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Korth Target
Korth is a high-end firearms manufacturer based in Lollar, Hesse, Germany. Their high-end revolvers cost over €3,300 and their semi-automatic pistols cost over €4,500. History The company was founded in 1954 by Willi Korth, a railway engineer, who began his business in a basement workshop making gas revolvers able to fire blanks or tear gas cartridges. Later on, production of firearms began. In 1982, Willi Korth retired from the management of the company and sold it. However, he remained loyal to the company for a short time as production manager. In 1999, the company, which was owned by ''Bernstorff'' at the time, had to file for bankruptcy. The company, which had around 30 employees at the time, was broken up as a result of this bankruptcy. Since April 2000, Korth has been owned by ''Armurerie Freylinger & Cie.'', Luxembourg, and in 2001 expanded into the American market by establishing a branch in the United States. According to an announcement by Korth GmbH in Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GmbH
(; ) is a type of Juridical person, legal entity in German-speaking countries. It is equivalent to a (Sàrl) in the Romandy, French-speaking region of Switzerland and to a (Sagl) in the Ticino, Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. It is an entity broadly equivalent to the private limited company (PLC) in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, and the limited liability company (LLC) in the United States. The name of the GmbH form emphasizes that the owners (, also known as members) of the entity are not personally liable for the company's debts. GmbHs are considered legal persons under German, Swiss, and Austrian law. Other variations include mbH (used when the term is part of the company name itself), and gGmbH () for non-profit companies. The GmbH has become the most common corporation form in Germany because the AG (), the other major company form corresponding to a stock corporation, was much more complicated to form and operate un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
357 Magnum
The .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum, .357 S&W Magnum, .357 Magnum, or 9×33mmR (as it is known in unofficial metric designation) is a smokeless powder cartridge with a bullet diameter. It was created by Elmer Keith, Phillip B. Sharpe, and Douglas B. Wesson of firearm manufacturers Smith & Wesson and Winchester. The .357 Magnum cartridge is notable for its highly effective terminal ballistics. The .357 Magnum cartridge is based upon Smith & Wesson's earlier .38 Special cartridge. It was introduced in 1935, and its use has since become widespread. Design The .357 Magnum was collaboratively developed over a period in the early to mid-1930s by a group of individuals as a direct response to Colt's .38 Super Automatic. At the time, the .38 Super was the only American pistol cartridge capable of defeating automobile cover and the early ballistic vests that were just beginning to emerge in the Interwar period. Tests at the time revealed that those vests defeated any handgun bullet trav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firearm Manufacturers Of Germany
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and operated by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see #Legal_definitions, legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century History of science and technology in China, China, when bamboo tubes containing gunpowder and Lead shot, pellet projectiles were mounted on Spear, spears to make the portable fire lance, operable by a single person, which was later used effectively as a shock weapon in the siege of De'an in 1132. In the 13th century, fire lance barrels were replaced with metal tubes and transformed into the metal-barreled hand cannon. The technology gradually spread throughout Eurasia during the 14th century. Older firearms typically used black powder as a propellant, but modern firearms use smokeless powder or other explosive propellants. Most modern firearms (with the notable exception of smoothbore shotguns) have riflin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manufacturing Companies Established In 1954
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high-tech, but it is most commonly applied to industrial design, in which raw materials from the primary sector are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. Such goods may be sold to other manufacturers for the production of other more complex products (such as aircraft, household appliances, furniture, sports equipment or automobiles), or distributed via the tertiary industry to end users and consumers (usually through wholesalers, who in turn sell to retailers, who then sell them to individual customers). Manufacturing engineering is the field of engineering that designs and optimizes the manufacturing process, or the steps through which raw materials are transformed into a final p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Röhm Gesellschaft
Röhm Gesellschaft (RG) is a German brand of firearms and related shooting equipment. RG developed as a diversification of Röhm GmbH in the 1950s. After 1968, RG Industries was established as a US division in Miami and operated until 1986. In 2010, the RG brand was acquired by Umarex GmbH & Co. KG. Röhm's Röhm RG-14, 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. History In the early 1950s, Röhm GmbH of Sontheim, Sontheim/Brenz, which was traditionally focused on the production of Chuck (engineering), chucking tools, diversified its product line and began to produce gas alarm guns, flare guns, starting pistols and handguns. Röhm's product line of firearms was primarily established under the brand name ''RG''. Following importation limits imposed on handguns by the 1968 Gun Contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arminius (revolvers)
