One Horse Launches Sarge and Archie Express Retros Honoring Vietnam Veterans
One Horse launched its Express Retros on November 8, 2026, adding two Vietnam-inspired 5.56 firearms built with Atrius Development Group. Sarge is a 20-inch rifle. Archie is an 11.5-inch short-barreled rifle. Both carry factory-installed Atrius Mil-Spec Forced Reset Selectors and are named for Vietnam Veterans connected to the company’s Brownstown, Indiana, home.
According to the company’s announcement, One Horse describes itself as a family-owned and veteran-owned American manufacturer. The Express Retros put carry handles, clamshell handguards and Vietnam-era silhouettes into the One Horse Express Series. The company previously put an Atrius forced reset selector into a production Express rifle, as AmmoLand reported in June. The Retros continue that collaboration in a period look.
Local Names, Local Meaning
The names are not marketing filler. Sarge honors Don Morgan, a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran. Archie is named in posthumous tribute to the A-Gunner who served alongside Carl J. Vondielingen, also a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran. One Horse says both Morgan and Vondielingen are from the Brownstown area. The company presents the pair as recognizing Veterans who can still tell their stories and those remembered by the men who served with them.
“These rifles and SBRs carry names that mean something. Sarge honors Don Morgan. Archie carries the memory of Carl’s A-Gunner, a man whose story deserves to keep being told,” said Jeremy Hammons, CEO and co-founder of One Horse. “When the Vietnam generation passes us the torch, we inherit a responsibility to remember the people behind it: the friends they lost, the lives they built and the weight they still carry.
“We cannot give them back the homecoming they deserved decades ago. We can stand beside them today, look them in the eye, and say, ‘Welcome Home.’ We want these firearms to start conversations between generations, so a name becomes a story and that story gets passed on. Long after we are gone, those Veterans should still be remembered. That is the meaning behind the Express Retros.”
Welcome Home Campaign and Huey Donation
The launch anchors what One Horse calls a national Welcome Home campaign. The company is asking Americans to recognize Vietnam Veterans, listen to their stories and give the welcome many were denied when they came home. One Horse frames the effort as a chance for that generation to pass the torch and for the next to accept the responsibility of remembrance.
Money is attached to the message. One Horse says it will donate 5% of gross sales of Express Retros firearms sold during November 2026 to Columbus Indiana Huey Inc. The company describes the group as an all-volunteer nonprofit that preserves a UH-1 Huey as a flying museum, honors Veterans and active military personnel, and educates communities about the aircraft and the people it served, including its Vietnam War connection.
The Atrius Mil-Spec Forced Reset Selector is the other piece gun owners will ask about. Atrius markets the drop-in selector with Safe, Semi, and Super-Semi positions. In forced-reset mode, bolt movement is used to reset the trigger for faster follow-up shots while the firearm remains a semi-automatic design under the company’s description. That category has been through years of ATF litigation.
In May 2025, the Justice Department and ATF settled forced-reset trigger cases after a federal court fight over whether those devices were machine guns. As AmmoLand reported, the government dropped its appeals and enforcement push in that litigation. Patent fights continued afterward. Atrius has argued that its Forced Reset Selector is structurally different from the trigger designs at the center of Rare Breed’s patent cases, a dispute AmmoLand has also covered. Buyers still have to check state law. A factory-installed selector does not override a state ban or an NFA restriction on the short barrel.
Availability
According to One Horse, Sarge and Archie are offered through the company’s direct-to-consumer channel until January 2027, when the company says they will go to dealers. Both models are chambered in 5.56. The drop pairs Vietnam-era lines and local Veterans’ names with a Welcome Home pitch, a Huey museum cut of November sales, and the Atrius forced-reset collaboration already in the Express line.
Sarge is the full-length rifle. Archie is the NFA short barrel. Both come with a forced-reset selector in a factory package, instead of leaving the buyer to tune one after the fact.
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