Ugartechea

Armas Ugartechea
Company typePrivate
IndustryWeaponsFirearms
PredecessorCasa Ugartechea
Founded1922 (1922) in Eibar, Spain
FounderIgnacio Ugartechea
SuccessorArmas Ugartechea
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsDouble rifles, Bolt-action rifles, Shotguns
Websitehttp://www.ugartecheashotguns.com/

Armas Ugartechea is a Basque Spanish manufacturer of guns and rifles located in Eibar, is a privately held Spanish firearms manufacturing company. Its firearms are used worldwide for a variety of sporting and hunting purposes. It produces several models of double-barreled shotgun. It is devoted to the craft manufacturing of fine hunting shotguns and is the heir of a long craftsman tradition that has cleverly incorporated new technologies in the production of its guns, and, at the same time, keeping its traditional know how. It was the first Spanish company to start making under and over barrel guns. I. Ugartechea is well known for the quality of its work both at home and abroad. Is one of the few gunmakers to produce its own barrels, flawless at best. A present, Armas Ugartechea sells its guns worldwide. Among its customers are heads of state and monarchs from several countries, as well as top hunters and crack shots. The company remains privately held as part of a venture capital group, which upholds a core principle: only those deeply rooted in the legacy and craft of gunmaking can truly optimize the production of firearms that combine artisanal skill with cutting-edge technology.