Arminius is a line of revolvers manufactured by Weihrauch, Weihrauch & Weihrauch GmbH & Co. KG, of Mellrichstadt, Germany, a manufacturer of target and sporting air rifles, air pistols, cartridge rifles and pistols. History Weihrauch's first model revolver was the HW-3 produced in 1960, followed in 1962 by the HW-4, and since 1965 the HW-5. These revolvers were named after the chief of the Germanic Cherusci tribe, Arminius (Latinisation of names, Latinized name) who led Germanic peoples, Teutonic warriors to victory against Rome during the later stages of Roman Emperor Augustus' reign. US imports and rebrands Over the past fifty years the various Arminius models have been imported into the United States by different companies. these include Firearms Import & Export (F.I.E.) of Hialeah, Florida, Hialeah/Miami, Florida. Various importers often renamed the models to make them more marketable to U.S. gun buyers. * George Leonard Herter, Herters imported the HW-7 .22 caliber revolv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janz (revolvers)
Janz is a line of premium (costing up to 25,000 Euros), low volume (less than one hundred per year) revolvers manufactured by Janz-Präzisionstechnik GmbH, of Bad Malente, Holstein, Germany. History Janz-Präzisionstechnik GmbH originally produced a number of parts for the company Korth-Ratzeburg. In the 1990s Korth was bankrupt and production ceased, prompting Janz to start manufacturing revolvers under their own brand in 1997, utilizing frames and parts produced for Korth. Current products Revolver * EM frame - Small frame in calibers from .22 lr to .44 MAG with barrel lengths from 2 1/2 inches to 12 inches. Available with a quick change system. * E frame - Medium framed from .22 lr to .454 Casull with barrel lengths from 2 1/2 inches to 12 inches. Available with a quick change system. * MA frame - Large frame in .460 and .500 S+W with barrel lengths from 4" to 12" * Type S and EM-S Medium and Small frames with a common frame which can use various interchangeable barrels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korth PRS
Korth is a high-end firearms manufacturer based in Lollar, Hesse, Germany. Their high-end revolvers cost over €3,300 and their semi-automatic pistols cost over €4,500. History The company was founded in 1954 by Willi Korth, a railway engineer, who began his business in a basement workshop making gas revolvers able to fire blanks or tear gas cartridges. Later on, production of firearms began. In 1982, Willi Korth retired from the management of the company and sold it. However, he remained loyal to the company for a short time as production manager. In 1999, the company, which was owned by ''Bernstorff'' at the time, had to file for bankruptcy. The company, which had around 30 employees at the time, was broken up as a result of this bankruptcy. Since April 2000, Korth has been owned by ''Armurerie Freylinger & Cie.'', Luxembourg, and in 2001 expanded into the American market by establishing a branch in the United States. According to an announcement by Korth GmbH in Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korth Target
Korth is a high-end firearms manufacturer based in Lollar, Hesse, Germany. Their high-end revolvers cost over €3,300 and their semi-automatic pistols cost over €4,500. History The company was founded in 1954 by Willi Korth, a railway engineer, who began his business in a basement workshop making gas revolvers able to fire blanks or tear gas cartridges. Later on, production of firearms began. In 1982, Willi Korth retired from the management of the company and sold it. However, he remained loyal to the company for a short time as production manager. In 1999, the company, which was owned by ''Bernstorff'' at the time, had to file for bankruptcy. The company, which had around 30 employees at the time, was broken up as a result of this bankruptcy. Since April 2000, Korth has been owned by ''Armurerie Freylinger & Cie.'', Luxembourg, and in 2001 expanded into the American market by establishing a branch in the United States. According to an announcement by Korth GmbH in Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korth Combat
The Korth Combat is a German high-end revolver produced by Korth GmbH chambered in .357 Magnum. Each revolver is custom-made involving about 70 percent handwork and four months time and costs over €3,300. A rare feature of .357 Magnum/.38 Special Korth revolvers is a user changeable cylinder, sold as an accessory, enabling firing 9×19mm Parabellum ammunition after being correctly timed to the gun. The Korth Combat has an adjustable trigger weight in both double-action and single-action modes, a feature found in other high-end revolvers such as those built by Manurhin Manurhin is a trademark used by Chapuis Armes since 1998. It is used to designate the Manurhin MR 73 revolver family, manufactured at Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France. The genesis of the term “Manurhin” is ''Manufacture de Machines du Ha ... and Janz. These adjustments do not alter the strength of the main spring, ensuring reliable primer ignition. This is achieved by use of roller bearings in the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
