PASSION. INNOVATION. HARD WORK.
These words describe Tom Houghton’s life. It is no surprise that these attributes and a love for shooting led him to found H-S Precision in 1978. Customers always seek out quality, and that’s exactly what the small rifle barrel company founded itself on – quality. Precision ammunition test barrels were the company’s first step towards becoming an OEM supplier to the shooting sports industry. With the company on solid ground, Tom turned his attention back to shooting, and optimized accuracy.
Building an accurate rifle barrel is only half the battle in making an extremely accurate rifle. Tom’s background as a research chemist and his knowledge of composites technology helped him create H-S Precision’s Pro-Series ® line of composite rifle stocks. The integral aluminum bedding block built into the stock has been one of the biggest factors in improving accuracy in rifles – and it was Tom Houghton’s innovation and creativity that made it happen.
Our company and the Houghton family are proud to celebrate all that Tom meant as a visionary in the shooting industry, as a leader, a husband, and a father. We will miss him, but his values and his dreams live on in every H-S Precision Pro-Series ® product we build.
