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
About Intratec
Intratec was a Miami, Florida, gun maker best known for the TEC-9 pistol. The company grew out of Interdynamic USA, the American branch of the Swedish firm Interdynamic AB. That branch was set up to sell the KG-9, a semi-automatic pistol based on Interdynamic’s MP-9 submachine gun design. The original KG-9 fired from an open bolt. ATF required a closed-bolt redesign, which became the KG-99. After designer George Kellgren left the partnership, Carlos Garcia renamed the company Intratec, and the pistol became the TEC-9, introduced in 1984. Intratec also made the TEC-22, the Protec-22 and Protec-25, and the polymer CAT series designed by Nehemia Sirkis.
The TEC-9 became a focus of the gun control debate. California banned it in 1989, and Intratec sold a California-compliant TEC-DC9 from 1990 to 1994. The 1994 federal Assault Weapons Ban named the TEC-9 and TEC-DC9, so production stopped, and in 1995 the company brought out the AB-10 (“After Ban”) without the banned features. In 2001 the California Supreme Court held that Intratec was not liable in a suit over the 1993 101 California Street shooting. That ruling is still cited in debates over manufacturer liability. Intratec went out of business the same year.
Key Facts
- 1984: TEC-9 introduced by Intratec in Miami, Florida
- 1989: California banned the TEC-9 by name
- 1994: Federal Assault Weapons Ban named the TEC-9 and TEC-DC9
- 1995: AB-10 “After Ban” pistol introduced
- 2001: California Supreme Court found Intratec not liable in the 101 California Street case; company went out of business
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