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Pattern 14 enfield era3/10/2024 ![]() They are kind of like an older brother to us. It is a very fruitful cooperation and FB has always been very open in helping us and mentoring us. Our cooperation has been going on for 10 years now. ![]() We have an NDA with FB, so we cannot disclose which parts are subcontracted to us. (I understand you cannot go fully into detail here, but Americans often ask these questions, so anything you might be able to say would be helpful) Once we received valuable feedback, learned about the market, customer preferences etc., we started branding our product lines WBP.ħ) What is the relationship between FB-Radom and WBP? What FB parts does WBP use, and does FB use any parts manufactured by WBP? But Blaine was the one who got Andrew’s attention, so after a few years here we are all working together which is great.Ħ) When were the first AKM parts exported to the USA?Ģ013 under the V-Project brand name. Andrew came to Poland, we immediately got along very well and that is how it started. So Andrew responded with the proposal to cooperate and a plan to come to Poland and pay us a visit. It turned out that Blaine got the message and forwarded it to Andrew. It was probably like 60 emails or something, being sent to different companies we found on the internet saying that we are based in Poland and would like to offer our parts and products on the US market. At the time we had little knowledge on how the US civilian firearms market works, so we just sent out random emails (SPAM like messages) to basically every AK related company in the US that we could google. Funny thing is, Atlantic contributed to this happening. The partnership with Arms of America began in 2013. ![]() We started offering first AKMs around 2008.Ĥ) As of 2018, how many employees does the company have?ĥ) When did the partnership with Arms of America begin and any stories about working with Andrew? On the other hand, this process allowed our company to grow and now we have the ability to wholly manufacture the AKM.ģ) When did WBP first start offering AKM pattern firearms? Unfortunately tons of Polish military stocks were sold off abroad at that time, but that is how life goes, it was just pure supply and demand. This expansion was just a natural consequence of the market at the time (we are talking early/mid 2000s). So step by step, part by part we were kind of “forced” to get deeper and deeper into manufacturing. There were also RPKs, PKMs, NSVTs, Goriunov’s, DShKs going through our doors but the AKM was the item we focused on as we felt this was a design that will prevail for many years to come and also FB Radom was dropping the AKM on behalf of the Beryl, so we felt that there was also a perspective in filling this void in caliber 7.62. Most of that equipment was AK-47/AKMs, many of which needed refurbishment and new parts. As more and more equipment would go through our facility, we needed to get more tooling, more employees, etc. So if someone was doing a deal where they needed to burn through all the crates of equipment, assemble/disassemble something or replace any used up parts, they would bring the equipment to Rogow and we were there to provide such services. A lot of Polish gun traders were mainly “purely” trading companies with no fixed assets and no manpower nor manufacturing base, no storage space, etc. So this was something he was always into and he always wanted to manufacture firearms, so a hobby turning to a full time occupation.Ģ) Why did you decide to get into the firearms business?Īs the “historical weaponry” workshop got bigger, we began getting contracts for refurbishment and repair of firearms that were purchased as surplus items from the Polish military. ![]() Jack Popinski is a big firearms aficionado, he has a large collection of historical weapons, uniforms, helmets, books related to warfare, etc. The company was mainly involved in producing swords/sabres (they were sold to collectors (replicas) as well to Polish MoD, as some Polish officers carry a sabre during special occasions like Independence day celebrations and for representational purposes) and historical weaponry from the 1700s and 1800s (muskets from the Napoleonic era for example). Jacek (Jack in English) Popinski started the business in the early 1990s. 1) When was WBP founded and any stories about starting the company?
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