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The "GT" lines of pistols was founded 1962. [2] The pistol was widely exported under a variety of brand labels, including Titan and Targa. [1] [2] Following the Gun Control Act of 1968 in the United States, which limited imports of compact foreign pistols, GT27 parts were imported and assembled, by Excam, Inc. of Hialeah Florida [3] and later F.I.E of Hialeah Florida, onto cheaper Zamak frames ...
Various importers often renamed the models to make them more marketable to U.S. gun buyers. Herters imported the HW-7 .22 caliber revolver as the Herter's Guide Model. L.A. Distributors of Brooklyn, New York imported the HW-5 as The Omega while the HW-3 was the Dickson Bulldog. F.I.E. imported the HW-357 and HW-38 as the FIE Titan Tiger.
Battle rifle Japan: 230,000 [171] Lewis gun: Light machine gun United Kingdom: 202,050 Colt Model 1860 Army: Revolver United States: 200,500 [52] MAB Model D pistol: Semi-automatic pistol France: 200,000+ Škorpion vz. 61: Submachine gun Czechoslovakia: 200,000 FM 24/29 light machine gun: Light machine gun France: 190,400 Rast & Gasser M1898 ...
Established in 1999, GunBroker.com is one of the world's largest online marketplace for firearms. [2] GunBroker.com was founded by Steven F. Urvan after eBay started restricting gun sales. [3] [4] Urvan ran the company until it was acquired by Ammo, Inc in 2021. [5] At the closing of merger, it had $60 million in revenue and 6 million ...
As of 1991, Tanfoglio pistols were imported to the United States by Firearms Import & Export (FIE) and Excam Inc., both based near Miami, Florida. [4] The three companies had been involved in lawsuits during the mid-1970s over distribution rights, ultimately settling out of court.
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]
Franchi LF-58 - .30 Carbine assault rifle. Franchi LF-59 - 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle. Franchi mod. 641 - 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle; Franchi 'Centennial' - .22LR rifle. Made in 1968 only to commemorate their 100-year anniversary. Franchi Para - .22LR Rifle - 8000 made, 3000 of which imported to the US by FIE
He then sought sources of surplus rifles that he could sell for a profit. [1] With his brother-in-law, Manny Weigensberg, Sucher made contacts in foreign countries for the importation of military surplus rifles and handguns and by the 1970s, Century became the single largest importer of firearms in the United States and Canada. [2] [3]