The situation was stable and generated profits for both sides, until 2158, when the Regulators established their rule over Adytum. They adopted the Gun Runners name in 2155, formally establishing their business. The independent metal supply lasted until 2151, when they had to start importing raw materials from Adytum to sustain their business. Coupled with an abundant supply of scrap metal around their factory, they quickly established themselves as machinists and gunsmiths, capable of manufacturing military-grade weapons and ammunition with the use of pre-War schematics. Rather than keep importing weapons, the Gun Runners decided to put the machines inside the factory to use. The profits made on this deal prompted them to abandon their gang ties and focus on trade. On top of usual gang activities, the Gun Runners started trading weapons taken from their marks or imported from their contacts back at the Hub to local communities and gangs. The gang settled into a factory in northeast Los Angeles. They did indeed find it, though not in the way they expected it. The promise of new territory and influence appealed to them. The people who would establish the Gun Runners were originally a small-time gang from the Hub, which moved south into the Boneyard around 2131.
