies, precision rifle builders and fine sporting gunmakers. For startups, custom shops, fiction and game worldbuilding.

About gun company names

Real firearms companies are named in a handful of recognizable ways, and a convincing gun company name borrows one of them. The oldest pattern is the founder's surname plus a trade word: Arms, Firearms, Repeating Arms, Armory, Gun Works or & Sons (Hollister Arms, Harlan Repeating Arms, Calloway & Reed). Regional makers use geography to signal where the steel comes from: a mountain range, river or county followed by Arms, Precision or Armory (Bitterroot Arms, Cumberland Gap Firearms, Sawtooth Precision). Modern AR-platform and tactical manufacturers drop the frontier vocabulary for Defense, Dynamics, Weapon Systems, Industries and Technologies (Kinetic Edge Defense, Voss Weapon Systems, Halberd Defense), while precision rifle builders lean on shooting terms like Parallax, Windage, Cold Bore and Sub-MOA. Fine sporting gunmakers sound like English or Scottish partnerships: Ashford & Locke Gunmakers, Glenmoor Sporting Arms.

The word you end on tells customers what you build. Arms and Firearms are neutral; Armory and Gun Works feel old-school; Defense and Dynamics read as tactical and contract-oriented; Precision and Rifle Co. promise long-range accuracy; Gunmakers and Sporting Arms mean shotguns and bespoke work.

This generator mixes all of those registers so you can find a name for an actual manufacturing startup, a custom shop, or a fictional arms maker in a novel or game.

How to choose gun company names

Match the suffix to the product: Defense or Dynamics for tactical rifles and pistols, Precision or Rifle Co. for long-range bolt guns, Gunmakers or Sporting Arms for shotguns and bespoke work, Arms or Firearms if you make a bit of everything.
Surname-based names age best. If you are naming a real company, your own family name or a local historic name plus Arms is still the most credible format in the industry.
Avoid names that collide with existing manufacturers, models or optics brands; the firearms industry is small and trademark disputes are common, so search the ATF FFL list and USPTO before you commit.
Think about how the name looks roll-marked on a receiver or barrel: short names in all caps (VOSS, LOCKRIDGE) engrave cleanly, long ones get abbreviated.
For fiction and games, a slightly wrong real pattern feels authentic: a plausible surname, a real-sounding region, and a trade word nobody has actually used.

Frequently asked questions

What words do gun companies use in their names?

Most end in Arms, Firearms, Armory, Armament, Gun Works, Repeating Arms, Rifle Co., Precision, Defense, Dynamics, Weapon Systems, Industries or Gunmakers. The front half is usually a founder's surname, a region or landmark, a metal or forge word, or a short coined brand.

What is the difference between a gun company name and a gun shop name?

A gun company or manufacturer name should sound like a brand that appears on the firearm itself, so it favors surnames, regions and words like Arms, Defense and Precision. Gun shop and store names are retail and local, with words like Gun & Pawn, Shooting Supply, Outfitters and Sporting Goods. Use our gun shop name generator for the retail side.

Can I use these names for a real firearms business?

Yes, they are free to use, but the industry is crowded and litigious about trademarks. Check the USPTO, state business registries, the ATF's FFL listings and a web search for the name plus Arms or Firearms before registering, and avoid anything close to an existing manufacturer or model line.

Are these names good for fictional arms manufacturers in games and novels?

That is one of the main uses. Names like Voss Weapon Systems, Harlan Repeating Arms or Kinetic Edge Defense follow real naming conventions without copying a real company, which makes them believable as in-world brands for shooters, RPGs and thrillers.

More like this

Browse categoryAll Business, Brands & Shops

All 500 gun company names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

Plain text, one name per line.

