Get to Know Rio Verde Arms…

As a licensed machine gun dealer and SOT I have been manufacturing mostly M-16’s for potential law enforcement and government sales.  It never occurred to me to build AR-15’s for the general public.  One day while browsing a gun store I witnessed a new shooter get dejected by the salesperson.  The customer wanted an AR-15 but was told unless he had $3000 to spend he would only be buying garbage.  I later told this customer that the sales person was greatly mistaken and not to stop looking.  I told him there is no reason he could not obtain a quality rifle for around $800.

On the way home it hit me! I am already building M-16’s so why not build AR-15’s.  I was already doing business with parts suppliers.  I started building.  My mission was to build basic, good quality guns for the 99% of the folks out there who use them for target shooting and home defense.  I wanted to build a gun that was as solid as what I had while serving in the Marine Corps. I also wanted to make sure to treat the new shooter with the respect they deserve and answer all their questions without making them feel ignorant.   No frills.  I started small.  Building in my spare time for friends and basically breaking even.  Then friends of friends wanted them so I started making a small profit.  Then more and more and more.  My best sales people are my customers.  

So now I am all in.  I build all the rifles myself.  I do not do special orders.  Rio Verde Arms is the Henry Ford of rifles.  It is affordable and goes bang every time.  I have yet to have a single rifle come back.

-Andy Gervase