While employed at Golden State Arms Brenner had met John Arnold. Federal Ordnance’s affiliation with National Ordnance Ziebert moved to Spain and on November 16, 1966, Brenner founded and incorporated Federal Ordnance at a post office box in Los Angeles. Ziebert and Brenner ran the business until financial difficulties caused the business to be auctioned in November 1966. Retting, refer to the pages on Santa Fe and National Ordnance M1 carbines. In the Independent Star News of Pasadena, CA, Augan article on Golden State Arms identifies Burton Brenner as the youngest of three partners, the others being the founder Alvin Gettler, and Seymour Ziebert. Within two years Retting separated from Golden State Arms and remained with his business in Culver City, CA. Golden State Arms is covered in more detail on this website under the name of Santa Fe. Retting was merging with Golden State Arms in Pasadena, CA. In The American Rifleman issue of July 1957, a three page advertisement announced Martin B. Over time Numrich and the company’s subsequent CEO, Gregory Jenks, expanded the upstate New York operation into what is known today as Numrich Gun Parts of West Hurley, NY (E Gun Parts, Gun Parts Inc., Numrich Arms). In the mid 1950’s Retting sold the gun store to George Numrich and moved to the Los Angeles area with Brenner and started Martin B. Retting at Retting’s gun store in upstate New York. In the early 1950’s Burton “Bob” Brenner became associated with Martin B.