A: 22 names

Abbott Repeating Arms
Acier Arms
Adirondack Precision
Alder & Finch
Aldren Firearms
Allegheny Arms
Altitude Rifle Works
Ambrose Firearms
Anvil Forge Firearms
Apex Rifle Systems
Apogee Precision
Appalachian Gun Works
Aquila Defense
Arbor Ridge Arms
Ardent Arms
Ashby Sporting Guns
Ashcroft Arms
Ashford & Locke Gunmakers
Atlantic Arms Works
Atwood Firearms
Avalanche Arms Works
Axiom Defense Systems

B: 37 names

Backcountry Rifle Co
Badlands Arms
Bainbridge Arms
Ballistics Works
Barlow Firearms
Basalt Defense
Beaumont & Hartley
Beckett Defense
Bedrock Arms
Bellamy Defense
Bench Rest Rifle Co
Benchmark Precision
Bexley Rifle Company
Big Bend Arms
Bighorn Basin Arms
Billet Arms Works
Bitterroot Arms
Black Oak Arms
Black Sable Defense
Blackfin Arms Works
Blackwood Firearms
Blizzard Arms Works
Blue Mountain Arms
Blue Ridge Armory
Bluestone Firearms
Bolt Works Firearms
Boone Precision
Boundary Waters Precision
Brae & Burn Gunmakers
Bramwell Arms
Brannock Firearms
Brazos Arms
Brevik Defense
Brightman Precision
Brightwater Arms Manufacturing
Burke & Hale
Button Barrel Works

C: 53 names

C.E. Penhallow & Sons
Caddell & Rooney
Caliper Rifle Works
Callister Industries
Calloway & Reed
Canyon Shot Rifles
Capstone Defense Systems
Carbide Defense
Carrick Armory
Cartwright Arms
Cascade Armory
Castlebrook Sporting Arms
Catskill Firearms
Cattle Trail Arms
Cerberus Defense Industries
Chadwick Arms
Cheviot Gunmakers
Cheyenne Arms Works
Chinook Defense Systems
Chisholm Arms
Chromoly Firearms
Clay Ridge Shotguns
Clearwater Arms
Clement Firearms
Colby Firearms
Cold Bore Precision

C, continued

Cold Harbor Arms
Coldwater Machine & Arms
Colonial Arms Company
Columbia Gorge Arms
Commonwealth Firearms
Concord Arms
Continental Repeating Arms
Copper Canyon Arms
Copperhead Arms
Copperline Defense
Corbett Arms
Cornerstone Arms
Corvane Defense
Cotswold Sporting Guns
Coverdale Brothers Arms
Covey Ridge Shotguns
Coyote Country Rifles
Cragmont Firearms
Crandall Arms
Crawford & Doyle
Crestline Rifles
Crosshair Arms Company
Crosswind Precision
Crucible Arms
Cumberland Gap Firearms
Cut Rifled Barrel Co
Cutler Arms

D: 18 names

Dalton Firearms
Danforth Arms
Dartmoor Gun Co
Dawes & Everett
Dead Center Firearms
Deep River Firearms
Delaney Firearms
Devereaux Arms
Distant Mark Precision
Double Gun Works
Draper Arms
Drift Rifle Works
Driftless Arms
Drop Forge Firearms
Dunmore Arms
Dunvar Arms
Dunvegan Gunmakers
Duplex Precision

E: 8 names

Easton Armory
Elevation Rifle Co
Elk Ridge Arms
Ellery Precision
Ellsworth Firearms
Ember Defense Systems
Emerson & Granger
Exmoor Sporting Arms

F: 23 names

Fairbanks Arms Company
Fairchild Arms
Far Reach Rifle Co
Farrington & Pike Gunmakers
Farrow & Sons
Faulkner Firearms
Featherweight Rifle Co
Fenland Gunmakers
Fenwick Firearms
Ferro Firearms
Fielding Arms
First Shot Rifles
Fit & Finish Gun Co
Flathead Armory
Fletcher Rifleworks
Flint & Steel Firearms
Flint Ridge Arms
Fluted Precision
Foundry Arms Company
Fox Hollow Arms
Front Range Firearms
Frontier Arms Company
Furnace Creek Firearms

G: 21 names

G.A. Redfern Rifle Co.
Galena Arms
Gallagher Gun Works
Garrett & Moss
Garrison Defense
Gault Arms Company
Gideon Arms
Gila Precision
Glacier Arms
Glenmoor Sporting Arms
Goodwin Armory
Granite Forge Arms
Granite Peak Precision
Great Basin Arms
Great Lakes Arms
Greaves Armory
Greystone Small Arms
Grouse Hollow Gunmakers
Gryphon Arms
Gunmetal Arms
Gunwright & Co

