SCCY Industries Moving From Florida To Tennessee
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 6 months ago
Via reader Fred Tippens, another move to the South.
Handgun maker SCCY Industries will move its factory and headquarters from Daytona Beach, Fla., to a new 68-acre campus in Maryville’s Big Springs Industrial Park.
The move will bring a minimum of 350 jobs to Blount County over five years, said Joe Roebuck, founder and CEO of SCCY.
“When we say we’re going to employ 350 people, that’s very conservative,” he said.
Roebuck and company President Wayne Holt came to the Blount Partnership office for the Wednesday afternoon announcement, along with state and local officials.
“Today Blount County has another winner,” said Bob Rolfe, Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development commissioner. Roebuck had many options for his new location, but was attracted by Tennessee’s friendliness for economic development and Maryville’s quality of life, Rolfe said.
Roebuck employs about 200 in his Florida factory, but plans to move only “a few key people,” maybe a half-dozen, to Tennessee as he gradually shuts down the Daytona Beach facility, he said.
I had never seen anything by this company. They appear to be a rather strange bird, with smallish pistols that are internal hammer and “double action only.”
But to each his own. They all have their purpose. This continues a pattern. I consider Florida a misplaced Northern state, unable to pick up their dirt and relocate it to a more politically hospitable climate.
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On April 20, 2018 at 7:11 am, Inquiring Minds said:
Florida is a retirement location for Yankees, who bring their leftist ideals with them.
It’s the same problem that the Pacific NW states and Texas are experiencing: leftists flee the states as their politics take effect and lead to the inevitable results (welfare state, high taxes, gov’t control), and then try to infect their new domiciles with the same old poison.
On April 20, 2018 at 9:18 am, jean said:
I have two of the 9mm. Not a bad weapon for the price. I think the founder is a SW alumni.
On April 20, 2018 at 9:29 am, Pat Hines said:
Remington was going to move all of its operations to the south, but the US government (under Obama) gave them a large contract for M4/M16s if and only if they’d leave some of their factories in New York. That was Bushmaster, wholly owned by Remington, at least at the time.
Today, Remington is being indirectly punished for that foolish move, in my opinion.
On April 20, 2018 at 10:45 am, Herschel Smith said:
@Jean,
What does “double action only” mean?
On April 20, 2018 at 4:18 pm, jean said:
No exposed hammer. Maybe. It’s not a 500.00 gun. But it’s a decent back up or stash piece. It’s an ok CCP gun. I like the 10 round mags.
On April 20, 2018 at 4:22 pm, jean said:
I must be getting old. I prefer the older models. They getting harder to find.
On April 20, 2018 at 8:11 pm, Ned said:
Florida is simply south NYC. I have friends who transferred there for a year – can’t wait to leave. He’s in tech and she is a physical therapist – absolutely not used to the rudeness of those southern (((Yankees))).
On April 20, 2018 at 11:11 pm, Fred said:
These two things were stated in the article; They aren’t bringing they’re employees and Tennessee is very friendly. Heh!
On April 22, 2018 at 3:39 pm, Pat Hines said:
Herschel said, “What does “double action only” mean?”
I have SIG P239 that is DAO, in that it does not remain cocked after the first pull of the trigger like my P229 SAS does. The P239 is always DA, on every shot just like a revolver that’s not been cocked manually. While the P229 is DA only on the first trigger pull, it’s SA on subsequent trigger pulls. Trigger weight is about 7 pounds on the first pull, 4.5 pounds on the next 12 rounds. All pulls have a very short reset distance
SIG does not offer a P239 currently, they’re all DA/SA now. None have a safety, after being fired, they have a decocking lever to return them to “not cocked”. All current SIG pistols have a firing pin block for safety if they’re dropped.
On April 23, 2018 at 8:07 am, Chris said:
I live 10 miles from this site.
Welcome to East Tennessee.
We have no state income tax, we are a right to work stats and we love guns.
On August 15, 2018 at 12:15 pm, Andy said:
What’s the latest on this move?
It’s been pretty silent for some time now. It was my understanding that they were suppose to be on site and operational mid to late 2018.
Have they even started anything?
On August 21, 2018 at 4:50 pm, JOE said:
I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE CPX-3 TO COME OUT NOT HOLDING MY BREATH IT SEEMS THE WHOLE COMPANY IS UP IN THE AIR!!!!
WHO KNOWS MAYBE SOME DAY….
On September 11, 2018 at 9:03 pm, jim said:
The SCCY 9mm guns are, by far, the best gun deals on the planet when you take into account all factors: it’s a 9mm with 11 round capacity, weighs only 15 ounces, is only 6″ long by 4.25″ high and 1.1″ wide and costs about $215. It’s also double action meaning it’s like a revolver so you can reliably carry one in the chamber without fear of an inadvertent discharge, even with no safety on the gun (they do make one with a safety and one without). Also, this gun has double strike capability meaning if a primer fails to detonate you simply pull the trigger again and get a second chance to fire the round. With a striker fired gun you must rack a new round into the chamber thus consuming valuable time and losing a potential round that the SCCY could possibly detonate.
But I do feel that something strange is going on here. This seems like a reclusive company…..they have advertised the CPX3 .380 on their website for almost 3 years and yet you cannot buy one! And even though I have sent them several emails asking about when the gun will be available, their answers are either untruthful or they don’t respond to emails. Last year they told me the CPX3 would ship about, I think, July or September but that never happened. I sent another email last week telling them that while customers will understand delays in getting this gun out they will only do so if SCCY actually tells them the reason for the delay. But when SCCY hides the reason for the delay while simultaneously continuing to advertise a gun that they know darn well is not available, well, customers will no longer understand and will react accordingly. Now I hear they plan on moving to Tennessee but I see nothing on their website about this! What the f^&k is going on with this company? Anybody knows please tell me at killerasteroid@aol.com.
On September 12, 2018 at 8:29 am, Fred said:
I called my area sales rep (I’m not a buyer, don’t be confused) and She said that the land purchase is complete. She has no idea as to a groundbreaking date or final move date but mentioned 2020 as a possibility on the move.
So I sent this note:
“Good Day,
I’m in Knoxville and many people around here, and on the Internet, are wondering when your move up to Tennessee is scheduled. I understand that you have purchased some land. Do you have a groundbreaking date, or estimated date yet that you could share? When do you anticipate your move date will be? We love your weapons and your price points, so your fans are asking. The folks here are real friendly and would love some updates please.
Thank You,
Fred Tippens
Member, Tennessee Firearms Association”
I’ll also send a comment to Uncle who lives ’round these here parts as well and see if he, or his cadre, has any updates.
(Ya know, what I’m doing isn’t hard, anybody could have done it.)
On November 5, 2018 at 5:57 pm, JOE said:
I LIKE JIM USE TOO CALL SCCY ONCE A MONTH AND THE WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME NEXT MONTH THAT WAS BACK IN 2017 THIS YEAR I JUST CHECK THE INTERNET FOR ANY NEW NEWS AND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR I’VE PURCHASED 2 NEW FIREARMS A 9MM CARBINE AND A KEL-TECH, BY THE TIME THE 380 COMES OUT I WON’T HAVE A NEED FOR IT. ( IF IT EVER DOES ) THAT’S ONE SHOT THEY WON’T GET.