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Century International Arms
Century International Arms is an importer and manufacturer of firearms based in the United States. The company was founded in 1961 in St. Albans (city), Vermont, St. Albans, Vermont, with offices in Montreal. In 1995, the company headquarters and sales staff moved to Boca Raton, Florida and to Delray Beach, Florida in 2004. History The company was started after William Sucher, a typewriter repairman, took a Lee–Enfield rifle in trade against a typewriter he had repaired for a customer. Having no need for the rifle, he posted a newspaper to sell it and received more queries about the rifle than he had for typewriters. He then sought sources of surplus rifles that he could sell for a profit. 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. When sources of importable surplus firea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delray Beach, Florida
Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population of Delray Beach as of April 1, 2020, was 66,846 according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 United States Census. Located in the Miami metropolitan area, Delray Beach is 52 miles (83 kilometers) north of Miami. History Early years The earliest known human inhabitants of what is now Delray Beach were the Jaega people. Tequesta Indians likely passed through or inhabited the area at various times. Few other recorded details of these local indigenous settlements have survived. An 1841 U.S. military map shows a Seminole camp located in the area now known as Lake Ida. In 1876, the United States Life Saving Service built the Houses of Refuge in Florida, Orange Grove House of Refuge to rescue and shelter ship-wrecked sailors. The house derived its name from the grove of mature sour orange and other tropical fruit trees found at the site chosen for the house of refuge, but no record or evidence of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canik Arms
CANiK is a Turkish firearms manufacturer operating under the Samsun Yurt Savunma (SYS) Company. It was established in 1998 as part of the Eastern Black Sea Arms Project. The company's headquarters is located in Istanbul and its production facility is located in Samsun on the Black Sea coast. The arms are used in 69 countries by law enforcement, civilians and competition shooters. The company is known for its TP9 (Tactical Pistol 9 mm) series pistols. As of 2021, the company is the 7th largest small arms producer in the world. Firearms * Mete (An updated version) ** Mete SFt ** Mete SFx ** Mete MC9 * SFx Rival ** SFx Rival-S * TP9 (clone of Walther P99) ** TP9 SF (Striker Fired) ** TP9 SFx (Striker Fired Competition) ** TP9 SA (Single Action) ** TP9 v2 ** TP40 v2 ** TP9 SF Elite (Striker Fired Compact) ** TP9 Elite Combat (Striker Fired Compact) ** TP9 Elite Combat Executive (Striker Fired Compact, Black Instead of FDE) ** TP9 Elite SC (Sub-Compact) ** TP9 DA (Double A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Army Standard Ammunition
Red Army Standard Ammunition is a trademark associated with Century International Arms (CIA), an arms and ammunition corporation in Delray Beach, Florida, United States. The official spelling of the brand's name is faux Cyrillic, written as RЭD АRMY STAИDARD. The company supplies various sizes of cartridges for designs of firearms, such as the AKM and AK-47 rifles and the Makarov PM pistol, originating from Russia and former Soviet (Eastern Bloc) countries. Cartridges are made in various countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Poland. One manufacturer of RAS cartridges is Lugansk Cartridge Works, in Lugansk, Ukraine and its headstamp code is the letters "". Another factory is the IGMAN d.d. Konjic cartridge plant in the city of Konjic, in Igman, Bosnia and Herzegovina and its newer headstamp is the letters "", while the older headstamp consists of the Cyrillic letters "". Ammunition products * 7.62×25mm Tokarev 86-grain lead core, bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zastava M70
The Zastava M70 ( sr-Cyrl, Застава М70) is a 7.62×39mm assault rifle developed in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by Zastava Arms. The M70 was an unlicensed derivative of the Soviet Union, Soviet AK-47 (specifically the Type 3 variant). Due to political differences between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia at the time, namely the latter's refusal to join the Warsaw Pact, Zastava was unable to directly obtain the technical specifications for the AK and opted to Reverse engineering, reverse engineer the weapon type. Although the M70 was functionally identical to the AK, it had unique in-built features that better enabled it to fire rifle grenades. These included a thicker receiver, a new latch for the dust cover to ensure it would not be jarred loose by a grenade discharge, and a folding grenade sight bracket over the rifle's gas block, which also shut off the gas system when raised. The M70 became the standard issue infantry weapon in the Yugoslav People's Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zastava M57
The Zastava M57 is a Yugoslavian and Serbian semi-automatic pistol produced by Zastava Arms. It was the standard service pistol of the Yugoslav People's Army from 1961 until the early 1990s. The M57 was an unlicensed derivative of the Soviet TT pistol, with a number of modifications, namely a longer grip and a slightly larger magazine. Zastava reverse engineered the Soviet TT in 1954, and began serial production of the weapon type as the M57 in 1963. As of 2021, Zastava still produced modernized variants of the M57 with updated safety features - the M57A in its original chambering and the M70A in 9mm Parabellum. History Designed in the mid-1950s, the M57 was an unlicensed copy of the Soviet TT-33 Tokarev. The Yugoslav People's Army had initially attempted to adopt the TT as its standard service pistol after World War II, and a number were delivered by the Soviet Union. However, the Tito–Stalin split prompted the Soviet government to cease military aid to Yugoslavia before deliv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WASR-series Rifles
Wassenaar Arrangement Semi-automatic Rifles (commonly referred to as WASR-series rifles) are a line of Romanian-designed gas-operated semi-automatic rifles sold in the United States by Century International Arms. Namesake The WASR series takes its name from the 1996 Wassenaar Arrangement, a multilateral export control regime to monitor and limit the proliferation of certain conventional weapons and dual-use technologies. Design The rifles are semi-automatic firearms manufactured in Romania by the Cugir Arms Factory and based on the Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 (PM md. 63/65), which in turn was patterned directly after the Soviet AKM, itself a modernized derivative of the AK-47. They differ from other AK pattern rifles in using internally welded spacer plates to center the magazine rather than dimples to strengthen the receiver above the magazine well. The arrangements of the rivets on the receiver and front and rear trunnions are distinctive amongst AK deriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SSG 82
