List of products by brand RCBS

RCBS was founded in 1943 by Fred T. Huntington in Oroville, California. Huntington was a dedicated shooter, but he found it difficult to obtain quality bullets for varmints. However, after reading about how to make a die to stamp .22 caliber rimfire cartridge cases into bullet jackets, he began making his own dies in the back of his father's laundry and dry-cleaning business in Oroville. Because the resulting bullets were used for shooting varmints in the western United States, he called them Rock Chuck Bullet Swage dies, which later was shortened to RCBS.

RCBS quickly outgrew this humble beginning in the back of a laundry and, in 1948, Huntington moved to a small shop. The business continued to grow rapidly, expanding to his garage and then to a new building in 1954. In 1958, RCBS was expanding again, first to a 7,500 square foot factory which quickly grew to 50,000 square feet. As the years went by, more expansions took place, but RCBS remained close to its roots. Today, Oroville continues to be the home of RCBS for cutting-edge production.

RCBS was acquired by Omark Industries in July 1976 and became part of its sporting equipment division. In 1985, Omark Industries was acquired by Blount, Inc. Alliant Techsystems (ATK) bought RCBS in 2001. In 2015, Vista Outdoor, Inc. separated from ATK as a leading provider of outdoor sports and recreation products. And while RCBS no longer manufactures bullet swaging dies, we are the leading manufacturer of ammunition reloading equipment for rifles and pistols, and we offer reloading equipment worldwide.