Founded in 1991, Florida-based KelTec marked a milestone in the company’s history this week with the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Rock Springs, Wyoming, production facility. 

While the pioneering gunmaker has technically been churning out a steady stream of its unique clip-fed PR57 pistols at its Rock Springs facility for some time now, the company viewed the ceremony and expansion into Rock Springs as a “launchpad for KelTec’s next era of innovation.” 

KelTec’s unorthodox rotary-barrel PR57 was engineered and built at the new facility in The Equality State, but the company has a larger vision for its recent expansion. Production of the new-for-2025 pistol is now ramping up to meet demand just as the company scales the plant and hiring to meet future needs.

“This building isn’t just bricks and machines,” said Adrian Kellgren, KelTec’s director of industrial production. “It’s where the next generation of firearms takes shape. And it was an honor to finally cut the ribbon in front of the people who helped make it happen.”

NRA CEO Doug Hamlin attended the ribbon-cutting. He was joined by Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon and Rock Springs Mayor Max Mickelson, who praised KelTec’s investment in its local workforce and alignment with Wyoming’s values of independence and self-reliance.

“Our company’s future is tied to American liberty,” said CEO George Kellgren. “And there’s no better place to honor that than right here in Wyoming.”

KelTec released a short video of the ceremony, which also reveals some of the expansive space the company has for growth in its budding Rock Springs plant.