Dan Wesson Firearms (DW), part of CZ-USA, is an American handgun manufacturer. The corporate headquarters, customer service and manufacturing plant is...
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The Dan Wesson M1911 pistol is a series of model 1911 semi-automatic pistols. Dan Wesson M1911 pistols are made at the Dan Wesson Firearms manufacturing...
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Dan Wesson Firearms. He was the great-grandson of inventor and firearms maker Daniel Baird Wesson, a co-founder of Smith & Wesson. Wesson was born in...
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great-grandson, inventor and founder of Dan Wesson Firearms Dan Wesson Firearms, a firearms manufacturer in the United States Dan Wesson M1911 ACP pistol, a series...
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The Smith & Wesson M&P15 is an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle by Smith & Wesson. Introduced in 2006, the firearm is designed for police use and consumer...
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Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (S&W) is an American firearm manufacturer headquartered in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Smith & Wesson was founded...
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for the Ruger Blackhawk. Shortly thereafter, Dan Wesson Firearms and Thompson/Center Arms introduced firearms in this cartridge. United Sporting Arms chambered...
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Daniel Baird Wesson (May 18, 1825 – August 4, 1906) was an American inventor and firearms designer. He helped develop several influential firearm designs over...
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Charles Daly is a brand of firearms licensed to Chiappa Firearms located in Italy. It was a firearms manufacturer and importer located in Harrisburg,...
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Revolver (category Firearm actions)
Wesson Taurus Firearms United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company A. Uberti, Srl. William Tranter Webley & Scott Dan Wesson Firearms Mateba Autorevolver...
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in .32 H&R Magnum include Dan Wesson Firearms, Charter Arms (professional 7 round revolver), Freedom Arms, Smith & Wesson (J and K frames), Ruger (Blackhawk...
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American Firearms and Their Values (9 ed.). F+W Media, Inc. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-89689-455-6. Boorman, Dean K. (2002). The History of Smith & Wesson Firearms. Globe...
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"shall issue" firearms license laws from the mid-1980s to the 1990s created new markets for small, simple, reliable, concealed-carry firearms. This resulted...
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M1911 pistol (category Cold War firearms of the United States)
base models. Some notable companies offering custom M1911s include Dan Wesson Firearms, Les Baer, Nighthawk Custom, Springfield Custom Shop, and Wilson...
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co-founder of Smith & Wesson Daniel B. Wesson II (1916–1978), great-grandson of Daniel B. Wesson, founder Dan Wesson Firearms Dick Wesson (announcer) (1919–1979)...
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& Wesson Model 10, previously known as the Smith & Wesson .38 Hand Ejector Model of 1899, the Smith & Wesson Military & Police or the Smith & Wesson Victory...
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velocity up to 30–40% over the original magnum rounds. In the 1980s, Dan Wesson Firearms began to produce revolvers chambered for the .357 Supermag, .375...
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Smith & Wesson Model 18 (or the 22 Combat Masterpiece) was built on S&W's "K" Frame, (Smith & Wesson's designation for 'medium frame' firearms.) It was...
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Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod (redirect from Česká zbrojovka firearms)
renamed to Zbrojovka BRNO, s.r.o. In 2005 CZ became the owner of Dan Wesson Firearms through its subsidiary CZ-USA. In 2011 the company began production...
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Colt Anaconda (category .44 Magnum firearms)
contemporaries such as the Smith & Wesson Model 29, the Sturm, Ruger & Co. Redhawk and Blackhawk, and the Dan Wesson Firearms Model 44. Considering that many...
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.500 S&W Magnum (redirect from .500 Smith & Wesson)
only available in custom firearms, and the .500 S&W remains the most powerful production handgun cartridge. Smith & Wesson had been at the forefront...
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Colt CZ Group (category Firearm manufacturers of the Czech Republic)
holding company for the Czech firearms and related industries group based in Prague, Czech Republic. Its principal firearms brands are Česká zbrojovka (CZ)...
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The Smith & Wesson M&P (Military and Police) is a polymer-framed, short recoil operated, locked breech semi-automatic pistol introduced in the summer of...
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& Wesson Bodyguard 380 Smith & Wesson Centennial Smith & Wesson Model 36 Boorman, Dean K. (1 December 2002). The History of Smith & Wesson Firearms. Globe...
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Smith & Wesson .38/44 identifies a series of 6-round cylinder, double-action, Smith & Wesson N-frame revolvers chambered for the .38 Special cartridge...
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List of pistols (category Lists of firearms)
pistols: The table is sortable. List of firearms List of front-magazine pistols List of multiple-barrel firearms List of revolvers List of semi-automatic...
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The Smith & Wesson Model 29 is a six-shot, double-action revolver chambered for the .44 Magnum cartridge and manufactured by the United States company...
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.38 Special (redirect from .38 Smith & Wesson Special)
Smith & Wesson Special, .38 Spl, .38 Spc (pronounced "thirty-eight special"), or 9×29mmR is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge designed by Smith & Wesson. The...
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struggling to figure out a new economic model. In 1996, a new plant of Dan Wesson Firearms was built in Norwich and the company moved there from Massachusetts;...
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Older firearms typically used black powder as a propellant, but modern firearms use smokeless powder or other propellants. Most modern firearms (with...
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