Business & Tech

Palm Harbor Gun Parts Manufacturer Moving to Pasco County

Adams Arms, which makes technology that improves military and sporting rifles, is taking 29 high-paying jobs to Odessa, TBO.com reports.

A Palm Harbor company that manufactures gun parts is moving to Pasco County, lured by the possibility of up to $208,000 in state and local tax credits, TBO.com reports.

Adams Arms has signed the lease on an Odessa building, bringing along 29 jobs with an average wage of $50,000, according to the report.

Its new building will be almost three times the size of its current facility in Palm Harbor, CEO Mike Froning told TBO. Adams Arms plans to be up and running in Odessa by mid-November.

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The company" patented piston technology that improves the effectiveness of military and sporting rifles," TBO reports.

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