Sarco - The Beginning

Once Upon A Time... in 1959
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There once was a very enthusiastic young gun connoisseur named Cholly Steen, III. His passion for the industry began an incredible collection of guns, parts and accessories - so many that he had to find places to put everything. He began to store everything he had way up high in the tower of his castle, or rather the attic of his apartment. It wasn't long before he decided he needed a name for his collection, thus the "Steen Armament Research Company" was born, better known now as SARCO, INC.

The attic was a fine place to store all his wonderful gun parts, but it was no easy feat as there were many stairs to climb. As no one really wants to carry everything to the attic all the time, he made a habit of dropping boxes off where ever he was going at the moment. Needless to say, there was a trail of parts that led down the halls and step by step up each floor like little bread crumbs, telling a tale of where he had been that day.

As you can see, the castle was quite large and eventually was full of treasures.

It wasn't long before the boxes took over and out grew the attic. Luckily, Cholly was able to take over the barn/garage next door.

The more parts he collected, the more he had to cram. There were parts in every nook and cranny. This was officially his SARCO # 2. Pretty soon, this too was busting at the seams. Cholly decided he really needed to find something larger for all his hard work.

With a stroke of luck, the building down the street became available and quickly became SARCO # 3. Yet again, he kept collecting and eventually, you guessed it, out grew this building too.

With an even bigger stroke of luck, the building around the corner was now obtainable!

He snatched it up and began to fill it with everything he had. Years and years... and years... of parts had SARCO # 4 in the making - and 50 years later, it has been able to hold a lot!

But even the best eventually needs help, so Cholly found himself a warehouse to catch the parts that spilled out; sort of a SARCO # 4.5, if you will.

And there you are. A wonderful journey of expansion from the ground up - a passionate interest that lead from an incredible collection to "one of the world’s largest wholesale and retail suppliers of firearms, firearms parts, accessories, and associated material."

So what does a 50-year collection of guns, gun parts and accessories look like anyway?
It may be hard to imagine. Go ahead and take a look. Perhaps you'll see why he had to move out of the attic!
And when Cholly advertises "Just Found In The Warehouse", you'll see he wasn't kidding!

Sarco 1 warehouse	Sarco 9	Sarco 17	Sarco 25
Sarco 2	Sarco 10	Sarco 18	Sarco 26
Sarco 3	Sarco 11	Sarco 19	Sarco 27
Sarco 4	Sarco 12	Sarco 20	Sarco 28
Sarco 5	Sarco 13	Sarco 21	Sarco 29
Sarco 6	Sarco 14	Sarco 22	Sarco 30
Sarco 7	Sarco 15	Sarco 23	Sarco 31
Sarco 8	Sarco 16 showroom	Sarco 24	Sarco 32

On April 25th 2011, Sarco announced the opening of its

Newest Location... Sarco Pennsylvania!

Sarco Pennsylvania

Cholly moved everything you just saw to the
new PA location! Talk about expanding!
Come visit our new 5000 square foot showroom! click here!