Tag Archives: Revolver

Chiappa Firearms USA

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 started USA branch in 2007
Dayton, Ohio

  • 1958  founded by Ezechiele Chiappa as Armi Sport
    – an Italian firearms manufacturing company based in Brescia
  • wholly owned by the Chiappa family
  • Chiappa’s guns are manufactured in Italy and Turkey
  • 2007 opened a US location at 6785 West Third St. Dayton, Ohio
    – 7,000 sq ft
    – Jim Eubank national sales and marketing director
    -.Don Madole general manager
  • 2008 Emilio Ghisoni died
    – Ghisoni’s earlier design is the Mateba Autorevolver
  • 2009  Chiappa Rhino
    – Designed by Emilio Ghisoni and Antonio Cudazzo
    –  made of Ergal (an aluminum alloy)
  • 2013 triple-barreled shotgun introduced
  • 2014 started manufacturing firearms in Dayton
    – 33,000-square-foot building

 

Chiappa Firearms USA
1415 Stanley Ave.
Dayton, OH 45404

(937) 835-5000

chiappafirearms.com

USFA

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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

SASS

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Single Action Shooting Society

  • 1981 Cowboy Action Shooting created
  • April 1982 first END of TRAIL was introduced
  • 1987 formed by Harper Creigh
  • at Coto de Caza, California
  • 1987 – The Single Action Shooting Society formed
  • SASS is the governing organization of Cowboy Action Shooting, worldwide
  • SASS is headquartered in Edgewood, New Mexico
  • a staff of 5 employees
  • 1999, SASS expanded its national Cowboy Action Shooting Championship program to include SASS Regional Events
  • 2004, SASS purchased a rustic 480-acre ranch in the rolling hills 20 miles east of Albuquerque, New Mexico “Founders Ranch”
  • over 97,000 members in all fifty states and 18 foreign countries
  • 700 SASS affiliated clubs

Cowboy Action Shooting is the fastest growing outdoor shooting sport in the country. Attracting competitors from around the world, Cowboy Action Shooting is not only a sport that tests the shooters accuracy, but also a forum that brings back the days of the Old West in a veritable celebration of the cowboy lifestyle.

SASS publications

  • The Cowboy Chronicle
  • SASS Rule Book
  • Territorial Governor Bulletin
  • END of TRAIL Publications

Single Action Shooting Society
215 Cowboy Way
Edgewood, NM 87015

(877) 411-SASS

https://www.sassnet.com/

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

 

WFDA

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World Fast Draw Association

formed in 1976

  • nonprofit group
  • dedicated to governing, preserving and promoting the sport of Fast Draw
  • Mid-Western and Western Fast Draw Associations merged
  • one of the largest sanctioning bodies in the sport of Fast Draw
  • active members in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, and more
  • blanks and wax bullets are the recommended

http://www.fastdraw.org/

RG Industries

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1950s Röhm Gesellschaft founded
1970 RG Industries founded
Miami, Florida

  • Rohm Gmbh in West Germany
    – cheaply made and finished
    – loosely based on the S&W
  • 1970 RG Industries founded
    – 80 workers
  • 2012 sold an estimated $3.1 million worth of handguns
    – 15,000 – 20,000 each month
    –  RG14 retailed for $47.50
  • Imported Rohm  = Saturday Night Specials
    USA made RG Industries = just an inexpensive revolver (not Saturday Night Specials)
  • March 30, 1981, United States President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. with RG14
    – Police Officer Thomas Delahanty was shot by John Hinckley, Jr
    – Delahanty sued Röhm =  suit was rejected
  •  2010 sold to Umarex

RG Industries
2485 Northwest 20th St
Miami, Florida

Dan Wesson

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 incorporated in 1968
Norwich, New York

  • 1852 Smith & Wesson was founded by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson
  • 1873 Daniel B. Wesson. Mr. Wesson purchased Mr. Smith’s interest in S&W
  • April 22, 1916 Daniel B. Wesson II  (born) in Springfield, Massachusetts
  • 1938 – 1963 Daniel B. Wesson II worked at Smith & Wesson
  • 1965 Smith & Wesson purchased by Bangor-Punta
  • 1968 Dan Wesson Arms founded in Monson, Massachusetts
  • 1996 moved to Norwich, New York
  • 2005 bought by CZ-USA
    Female CEO Alice Poluchová

Dan Wesson
65 Borden Ave.
Norwich, NY 13815

(800) 955-4486

danwessonfirearms.com

Charter Arms

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since 1964

  • 1964 founded by Douglas McClennahan
    – he had previously worked for Colt, High Standard, and Sturm Ruger
  • 1967 David Ecker became a 50/50 partner
  • The Undercover –  smallest, lightest steel framed revolver with the fewest moving parts

Charter Arms
18 Brewster Lane, Shelton
Connecticut 06484
(866)-769-4867

charterfirearms.com