H: 30 names

Hadley & Pike
Halberd Defense
Half Minute Precision
Halloran Engineering
Halsey Arms
Hammerfall Firearms
Harkness Firearms
Harlan Repeating Arms
Harper Precision
Harrow & Steele Armament
Hartwell Firearms
Hatcher Defense
Haverford Arms
Hawthorne Defense
Heather & Hedge Gunmakers
Hedgerow Gun Company
Helios Arms Dynamics
Helix Arms
Hensley Rifles
Heritage Forge Arms
High House Gunmakers
High Plains Firearms
Highland Sporting Arms
Holdover Precision
Hollis Arms
Hollister Arms
Holloway Arms
Homestead Firearms
Hudson Forge Firearms
Huxley Firearms

I: 7 names

Ingot Arms
Iron Forge Gun Company
Iron Hollow Firearms
Iron Range Firearms
Ironbridge Small Arms
Ironclad Firearms
Ironside Precision

J: 4 names

J.P. Stanhope & Co.
Jarvis Ordnance
Javelin Arms
Judd Rifle Company

K: 15 names

Kane Firearms
Kemper Arms
Kendrick Arms
Kessler Arms
Kestra Arms
Kettering & Nephew Gunmakers
Kettle Moraine Arms
Keystone Defense
Kincaid Arms Company
Kinetic Arms
Kinetic Edge Defense
Kingsmead Gunmakers
Kirkland Firearms
Klamath Firearms
Kraken Defense Systems

L: 29 names

L.D. Ainsley Armament
Lachlan Arms
Lance Defense Systems
Langford Rifle Company
Lapped Bore Rifles
Laramie Firearms
Lassiter Defense
Lathe & Barrel
Leland Firearms
Leonidas Defense
Leviathan Arms
Lexington Arms Company
Liberty Forge Arms
Limestone Arms
Linden Machine Works
Lindqvist Firearms
Llano Firearms
Lock & Barrel
Lockhart Arms
Lockridge Arms Company
Locomotive Arms Works
Lodestone Arms
Lone Mesa Arms
Longview Precision
Lost Coast Firearms
Lowcountry Firearms
Lowry Arms
Lyle & Sutton
Lyndhurst Gunmakers

M: 28 names

M.H. Drummond Arms
Maddox Defense
Mandrel Rifle Works
Marchetti Arms
Marksman Arms
Marlowe Precision Rifles
Marsden Brothers Gun Company
Marsh & Moor Gunmakers
Master Grade Arms
Mather Gunworks
Mayhew Firearms
McAllister Arms
Meadowbrook Gunmakers
Mercer Defense
Meridian Arms Company
Meridian Precision Rifles
Merritt Firearms
Mile High Precision
Mile Mark Rifles
Mill Race Arms
Millbrook Armament Company
Millstone Firearms
Minuteman Firearms
Mohawk Valley Arms
Mojave Firearms
Monroe Armory
Mother Lode Arms
Mountain Hunter Rifles

N: 9 names

Nash Firearms
Newell Arms
Nolan Firearms
Norrell Arms
Norris Gun Company
Northgate Precision
Northstar Ballistics
Northwoods Arms
Norwood Arms

O: 18 names

Oakes & Tillman
Oakhurst Gun Company
Obsidian Arms Works
Ogden Arms
Old Line Arms
Onyx Defense Systems
Ordnance Works of Tamworth
Oregon Trail Arms
Orion Defense Systems
Ormsby Family Arms
Orrick Firearms
Orrin Arms
Osgood Firearms
Outpost Arms Company
Over & Under Arms
Overland Arms Company
Overwatch Defense Systems
Ozark Mountain Arms

P: 30 names

Pacific Arms Company
Packhorse Precision
Palo Duro Firearms
Palouse Precision
Parallax Precision
Pascoe Firearms
Patriot Ridge Arms
Pecos Arms
Pellington Bros. Rifle Works
Pembrook Arms
Pendragon Arms
Pennine Sporting Arms
Penrose Arms
Pheasant Run Gunmakers
Pickford Firearms
Piedmont Arms
Pike Defense
Pikes Peak Precision
Plains Game Rifle Works
Plumb Line Rifles
Pointer Creek Gunmakers
Pony Express Arms
Prairie Dog Precision
Prairie Fire Arms
Predator Ridge Precision
Prescott Gunmakers
Proof House Arms
Proofmark Firearms
Pruitt Gun Works
Puget Firearms

