HK USA started 2004 Virginia, New Hampshire, Georgia 1948, three former Mauser engineers, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch, and Alex Seidel, salvaged machine tools and started in the vacant Mauser factory December 28, 1949 changed name to Heckler & Koch GmbH 1959 G3 battle rifle adopted by the West German army 1966 MP5 submachine gun introduced 1974 – diversified … Read more
1990-2004 1990 Bob Braverman filed for a patent on his pen gun 1991 marketed by American Derringer as Model 2 “Pen” Pistol 1991 – 1997 R. J. Braverman Corp. in Meredith, New Hampshire 2002 – 2004 Stinger Manufacturing Corp in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan – 1,000 square feet – suggested retail $250 About R. J. Braverman … Read more
founded in 1985 Virginia, New Hampshire Old World Sig founded in 1853 in – Friedrich Peyer im Hof (1817–1900) – Heinrich Moser (1805-1874) – Johann Conrad Neher (1818-1877) 1860 awarded contract to produce 30,000 Prelaz-Burnand rifles 1860 company name was changed to Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG, German for “Swiss Industrial Company”) 1947 SIG P210 pistol was developed – … Read more
since 1967 New Hampshire, Massachusetts Warren Center developed an unusual break-action, single-shot pistol – in his basement workshop in Rochester, New Hampshire 1965 Warren Center joined the K.W. Thompson Tool Company 1967 Warren Center’s Contender pistol introduced 1968 name was changed to Thompson/Center Arms Company 1970 introduced Warren Center’s Hawken-styled black powder muzzle-loader rifle 1983 Encore was … Read more
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