A is for Automag, B is for Barrett...

[TMM]

a friend and i, during study hall, came up with an alphabet with gun companies... but we ran dry and couldn't think of some. so i challenge you: fill in the blanks!
A Automag
B Barrett
C Colt
D Dan Wesson
E Enfield
F Federal (just ammunition i understand, but, oh well...)
G Glock
H Heckler-Koch
I Ingram
J ???
K Kalishnikov
L Luger
M Magnum Research
N ???
O???
P???
Q???
R Ruger
S Smith-Wesson
T [for some reason, i want to say "Tanfolio arms" i have no idea who they are, but the name popped in my head]
U Uzi
V Vulcan
W Walther
X ???
Y???
Z???

have fun!

~TMM

 

[Rupestris]

J = Jennings

 

[Boats]

P--Para Ordnance
Y=Yellow Boy

 

[Zundfolge]

N= Norinco

Z= ZM Weapons


For F you have FabriqueNational if you prefer a gun manufacturer

that just leaves Q and X

 

[Rupestris]

N = Norinco
T = Thompson Center
F = Franchi
Z = Zastiva (sp?)
V = Vector Arms

Jericho also fits under "J"

 

[Double Maduro]

P=Parker

 

[UberPhLuBB]

F - Fabrique Nationale (FN)
J - Jericho
N - Norinco
T - Taurus (or Tanfoglio with a "g")
V - Valtro
Y - Yarygin

 

[Double Maduro]

X = Xm25
M = Ma Deuce

 

[UberPhLuBB]

^

Those aren't companies though.

 

[Dave R]

If by "gun companies," you include the larger resellers that many of us know, you get some more options.

J-JGSales.

N=Noth American Arms, makers of the mini revolvers, .32 cal pocket pistol, and their own .32NAA cartrdige, which is a .380acp necked down to .32.

U=Uly, a contraction of the Russsian arms manufacturer whose name I cannot spell. Their .380acp ammo is pretty accurate.

 

[yorec]

Q and Z are left? - lesse:
Quackenbush built a .22 lr.
Zoli, Antonio shotguns of Italy - if ya don't like the first name last then how about the Zephyr shottys of Spain?

That'll do it, complete alphabet.

 

[Zundfolge]

yorec, its Q and X that are left ... for Z there's already ZM and Zavasta.


Still need an X

 

[jefnvk]

F - Fazarkley (producers of Enfield No. 4 Rifles)
N - Norinco
O - Obendorf Waffenfabrik (German producers of Mauser rifles, Original Mauser plant IIRC)
P - Para-Ordance
P - Poly-Tech
T - Tangfolio (IIRC, that is the speling) is an Italian comapny
T - Tula (Russian military producer)
Z - Zastava (Yugoslav military producer)

 

[yorec]

Whoops - my bad. X then.

XL Hopkins and Allen produced a .41 caliber derringer in the 1870s. Barrel was marked as "XL Derringer" or "XL Vest Pocket" depending on which model...

Aren't alphabetically arrainged reference books fun?

 

[Mal H]

The only X I can think of is the X-Bullet by Barnes.

Somebody already got Q with Quackenbush. There's also Quality Firearms (QFI).

[Edit] That somebody was yorec.

[Edit again] Just thought of X-Ring rubber bullets, but according to my box of them they're put out by Radical Concepts. So we're still lacking an X company.

[Edit yet again] Hold on! I think I know one, need to go downstairs ...
Yep - Xisico. They make and sell air rifles. Close enough?

 

[Kim]

Last time I went to get my eyes checked each letter I had to read I also gave a firearm name that started with the letter. My doctor was almost rolling in the floor laughing. He is a big gun collector and I caught him off guard being a girl and all.

 

[VARifleman]

I'm surprised no one mentioned T- Tokarev

Also, A - Anschutz would be good for us target shootin' types.

 

[Harry Paget Flashman]

Z - Zulaica