Tag Archives: Pistol

Trailblazer Firearms

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started in 2014
Trailblazer Firearms

  • 2014 founded by Aaron Voigt
    – to design, develop, manufacture and market innovative American-made firearms
  •  LifeCard
    – took us seven years to bring the initial LifeCard concept to market
    – just 27 parts
    – weighs about 7 ounces
  • 2019  LifeCard .22 Magnum

Trailblazer Firearms
388 Cane Creek Road
Fletcher, NC 28732

trailblazerfirearms.com

USCA

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United States Carbine Association

founded in 2012

  • Rifle & pistol matches
  • national governing body for the sport of 2-gun
  • 5 distinct shooting regions
  • 2012-2015

United States Carbine Association (USCA)

Para USA

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moved to USA in 2009 – 2015
Canada, North Carolina, Alabama

History in Canada

  • 1985 founded by Ted Szabo and Thanos Polyzos in Canada
    – two childhood friends
    – Szabo was born in Hungary
    – Polyzos was born in Greece
  • had a factory in Markham, Ontario, Canada
  • January 2009 moved to Pineville, North Carolina

USA History

  • January 2009 moved to Pineville, North Carolina
  • Renamed Para USA
  • January 2012 bought by Freedom Group
  • 2014 moved into Remington Arms facility in Huntsville, Alabama
  •  March 2015 cessation of the Para name

Microtech MSAR

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founded in 1994
Florida, North Carolina

  •  famous for its tactical OTF automatic knives
  • 1994 founded in Vero Beach, Florida
  • 2005 relocated to Bradford, Pennsylvania
  • 2009 relocated to Fletcher, North Carolina

“It has the same quality as a handmade custom.”

Microtech Small Arms Research (MSAR)

2007 – 2015

  • 2007 manufactured an American-made  Steyr AUG
    – Microtech Small Arms Research (MSAR)
  • 2009 Archangel 9mm pistol
  • Fletcher, North Carolina

ACTS

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American Confederation of Tactical Shooters

created in 2005

To provide a sport in which Civilian rifle owners along with Military and Law Enforcement professionals can practice ‘real world’ shooting skills in a sporting venue that has not been offered by any other shooting discipline or association.

Find out if you’re a shooter or just a gun owner

American Confederation of Tactical Shooters

Nighthawk Custom

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formed in 2004
Berryville, Arkansas

  • Mark Stone is a founder and the owner
  •  gunsmiths who worked for Wilson Combat
  • Custom pistols fully customizable from finishes to sights to grip design
  • Tactical branch of Nighthawk specializes in military and home defense products rather than collectible or competition pistols

Jimenez Arms

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2004
California, Nevada

  • August 2004 Paul Jimenez, bought the bankrupt Bryco Arms
  • reopened in Costa Mesa, California
  • August 30, 2006 moved to Henderson, Nevada
  • one of the “Ring of Fire” Manufacturers
  • 2020 Kansas City, Missouri sued the company
  • February 2020 filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy

Jimenez Arms
7380 Eastgate Rd #150
Henderson, NV 89011

jimenezarmsinc.com

Heckler & Koch

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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
  • 1956 G3 battle rifle
  • 1969 as the MP5
  • 1974 – diversified
    – Defense and Law Enforcement
    – Hunting and Sports
  • 2004 – HK416
  • 2005 – Heckler & Koch Defense Inc
    – U.S. affiliate of Heckler & Koch
    – Sterling, Virginia
  • 2007 – new facility in Ashburn, Virginia
  • 2008 – HK begins to build pistols in the USA
    – HK45 first HK officially ‘Made in the USA’
  • 2008 Newington, New Hampshire factory opened
    – 70,000 square foot
    – to build HK MR556 and HK MR762
  • locations in
    –  Ashburn, Virginia
    – Newington, New Hampshire
    – Columbus, Georgia
  • 2017 Closed Newington and moved to Georgia
    – 50,000 square-foot