The Scharfschützengewehr 82 or SSG 82, literally ''Sharpshooter's Rifle 82'', is a rifle chambered in the 5.45×39mm Soviet cartridge built in East Germany at the end of the Cold War for use by East German special police units. Very little was known about this weapon and very few examples have been imported into the west, with importer Century International Arms having imported around 600 at the turn of the century. It's known that at least 2000 SSG 82s were made. The SSG 82 actually was specifically designed for use in the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) to stop the import of police sniper rifles from non-socialist countries and military sniper rifles from socialist countries. History The development of the SSG 82 was done under the watch of Erich Mielke. When Stasi HQ was occupied by activists, 10 SSG 82s were found and subsequently passed off to West Germany before they were passed on to gun collectors. Design details The ''Scharfschützengewehr 82'' was technica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SKS Rifle
The SKS () is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in the 1940s. The SKS was first produced in the Soviet Union but was later widely exported and manufactured by various nations. Its distinguishing characteristics include a permanently attached folding bayonet and a hinged, fixed magazine. As the SKS lacked select-fire capability and its magazine was limited to ten rounds, it was rendered obsolete in the Soviet Armed Forces by the introduction of the AK-47 in the 1950s. Nevertheless, SKS carbines continued to see service with the Soviet Border Troops and second-line and reserve army units for decades. The SKS was manufactured at Tula Arsenal from 1949 to 1958, and at the Izhevsk Arsenal from 1953 to 1954. Altogether, the Soviet Union produced 2.7 million SKS carbines. Throughout the Cold War, millions of additional SKS carbines and their derivatives were also manufactured under license in the People's Republic of China, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle
The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), also known by the initial Canadian designation C1, or in the U.S. as the "inch pattern" FAL, is a British version of the Belgian FN FAL battle rifle. The L1A1 was produced under licence and adopted by the armed forces of the Commonwealth of Nations, mainly by United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Rhodesia and Singapore. The L1A1 is manufactured to a slightly modified design using British imperial units compared to the metric units of the original Belgian FAL. Many sub-assemblies are interchangeable between the two types, while components of those sub-assemblies may not be compatible. Notable incompatibilities include the magazine and the stock. Most Commonwealth pattern FALs are semi-automatic only. A variant named L2A1/C2A1 (C2), meant to serve as a light machine gun in a support role, is also capable of fully automatic fire. Differences from the L1A1/C1 include a heavy barrel, squared front sight (versus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CETME Rifle
The CETME Model 58 is a stamped-steel, select-fire battle rifle produced by the Spanish armaments manufacturer Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales (CETME). The Model 58 used a 20-round box magazine and was chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO round (although originally designed for the 7.92×41mm CETME cartridgeJohnston, Gary Paul, and Thomas B. Nelson. The World's Assault Rifles. Ironside International Publishers, Inc., 2016. and later for the reduced power Spanish 7.62×51mm cartridge). The CETME 58 would become the foundation of the widely deployed German Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle. Semi-automatic variants were also produced for the civilian market. Development The CETME (Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales) rifle was designed primarily by the German engineer Ludwig Vorgrimler, who based his design on the experimental German StG 45(M) and the French-made AME 49. The StG45 used a roller-delayed blowback mechanism somewhat similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draco Pistol
The Draco Pistol, or more commonly known as simply a Draco, named after the Dacian dragon-like battle banner, is a series of Romanian-designed gas-operated semi-automatic pistols sold by Century International Arms. Origin Three of the four Draco models available are built in Romania by Cugir Arms Factory and imported to the United States. Century Arms produces its own US-built variant using fully American components. Design The Draco is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge with its design taken heavily after the AK-47. Its stockless outfit has led to its classification as a pistol, while holding a magazine of 30 rounds. The weapon has been noted by some for inaccuracy and an apparent lack of practical application, though to some extent this could be explained by the large potential for operator error due to high recoil of a 6-inch barrel firing a rifle round without a stock. Presence in the United States The Draco is referenced or shown in several American rap s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walther P99
The Walther P99 () is a semi-automatic pistol developed by the German company Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen of Ulm for law enforcement, security forces and the civilian shooting market. History Design work on this new generation sidearm began in 1994, and the handgun was presented in 1997 with series production commencing that same year as a replacement for the Walther P5 and the P88. Walther announced the discontinuation of the P99 in early 2023. Evolution The Walther P99 was modified several times throughout its production history, as were the magazines. When the P99 was introduced the magazine capacities were 16 rounds for 9×19mm Parabellum and 12 rounds for .40 S&W. Magazines had witness holes on both sides. Later the magazine capacities were reduced to 15 rounds for 9×19mm Parabellum and 11 rounds for .40 S&W while witness holes were introduced at the rear of the magazine to view the loading condition. Second generation models Walther presented a redesigned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
