It seems there has been a lot of speculation lately about the Fortis Pistol… and we have had to sit back and watch, reluctant and unable to say anything. Which makes it that much harder for us to now say that the most pernicious of the internet rumors are true: the Fortis Pistol is no more.

There is only one reason for this decision, because we have been able to get the rights to use the original Bren Ten name and logo… The Fortis is now the Bren Ten!

We have to apologize for the last several weeks; we have been in sort of a self-imposed blackout while we have been negotiating the agreement to use the Bren Ten name. This is something that we really wanted, in order to make the release of our pistol truly the continuation of the legacy – and something that we have been working hard to make happen.

Of course, that is not the only thing we have been working on… the Fortis project has continued, it never has been in jeopardy. The malignant internet rumors are exactly that, rumors on the internet. We also have been working hard to keep our existing products going out of the door; we have contracts and support service for military weapons and the overwhelming demand for anything firearm related with the general public. Vltor makes a lot of parts that are the mainstay of many dealer’s product line, as well as OEM parts for other manufacturers and vendors – while the opportunity was certainly there to take advantage of the situation, we actually shut down our commercial internet sales and focused on keeping out product shipping to our dealers and distributors.

The Fortis was announced with the intention of it being one of our upcoming projects, during a time when our production was starting to outpace demands; there is no way we could have foreseen the unprecedented demand that has swept across the firearms industry. Even before the recent increase in product demand, we were in the process of bringing in new machinery and people; in the last few months we have brought in literally millions of dollars worth of new machinery, much of which is just for the new pistol. In one area alone, we have added four new horizontal milling machines, each with multiple pallet changers, we have modernized our metal finishing shop to keep up with the increased demands, yet not compromise an ounce of quality – and even with all of these steps to modernize and improve production, we have not cut a single job; in fact, we have added more production and development staff to continue production and support development.

So, here is the word from Rumor Control:

• The first issue of the Fortis Pistol will be released as the Bren Ten.
• There is nothing wrong with the design, it is working fine.
• Yep, we have magazines… lots of magazines.
• The project is not broke, nor has it been sold, it was fully funded from the start.
• “There must be something going on” – there was, we were waiting to see what name to mark on the slides of the new pistol, we like Bren Ten. We are sure you will too.