H-S PRECISION - Key Persons

Tom Houghton Sr. was a drill instructor in the Army and an avid benchrest shooter, but he also had a background in chemistry. Taking all of these passions, he put them together to form H-S Precision in 1978. After living in New York State working for a chemical company, the opportunity to enter into the firearms industry opened. He and his wife Vivian sold their farmhouse, took every penny they had and moved to Prescott, Arizona to start H-S Precision. Tom Sr. is considered a pioneer of the development of fiberglass stocks when he came up with the idea for a fully synthetic rifle stock with an integrated aluminum bedding block. This bedding block gives shooters a stable platform - an innovation that would launch H-S Precision into its prime. He was awarded patents for multiple innovative systems which would then connect him to defense forces and law enforcement agencies.