Posted January 14, 2016 10:14 pm by Comments

By Ammoland

Irv Stone, owner of Bar-Sto Precision Machine in Sturgis

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a 2-part series on South Dakota’s firearm company cluster.

Irv Stone, owner of Bar-Sto Precision Machine in Sturgis
South Dakota
South Dakota

South Dakota – -(Ammoland.com)- When Irving Stone III, owner of Bar-Sto Precision Machine in Sturgis, South Dakota, is asked about his business, he can’t help but reminisce about his parents.

That’s because long before Stone was born, his dad, Irving Stone II, had a passion for machining. When his parents married, his mother, Barbara, was introduced to the art of machining. Before long, Irv and Barbara opened their first machine shop in Burbank, Calif., in the early 1950s, calling it Bar-Sto Precision.

Over the next several years, the elder Stone began doing experimental work for the aerospace industry in southern California. But when the industry fell apart in the 1960s, his work was put on hold and he needed to find something to fill his spare time.

Irv Stone, owner of Bar-Sto Precision Machine in Sturgis
Irv Stone, owner of Bar-Sto Precision Machine in Sturgis

He wound up at a shooting tournament and discovered he could easily make many …Read the Rest

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