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UMAREX GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of air guns (including Umarex air pistols such as the Beretta Elite II), tear-gas and signal pistols, paintball markers under the RAM brand and airsoft guns, based in Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. [1] The firm was founded in 1972.
In 2010, the RG brand was acquired by Umarex GmbH & Co. KG. Röhm's RG-14 handgun, used in an assassination attempt on then US President Ronald Reagan, was referred to in 1981 as a Saturday night special, a cheaply manufactured firearm of perceived low quality, believed at the time to be favored by criminals. [1]
The company's products are especially for the automobile industry, engineering, the energy sector, rail vehicles and aerospace. [1] From the 1950s until 2010, they also manufactured a line of inexpensive firearms under the Röhm Gesellschaft (RG) division. In 2010, RG was sold to Umarex.
In 1993, Umarex (now part of PW Group) of Arnsberg, Germany, acquired Walther. [citation needed] It continued to manufacture under the Walther name in Ulm and Arnsberg. The German Walther company is known as Carl Walther GmbH. In 1999, the U.S.-based Smith & Wesson company became the authorized importer for Walther Firearms. [5]
The replicas are operated by disposable carbon dioxide (CO 2) cylinders and fire .177 caliber airgun pellets or steel BBs. Depending on the model, they use removable 8-round or 10-round rotary magazines. For some revolver and lever-action rifles, drop-out magazines that eject from the bottom of the grip or shells are also in use.
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