Private company

Black Hills Ammunition

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American ammunition and reloading supplies manufacturing company

Black Hills Ammunition is an American ammunition and reloading supplies manufacturing company based in Rapid City, South Dakota.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1981Founded1

Black Hills Ammunition is an American ammunition and reloading supplies manufacturing company based in Rapid City, South Dakota.2

Products and brands

  • ammunition

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1981Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$147.8M 2008–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal contractsTotal
2026$7.3M$7.3M
2025$5.9M$5.9M
2024$6.8M$6.8M
2023$986.1K$986.1K
2022$13.3M$13.3M
2021$27.7M$27.7M
2020$10.7M$10.7M
2019$9.7M$9.7M
2018$13.0M$13.0M
2017$4.9M$4.9M
2016$943.4K$943.4K
2015$3.8M$3.8M
2014$4.6M$4.6M
2013$3.8M$3.8M
2012$8.7M$8.7M
2011$14.0M$14.0M
2010$2.6M$2.6M
2009$3.3M$3.3M
2008$5.7M$5.7M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Sep 13, 2011$9.3M from Department of the Navy: 5.56mm long range ammunition fms rquire.5 To BLACK HILLS AMMUNITION INC Award 0003
  2. Sep 23, 2021$7.0M from Department of the Army: Production and delivery of the xm1163 .300 norma magnum (nm) ball ammunition.6 To BLACK HILLS AMMUNITION INC Award W15QKN21F0556
  3. Sep 23, 2021$5.3M from Defense Contract Management Agency: Production and delivery of the xm1162 .338 norma magnum (nm) armor piercing ammunition.7 To BLACK HILLS AMMUNITION INC Award W15QKN21F0563
  4. Jan 8, 2018$4.8M from Department of the Navy: Cartridges8 To BLACK HILLS AMMUNITION INC Award N0010418CK915
  5. Mar 15, 2021$4.4M from Department of the Navy: 5.56mm rrlp, mk255 mod 19 To BLACK HILLS AMMUNITION INC Award N0016421FJ087