USFA

U.S. Fire Arms Manufacturing Co

1993 – 2013
Hartford, Connecticut

  • founded by Doug Donnelly
  • company offices were in the “Old Armory Custom Shop”
    – built by Sam Colt
  • made custom Peacemaker revolvers to order
  • Replica Colt lightning rifles
  • 2011 USFA abandoned their production of Colt revolver replicas
    – sold the tooling to fund the ZIP project
    – ZiPFactory
  • 2011 introduced the ZIP .22
    – only a few hundred were produced
  • 2013 showcased at SHOT Show

U.S. Fire Arms Manufacturing Co
55 Van Dyke Ave
Hartford, Connecticut 06106

877-227-6901

Gemtech

Gemini Technologies – Gemtech

 since 1976
Idaho, Massachusetts

  •  founded by Phil Dater in Eagle, Idaho
  • 1993 Greg Latka was president
  • 1994-2016 manufactured by GSL Technology in Michigan
  • 2011 developed subsonic .22 Long Rifle ammunition
  • 2011 instrumental in forming the American Suppressor Association (ASA)
  • July 2017 purchased by Smith & Wesson
  • 2017 moved to Massachusetts

 

gemtech.com

 

 

WAGC

Women Against Gun Control

Since 1993

  • has been an all-volunteer, grassroots organization that conducts high-powered meetings around kitchen tables all across the U.S. to plot ways to fight gun control. WAGC has been a presence on the internet for nearly 20 years to blow holes in the myth that all women support gun control. There are now many pro-gun women’s’ organizations that have formed to fight against gun control to protect their families and to protect the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. We consider these groups to be our “Sisters in Arms.”

one of the oldest female gun rights organizations in the world.

Nineteen years ago I was in a serious car crash. A thin white divider sheet separated the hospital room that I was sharing with a man who had been intentionally shot in the neck with a 9mm handgun. We both survived

 

WAGC would also like to thank some very fine gentlemen.  We believe America’s “Founding Fathers” were the first feminists.  The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights doesn’t say “the right of MEN to keep and bear Arms.”  It says “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”  That’s why WAGC believes “The Second Amendment IS the Equal Rights Amendment.”  Guns are often referred to as the great equalizer when a woman is protecting herself and her family.

Women Against Gun Control
PO Box 95357
South Jordan, UT 84095
Telephone: 801-328-9660

Hi-Point Firearms

founded in 1992

  • 1992 Founded by Thomas Deeb
    to manufacture economical weapons focused on safety and reliability
  • based in Mansfield, Ohio
  • 1996 Model TS = first carbine

Hi-Point Firearms
1015 Springmill Rd
Mansfield, Ohio 44906

419-747-9444

hi-pointfirearms.net

WSSF

Womens Shooting Sports Foundation
1992

  • Sue King organized the first major “Women’s Only” Shooting Event
    1988 Ladies Charity Classic
    – American Shooting Center, Houston, TX
    – 300 women participate
  • Sue organized Ladies Charity Classic series of around the country
  • NSSF launched WSSF in 1992
  • 1993 = 15 events, 800 shooters
  • 1998 = 75 events, 10,0000 competitors
  • 1992 – 1998 Sue King first President

NBSA

National Benchrest Shooters Association

since 1990s?

The development and encouragement of extreme accuracy in rifles, ammuntion, equipment and shooting methods

 

  • To standardize on a national basis the entire Bench Rest Shooting program so that targets, ranges, scoring methods, records and match procedure will be uniform and comparable.
  •  governing organization for bench rest shooting in the United States
  • between 100 and 500 yards
  • 1991 first international benchrest competition, in France

National Benchrest Shooters Association
PO Box 349
Concord, VA 24538

(434) 993-9201

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