About Us

South Branch Armory was started to continue holding our training classes after the passing of the founder Robert (Bob) Starer of Historic Arms Corporation, which has been a presense at the gun shows in Virginia for almost 20 years.

Our Company South Branch Armory is proud to continue to offer Concealed Carry Courses and Custom builds on the AR platform, as well as custom Cerakote design and application services.

Over time we have added to the staff and today South Branch Armory conducts advanced firearms training and many of the concealed carry training classes in Virginia, and average about 1000 students per year.

These classes are tactical as well as non-tactical and are offered at various convenient commercial locations, gun shows, client facilities, as well as our partner Panthera Training LLC’s 750 acre facility that is about a 2 hour drive from the Dc/Md/Va metro area just outside of Moorefield WV.

Our classes range from those designed to safely introduce beginners to firearms to the most advanced tactical Force-on-Force classes designed to provide civilians as well as professionals with safe, effective training in advanced firearm tactics.