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Outdoor & Sporting brands that market their products as made in the USA

See the guide: 43 brands marketing their outdoor and sporting gear as made in the USA

Outdoor & Sporting covers 31 brands marketing their gear as made in the United States: fishing reels and rods, bicycles, backpacks and hunting packs, coolers, snowshoes, skateboards, safes, holsters, and equipment for shooting sports. It’s a category of specialists — most of these companies make one kind of thing and describe the making in detail.

That detail shows up in the claims themselves. Stone Glacier’s packs are “Designed, Cut, and Sewn in the USA.” Exo Mountain Gear says “Backpacks Built in the USA.” Kinesis Photo Gear puts it as “Designed & crafted in the USA” — and “designed” is a different verb than “made.” KAV calls itself “The Only Helmet Brand Manufactured in the USA,” a superlative that belongs to the brand, not to me. The registry’s job is to record these statements exactly and point at where they were published; each profile does that, with a recorded date.

Headquarters cluster in 16 states — California and Wisconsin lead, with Illinois next. As everywhere in the registry, a headquarters is a base of operations, not a manufacturing statement. Every brand in this category is currently Self-attested, and none records a third-party certification here.

I don't verify these claims. Every Made-in-USA statement above and in the listings below is quoted from the brand's own public labeling, with its source noted on the brand's profile. The FTC applies an "all or virtually all" standard to Made in USA claims (ftc.gov); meeting it is each brand's responsibility, not something I certify.

43 brands · last recorded July 2026 Sort
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Brand Location Tier · Recorded #
1UP USA

1UP USA sells bike racks, cargo racks, storage products, accessories, parts, apparel, merch, and riding gear.

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Dickeyville, Wisconsin
Self-attested T2 Recorded July 2026
001
AO Coolers

AO Coolers, based in Corona, California, makes soft-sided and insulated coolers designed to help ice last longer.

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Corona, California
Self-attested T2 Recorded May 2026
005
Avet Reels

Avet Reels designs and produces saltwater fishing reels in Chatsworth, California, using machined 6061-T6 aluminum stock and a durable anodized finish.

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Chatsworth, California
Self-attested T2 Recorded May 2026
006
Bike Friday

Bike Friday designs and builds high-performance folding and travel bikes for custom specifications in Eugene, Oregon.

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Eugene, Oregon
Self-attested T2 Recorded May 2026
008
Bison Coolers

Bison Coolers, based in Fort Worth, Texas, makes roto-molded hard coolers, soft coolers, and drinkware.

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Fort Worth, Texas
Self-attested T2 Recorded July 2026
009
Bunny Hopkins

Bunny Hopkins makes wooden active-play equipment for children, including wobble boards, Pikler triangles, climbing arches, balance beams, and mud kitchens.

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Atlanta, Georgia
Self-attested T2 Recorded July 2026
011
Cajun Rods

Founded in 2007, Cajun Rods is a small-batch manufacturer of carbon fiber fishing rods in Oakwood Village, Ohio.

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Oakwood Village, Ohio
Self-attested T2 Recorded May 2026
012
Charter Arms

Charter Arms manufactures revolvers for concealed carry and home defense, marketing its lineup as 100% American-made.

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Shelton, Connecticut
Self-attested T2 Recorded May 2026
013
Co-Motion Cycles

Co-Motion Cycles, based in Eugene, Oregon, designs and constructs tandem, road, racing, and travel bicycles for riders who pursue performance and practical use.

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Eugene, Oregon
Self-attested T2 Recorded May 2026
015
Condor Products

Condor Products, based in Cortland, Illinois, designs and manufactures motorcycle support equipment for parking, storage, transport, and security.

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Cortland, Illinois
Self-attested T2 Recorded May 2026
016
EVERLASTING Safes

EVERLASTING Safes designs and sells a range of gun safes, including quick access models, biometric and fingerprint safes, rifle safes, handgun and pistol…

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Lincoln, Nebraska
Self-attested T2 Recorded May 2026
019
Gator Guards

Gator Guards, based in Farmington, Illinois, designs and sells boat protection products engineered to shield watercraft from bow to stern.

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Farmington, Illinois
Self-attested T2 Recorded May 2026
023

Common questions

Do these brands claim everything they sell is US-made?

Not uniformly. Accurate Fishing Products says “All reels are proudly made in USA,” a whole-line claim; others scope their language to specific products or processes — “Designed, Cut, and Sewn” (Stone Glacier) or “Built” (Exo Mountain Gear). The quoted claim on each profile is the brand’s own scope.

Are the safes and firearms-related products here certified?

No listing in this category records a third-party certification in the registry — that includes the safes, holsters, and shooting-sports equipment. Each claim is the brand’s own public statement, quoted with a source.

How current are these listings?

Each profile shows the date the brand’s claim was recorded. When a listing is re-checked, that date updates to when the re-check actually happened; if a claim can’t be re-confirmed, the brand moves to the public Removed brands log.