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The company was founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1926 as a supplier to the numerous firearms companies in the Connecticut Valley. It was based in New Haven from 1932-1945, at which time it was relocated to suburban Hamden, CT, where it continued to manufacture firearms from 1946 through 1977, at which time it moved to East Hartford, CT ...
Meriden .38 pocket pistol. Meriden manufactured double-action top-break revolvers in various barrel lengths and finishes. Calibers were either .32 S&W or .38 S&W with either an exposed or enclosed hammer. The barrels were marked "Meriden Firearms Co. Meriden, Conn USA". These guns were referred to as "pocket pistols" and were made between 1905 ...
This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the same load as the highest muzzle velocity, since the bullet weights can differ between loads).
United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, Inc. (U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co., USFA) was a privately held firearms-manufacturing firm based in Hartford, Connecticut.Until 2011, United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, Inc. was known for producing single action revolvers, which were clones of the Colt Single Action Army revolver. [5]
The New York sporting goods firm of Schuyler, Hartley & Graham purchased two small New England cartridge manufacturers in 1866. Machinery from the Crittenden & Tibbals Manufacturing Company of South Coventry, Connecticut, and from C.D. Leet of Springfield, Massachusetts, was moved to Bridgeport where ammunition production began as the Union Metallic Cartridge & Cap Company until the operation ...
Madsen machine gun: Light machine gun Denmark: 1902–1940s Export variants. KGK machine gun: General-purpose machine gun Hungary: 1960s–1990s Derived from the SGM machine gun. [2] Type 73 light machine gun: Light machine gun North Korea: 1973–present Derived from the PKM machine gun. [3] PSL: Designated marksman rifle Romania: 1974 ...
The Wildey Pistol offers extensive customization options, allowing modifications such as altering barrel length and converting calibers. Wildey F.A. states that barrel and caliber conversions are facilitated by replacing the entire barrel assembly. The pistol is offered with a choice of either single-action or double-action trigger mechanisms.
DoubleTap Defense ceased production in 2013, intending to develop a "Gen 2" design that would correct the issue, but financial problems and legal conflicts with Hornady and the unrelated DoubleTap Ammunition led the company to liquidate its remaining inventory and close its operations. No prototype of the "Gen 2" pistol was ever produced.