1887
Webster Marble moves family to Gladstone, Michigan.
1890
Marble founds Gladstone Exchange Bank and is President.
1892
Manufactures Universal Rifle Sight and incorporates as Gladstone Manufacturing Company.
1893
Makes first Pocket Axes; recession causes Panic of 1893.
1894
Marble returns to surveying and timber cruising.
1898
Patents Safety Pocket Axe and incorporates as Marble Safety Axe Company.
1899
Exhibits first products at Sports Expo in Madison Square Garden.
1902
Introduces Improved Front Sight; British Army adopts Marbles No. 3 Safety Pocket Axes.
1903
Patents Automatic Flexible Joint Rear Sight.
Marble's Game Getter Gun, stock broken, aperture sight fitted Marble's Game Getter Gun Imperial War Museums We use cookies and similar technologies to optimise your experience when using this site and to help tailor our digital advertising on third party sites. Marked with the five-line Marble Safety Axe address on the left side of the chambers, 'CALIBERS-22&44' on the right, and '.PATENT./ALLOWED' and 'GAME GETTER' on the frame. The original buttstock has been removed (but is included), with a leather spacer filling the void in the grip frame and a pair of checkered Marble-marked grips.
1909
New 24,000 square foot factory completed and lauded as “Finest of its kind in the world.”
1910
First Game Getter Guns shipped from the factory.
1912
Magazine advertising reaches 20,000,000 readers world wide.
1913
Theodore Roosevelt carries Marble’s compasses during Expandicao Scientifica exploration of Brazilian wilderness.
1914
WWI U.S. Army trucks equipped with Marble’s compasses.
1916
British government buys Marble’s hunting knives for Army issue.
1927
Charles Lindbergh carries Marble’s knife, compass, and matchbox on first solo transatlantic flight.
1930
Founder, Webster Marble dies. Son William becomes President; son Floyd is President of subsidiary Marble Card.
1957
Marble Arms is purchased by Bell and Gossett Inc.
1958
Marble Arms Corporation sells 500 Pilot Survival knives to U.S. Navy and releases proprietary manufacturing specifications.
1966
New plant built at present location
1984
Marble Arms purchases Poly-Choke
1998
Marble’s Peep Tang Sight is reintroduced with windage adjustment
2000
Marble’s adds Fiber Optic front, rear, and shotgun sights to the line
2003
Poly-Choke sold
2005
Marble’s #95 sight is reintroduced with windage adjustment
2007
Marble’s introduces the Improved Peep Tang Sight with interchangeable uprights
2008
Marble's releases the Bulleye Sight
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