Even the Hunting industry is hit by the times, sad days

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Thompson Center lays off 66, furloughs 37 in NH

 

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) Rifle-maker Thompson Center Arms, one of the largest employers in Rochester, N.H., laid off 66 workers this week and furloughed another 37.

 

Company owner Smith & Wesson said the layoffs were prompted by a drop in sales of the company's black powder hunting rifles.

 

The cuts accounted for almost 29 percent of Thompson Center Arms' work force, bringing the number of workers at the factory to roughly 250. That's almost half of what it was just under a year ago.

 

The company cut 80 jobs in September and 36 last March.

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Damn how we going to keep the chav's down now!!!

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They should be selling AR-15 and AK clones.

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I was just in the gun shop at lunch today and this is the first time all year the place hasn't been packed with customers. Seems like the boom may be slowing. Black powder guns seem like a niche that would suffer in an economy like this.