Category Archives: Resources

Intratec

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based in Miami, Florida
started in 1984

  • 1982 Interdynamic AB of Sweden
    – George Kelgren
    – Carlos Garcia
  • 1982 KG-9
  • 1983 KG-99
  • 1984 George Kelgren left to start Grendel
  • 1984 Intratec started
    – from the remains of Interdynamic USA
    –  Carlos Garcia remained
  • renamed the KG-99 the TEC-9
  • KG-99 Mini became the TEC-9M (“TEC-9 Mini”)
  • +P+ submachine gun ammo would crack the receivers
  • 1987 Intratec USA went bankrupt (because of lawsuit by the anti-gun side)
  • 1988 TEC-22 “Scorpion” introduced
  • 1989 CA bans both the TEC-9 and TEC-22 by name
  • TEC-DC9 “Designated California”
  • 1990 Intratec CAT-9
  • 1994 Assault Weapons Ban = banned the TEC-DC9 and TEC-22 by name
  • 1995 CAT-45
  • 1996 CAT-380
  • 1997 TEC-DC9 introduced as AB-10 (legally, without the threaded barrel)
  • 1997 TEC-22 became the Sport-22 (10-rd mag, no threaded barrel)
  • 1998  CAT-380 and CAT-45 discontinued
  • 2001 ceased manufacture

Taurus

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200,000-square-foot
founded in 1939
US plant in 1984

  • based in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Founded as a tool and die forging plant
  • 1941 first revolver, the Model 38101SO
  • 1968 introduced to U.S. market
  • 1971, the Bangor Punta Corporation, then the owner of Smith & Wesson, purchased 54 percent of Forjas Taurus
  • 1977 purchased by current owners
  • 1980 purchased Beretta’s São Paulo manufacturing plant
    with tooling, technical drawings, and work force
  • 1984 created a subsidiary Taurus USA in Miami, Florida
  • 1997 purchased rights & equipment to manufacture Rossi revolvers
  • 1999 ISO 9001 manufacturing designation
  • 2005 Model PT 1911
  • 2006 The Judge
  • 2012 purchased Heritage Manufacturing
  • 2013 PT-111 Millennium
  • 2015 the Curve .380 ACP
  • 2017 Spectrum
  • 2018 Raging Hunter
  • 2019 relocation of its U.S. facility to Bainbridge, Georgia
    200,000-square-foot

 

Firearms Coalition

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The Firearms Coalition sends information and updates about news affecting our Second Amendment rights.

The Firearms Coalition has been in the forefront of the fight for your rights for almost 30 years, providing timely news, insightful analysis, and coordination with dozens of state, local, regional, and national rights organizations.  We have been the voice of the grass roots in Washington, and have testified before state legislatures to bring the message of liberty home.  We’re not the biggest or the best known, but we have been consistently in the forefront of the fight for your fights – never wavering, never giving in – for 3 decades.

  • semi-monthly newsletter, The Hard Corps Report

The Firearms Coalition
PO Box 1761
Buckeye, AZ  85326

https://firearmscoalition.org

Goncz Armament, Inc

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1984 – 1990
North Hollywood, CA

  •  Lajos John Goncz invented
    – Hungarian
  • Goncz Armament GS-9 (9 mm)
    – GS-4 (.45 ACP)
    – GS-3 (.30) Mauser
    – 5.5 inch threaded barrel
    – 16-round magazines
    – closed-bolt
  • Goncz Armament GA-9 (9 mm)
    – GA-4 (.45 ACP)
    – GA- 3 (.30) Mauser
    – 9.5″ shrouded button rifled match
  • Goncz Carbine GC-9 (9 mm)
    – walnut forearm
    – GCL-9 (9 mm) has integral laser
  • receiver made of 4130 alloy
    – machined out of solid piece
  •  produced a few hundred

Gabriela “Gabby” Franco

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  • Author, speaker, competitive shooter, and instructor
  • first female shooter to represent Venezuela in the Olympics
  • 2001 – 9TH Place – World Cup – Atlanta, GA USA
  • 2002 – 3 Gold Medals – South American Games – Brazil
  • 2012 – Top Shot (season 4) on the History Channel
  • 2013 – Author 1st Book –  Troubleshooting: Mastering Your Pistol Marksmanship
  • 2013 – 2016 NRA New
  • 2014 – 2016 Host of NRA Show Tips & Tactics
  • 2014 – 2017 – Shooter for Remington Outdoors

https://www.gabbyfranco.com/

 

Tippmann Arms Company

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1983
Indiana

  • 1983 Tippmann Arms Company started Dennis Tippmann and his brother Martin Tippmann
    – Tippmann Arms Company
  • Dennis Tippmann manufactured half-scale machine guns
    –  June 27, 1984  the original semiautomatic-only Tippmann was approved by BATF
    – 1919 and the 1917 models
  •  January 1985 appeared on the cover of Guns & Ammo
  • 1986 change in gun laws led to entry into the paintball market
  • June 24, 1987 Tippmann Arms Company was purchased by F.J. Vollmer and Company of Plainfield, IL
  • September 13, 2001 Eric Graetz of Lakeside Machine in Pound Wisconsin purchased Tippmann Arms from F.J. Vollmer and Company
  • 2015 started as Tippmann Armory 

https://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=164

Tippmann
2955 Adams Center Road
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46803

1-800-533-4831

Calico

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Calico Light Weapons Systems

founded October 1982
California, Nevada, Oregon

  • Oct 1982 in Bakersfield, California
    – California Instrument Company
    – totally new concept in firearms magazine technology was developed
  •  Pistols and pistol-caliber carbines
    – with 50 and 100 round magazines
  • May 1985 first working 100 round helical feed .22LR carbine prototype  successfully tested
  • 1985 first guns
  • June 1987 first 50 and 100 round 9mm “double helix” firearms were produced
  • 1998 moved to Sparks, Nevada
    – replacement parts produced
  • 2006 moved to Hillsboro, Oregon
    – full production of firearms resumed

Calico Firearms
1090 Hemlock St
Elgin, OR 97827

(541) 437-1031

calicofirearms.com