AmChar Wholesale, Inc. has been in the firearms business since 1980. During the last 40 years, we have become one of the top distributors in the industry for law enforcement entities and independent dealers in the United States.

Sports, Inc. was founded in 1965 in Lewistown, Montana, as a means for independent sporting goods retailers to grow and prosper in a competitive marketplace. Since our beginning with seven outdoor stores, Sports, Inc. has grown into a nationwide network of stores involved in all facets of the sporting goods industry.

Nation’s Best Sports (NBS) is a premier sporting goods buying group in North America that was established in 1956 when Claude Manning and three friends—Joe Lipsey, E.J. “Buck” Buchanan and Paul Self, all of whom owned war-surplus stores—decided to pool their purchases and create the first sporting goods buying group, the Southwest Buying Syndicate. 

See what’s coming to the 2025 SHOT Show. SHOT Show is all about the businesses of the shooting sports, hunting, law enforcement, and armed forces industries.

The history of Big Rock Sports goes back more than 60 years to the founding of All-Sports Supply in Portland, OR. At that time, sporting goods was a much more personal business, and distributors knew the names of their retailers as well as their families.

Join us January 3rd & 5th in the Big Easy for our annual trade show! This year’s show will include top firearm, ammunition, and accessory manufacturers to stock your store with all the hottest products.

Experience the latest Orchid software firsthand at the 2024 August Outdoor Show, Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, UT. Visit us at booth #300 to connect with FFL experts, explore how we can enhance your business, and take advantage of exclusive retail promotional offers.

Join us for an informative webinar hosted by Jason Knowles, focusing on the recent changes to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) affecting firearms and related items. This session will provide a comprehensive overview of the interim final rule issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which introduces crucial amendments affecting firearms exports.

What We Will Discuss:
– Understanding the effects of these regulatory changes on your future exports
– Strategies for navigating disruptions and achieving a new normal effectively

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Visit Orchid at the 2024 February Outdoor Sporting Goods Show at booth #404 to demo the latest Orchid software meet with FFL experts to see how we can help your business and take advantage of exclusive retail promotional offers.

Visit Orchid at the NBS 2024 Spring Semi-Annual Market at booth #840 to demo the latest Orchid software, meet with FFL experts to see how we can help your business and take advantage of exclusive retail promotional offers.

Visit the Orchid at SHOT Show booth #72839 to speak with our technology, compliance and operations experts, or for a demo of our leading retail and manufacturing software solutions.

Special promotions to be announced before the show.

Join Orchid and Business Solution Partners, for a 1-hour session that will provide a comprehensive demonstration and discussion of the FFL Suite, a fully integrated compliance solution designed to enhance the capabilities of the world’s #1 Cloud-ERP.

Visit Orchid at The Rendezvous to demo the latest Orchid software and meet with FFL experts to see how we can help your multi-store retail or ecommerce business.

Visit Orchid at the 2023 NASGW Expo to demo the latest Orchid software, meet with FFL experts to see how we can help your business and take advantage of exclusive promotional offers.

Former ATF senior executive Andy Graham will provide valuable insights into prevalent GCA violations, along with invaluable insights on effectively preventing citations.

Visit Orchid at the NBS 2023 Fall Semi-Annual Market to demo the latest Orchid software, meet with FFL experts to see how we can help your business and take advantage of exclusive retail promotional offers.

Visit Orchid at the 2023 August Outdoor Sporting Goods Show to demo the latest Orchid software meet with FFL experts to see how we can help your business and take advantage of exclusive retail promotional offers.

This free online event is open to all FFLs seeking to avoid anti-firearm banking bias while optimizing profits with cash discounting, surcharging, and fee optimization principles.

Schedule a private meeting with Orchid to discuss technology solutions, compliance services, and new business opportunities. Meetings must be scheduled in advance. Orchid will not be exhibiting.

Former ATF senior executive Andy Graham will provide valuable insights into the ATF inspection process, understand common compliance challenges, and receive expert guidance on FFL responsibilities under the GCA and NFA.

Over 20 firearm attorneys, FFL executives, and industry experts will deliver content o topics such as 4473 technology, ATF arm brace ruling, eCommerce and social media, ATF revocations, POS / Bound Book technology and more.

Schedule a private meeting with Orchid to discuss technology solutions, compliance services, and new business opportunities. Meetings must be scheduled in advance. Orchid will not be exhibiting.

Visit Orchid at The Rendezvous to demo the latest Orchid software and meet with FFL experts to see how we can help your multi-store retail or ecommerce business.

Visit the Orchid FFL Technology Center at SHOT Show to speak with our technology, compliance and operations experts, or for a demo of our leading retail and manufacturing software solutions.

Special promotions to be announced before the show.

In 2022, ATF completed over 7,500 FFL compliance inspections and revoked more than 100 licenses. To avoid the same happening to you, former ATF senior executive Andy Graham will lead a presentation on how to prepare for ATF inspection, including the inspection process, what IOIs look for, top inspection violations, and how to practice proactive compliance.

Whether you’ve attended a previous conference or this will be your first Firearms Industry Conference, Orchid and Williams Mullen’s Firearms Industry Group will review this year’s virtual and in-person agendas, agency opportunities, and other expectations for FIC 2023.

A follow-up to Part 1 (held Feb. 2), Orchid’s Andrew Graham and Philip Milks will answer previously submitted attendee questions about ATF Final Rule 2021R-08F, its impact on FFLs and consumers, and how to stay compliant during the tax forbearance period (ends May 31, 2023) and beyond.

Orchid’s team of FFL and compliance professionals will reviewed ATF Final Rule 2021R-08F in detail, including the amended definition of “rifle,” objective design features that indicate a rifle, effectivity date and options for affected persons, and the ruling’s impact on all FFLs and consumers.