Investor, unpaid-creditor claimant, and principal of Rip95 LLC d/b/a Risk Off Capital, LLC
Christopher B. Ripley is a citizen of Texas. According to the Verified Complaint, his involvement in the firearms industry long predates the events at issue: he is described as a former National Champion All-American competitive shooter, a holder of NRA Junior Achievement medals and a world championship cup awarded within the past five years, and, from approximately 2012 to 2014, a responsible party for a federally licensed retail firearms and ammunition business — described as one of the earliest large-scale independent business-to-consumer e-commerce operations in that space. (Verified Complaint ¶7.)
Per the Verified Complaint, Ripley was approached in mid-2025 by Scott Soura and Ken D’Arcy regarding a potential minority investment in the Remington firearms business. He executed a non-disclosure agreement with Roundhill Group LLC in August 2025 and pursued formal acquisition diligence, during which he alleges he incurred substantial costs and provided facility services — equipment relocation from Knoxville, Tennessee and the Sewon Boulevard facility, pallet-racking installation, and internet wiring at the LaGrange Manufacturing Facility — for which he claims to remain substantially unpaid. He further alleges he has personally paid more than $480,000 to other unsecured creditors of the enterprise. (¶¶2, 5.)
Through Rip95 LLC (d/b/a Risk Off Capital, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company he controls, Ripley acquired contractual rights with respect to the senior secured note encumbering the LaGrange facility under a Loan Sale Agreement dated March 26, 2026. (¶8.)
The Verified Complaint states that Ripley planned to present a “fully funded acquisition proposal” — described as one that would pay every unsecured creditor of the enterprise in full — at a publicly noticed town hall in LaGrange on May 7, 2026, which he canceled after Roundhill filed its Delaware action against him the previous day. (¶74.)
Ripley is the lead plaintiff in the Troup County action and a defendant in Roundhill’s Delaware NDA action, where Roundhill’s claims against him are likewise unadjudicated allegations. This site presents both actions and will publish material filings from each.
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