Q: 3 names

Quail Ridge Shotguns
Quarter Minute Arms
Quinlan Arms

R: 19 names

Radial Arms
Radley Firearms
Railhead Firearms
Ramsey & Cole
Ransom Arms
Ravenscroft Arms
Razor Ridge Firearms
Recoil Works
Red Cedar Armory
Red River Armory
Redoubt Arms
Redwood Coast Arms
Reticle Rifle Works
Rhodes Armory
Ridgeline Precision
Ridley Sporting Arms
Rockwell Firearms
Rourke Armory
Rutledge Arms

S: 48 names

Safari Grade Rifles
Sallow Gunworks
Salmon River Firearms
Saltmarsh Sporting Arms
Sangre de Cristo Arms
Santa Fe Trail Firearms
Saratoga Firearms
Sawtooth Precision
Saxonbury Arms
Scout Arms
Sedgwick Arms
Sentry Ridge Arms
Sequoia Firearms
Shale Creek Firearms
Sharpshooter Arms
Shelby Firearms
Shenandoah Armory
Side by Side Gun Co
Sidewinder Firearms
Sierra Ridge Firearms
Signature Arms Works
Silver Creek Gun Works
Sirius Defense Systems
Skeet Field Arms

S, continued

Slate Precision Arms
Sloane Defense
Snowline Precision
Sonoran Arms
Sporting Clays Gun Works
Stagecoach Firearms
Stahl Armory
Stanwick Arms Technologies
Steady Hand Rifle Co
Steady Rest Precision
Steamboat Arms
Sterling Ridge Firearms
Sterne Armory
Stillwater Rifle Co
Stirling & Daughters Gunmakers
Stock & Barrel
Stone Bridge Arms
Straight Shot Arms
Straightedge Rifles
Strickland Arms
Stroud Rifles
Sub-MOA Rifle Co
Summit Precision
Sutter Firearms

T: 31 names

Tailored Arms
Talbot Firearms
Tallac Arms
Tallgrass Firearms
Talon Defense
Talvik Firearms
Tamarack Rifle Works
Tanner Arms
Teal Creek Waterfowl Arms
Teton Firearms
Thackery Arms
Thatcher Firearms
Thornbury Firearms
Thorne & Whitlock
Thornfield Armament
Thousand Yard Rifles
Thunderhead Firearms
Ticonderoga Arms
Tidewater Arms
Timberline Arms
Titan Ridge Firearms
Trailhead Arms
Trap Line Gun Co
Trask Armory
Travers Defense
Tremaine Defense
Trentham & Ross
Trident Arms Co
Triggerworks
True Aim Firearms
True North Precision

U: 6 names

Uinta Arms
Ultralight Precision
Underhill Precision
Union Arms Company
Upland Arms Company
Upton Precision

V: 9 names

Valley Forge Arms
Vance Armory
Vantage Arms
Vantage Point Rifles
Varmint Ridge Rifles
Varro Arms
Vaughn Firearms
Velocity Arms
Voss Weapon Systems

W: 26 names

W.R. Tolliver Gunmakers
Wade Arms Company
Wadsworth & Lyle
Wagon Road Gun Works
Walden Arms
Walnut Grove Gunstocks & Arms
Wasatch Firearms
Watchtower Arms
Wealden Arms
Wendell Arms
Wescott Arms
Western Arms Manufacturing
Westmark Arms
Wexford Rifle Manufacturing
Wexley Firearms
Wheelwright Firearms
Whitaker Custom
White Pine Firearms
Whitfield Arms
Wind River Arms
Windage Precision
Winslow Arms Company
Wolcott Firearms
Woodcock Arms
Wyatt Arms
Wyvern Defense Systems

Y: 4 names

Yardley Arms
Yates Firearms
Yorktown Armory
Yosemite Precision

Z: 2 names

Zephyr Arms Works
Ziegler Arms Company