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Member MeetingMonday, March 26th, 2018

Two Great European Firearm Mfgrs

FN HERSTAL CZ

Presented by Don Fraser

FN Herstal History

•Located In Herstal, Belgium Near Liege

•Fabrique Nationale D’herstal De Guerre

•1889 Began Producing Mauser Rifles

•1897 Worked With John Browning

•Also Made Cars, Bikes, And Motorcycles

•Assassination of Archduke Franz

Ferdinand (.380 Model 1910 Semi-auto)

The Mauser

• FN gets started with a

contract for 150,000

Mauser Model 89 rifles

• 7.65 round nose cartridge

• 50 inches long

• 10 inch bayonet

FN Herstal History

•Developed Browning GP35 Hi-Power

•Largest Exporter of Small Arms to Europe

•Also Own Winchester (and Browning)

•FN USA Opens in VA And SC

•SC Facility Supplies Weapons to U.S. Military

FN Herstal History

• Hi-Power

• 9mm

• 13 rd mag

• 1935 start

John Browning

FN and U.S. Military

120,000 units contracted for the Army in 2013

• 5.56 NATO

• 14.5” barrel

• Adjustable stock

M4A1


Standard issue M16 to USMC

8 million worldwide

M16A4


M249 SAW in every major

conflict since 1991

• 5.56

• 85 rpm

sustained

• 200 rd belts


Multi-caliber favorite of Special

Forces

SCAR-L

SCAR-HFN MK 17


SCAR-L

SCAR-H• 5.56 or 7.62

• 625 & 600

RPM

What the Navy Gave Me……

• S&W

• 5 Shot

Airweight .38

U.S. Secret Service

• FN P90

• 5.7x28mm

• 50 rd Mag

• Full Ambi

• Commercial Version

• MSRP $1,449

Bullpup Design

FN Revolver

FN Barracuda

(1970’s)

• Interchangeable .38, .357 and 9mm

• 3 inch barrel

FN Handguns

• FNS SERIES – DAO

• 9mm & .40 cal

• Full, Compact, Longslide

• 4.0”, 3.6”, 5.0”

• 3 Dot Sights

• 10, 12, 17 round mags

• MSRP $599

• ($649 Longslide)

FN HANDGUNS• FNX Series – DA/SA

• 9mm, .40, and .45

• Full ambi controls

• 3 Dot sights

• 17, 14, & 15 rd mags

• 10 rnd mags for CA

• MSRP

• $699 for 9mm & .40

• $824 for 45

• $1,349 for Tactical

FN Handguns

MSRP

$1,399

(.224)

Glock Killer #1

FN 509

FN 509

MSRP

$649

FN 509

Still

Available

at $549

FN Rifles

FN SRP Tactical

• 5.56 Direct Impingement

• Weighs 6.0 LBS.

• 30 Round mag

• M-LOK RAILS

• MID LENGTH

• MSRP $1,199

FN Rifles

FNAR Competition• .308 Winchester

• Cold Hammered Chrome Lined Barrel

• Gas Operated Rotating Bolt

MSRP $1,767

FN Shotgun

FN SLP

FN SLP TACTICAL

MSRP $1,379

MSRP $1,429

Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod

Chess Kaz Brevka Herski Brot

CZ = Tsay Zeht

Czeska Zbrojovka (CZ)

• CZ a firearms in Czech Republic

• Production began around 1936.

• The Uhersky Brod small arms factory is the

largest in the world.

• Factory looks like a village to fool WWII

bombers


• Each year, CZ produces 125,000 firearms

• 30% of CZ firearms come to USA

• In 2005, CZ acquired Dan Wesson Firearms

• Since 1975, CZ has produced more than

• 1 million CZ 75 pistols one of the “Wonder

Nines”


• CZ firearms available here since 1997.

• CZ USA started in 1998, now based in Kansas

City

• Dan Wesson produces finely tuned 1911’s in

Norwich, NY

CZ Military

CZ MODEL 58

• 7.62X39 Cartridge

• Short stroke gas piston

• No shared parts with AK47

920,000

built

CZ Handguns

• Flagship model,

• 1million produced

• All steel construction

• 16 + 1 9mm

10 + 1 .40 S&W

• DA/SA hammer fired

• 2.2 lbs

• MSRP $612

CZ 75 B

CZ Handguns

• 9mm DA/SA

• 10rd-14rd mags

• 3.05” barrel

• Manual safety

• Fixed Sights

• MSRP $614

CZ Handguns

CZ Scorpion

• 20+1 mag

• Single action

• 9mm luger home defense

• Polymer frame and mags

• MSRP $1,149

CZ Handguns

• IPSC Open or Limited capable

• 9mm

• 20 or 26 rd mag

• 4 port compensator

• Competition hammer

• Magwell, ambi safety & slide release

• Undercut trigger guard

• MSRP $3,317

CZ HandgunsCZs the favorite among

USPSA competitors

• 9mm, 17 +1

• DA/SA

• 4.89” barrel

• 46.5 oz

• Ambi manual safety

• MSRP $1,299

Glock Killer #2

• Cold Hammer Forged Barrel

• 9mm Striker Fired

• 3 dot sights

• 4.02 in barrel

• 15 + 1 mag

• 26 oz.

• MSRP

$499

Glock Killer #2

• Front slide serrations

• Undercut trigger guard

• 4-5.5 lb trigger

• 17 + 1 w/ extended mag

• Night sights available

CZ Rifles

CZ Rifles

• .17HMR or .22lr

• No sights, 11mm

dovetail

• 5.85 lbs

• Adjustable trigger

• MSRP $557

CZ 455 AMERICAN

CZ Rifles

• .22lr 35 rd magazine

• 16.5 in barrel

• 6.58 lbs

• MSRP $493

CZ 512 Tactical

CZ Shotguns

• 12 Gauge, 3” shells

• 28” barrel

• 6 lbs

• Turkish Walnut Stock

• Manual Tang Safety

• MSRP $762

CZ Upland Ultralight Green

CZ Shotguns

Dan Wesson Firearms

Dan Wesson Firearms

+ =

Dan Wesson Firearms

• Great grandson of S&W

founder

• Wesson Firearms founded in

1968

• Company sold in 1996, Norwich

NY in 1998

• Acquired by CZ in 2005

Dan Wesson Firearms

Began with revolvers in 1971

.357

and

.22lr

Dan Wesson Firearms

.44 magnum introduced in 1980

Dan Wesson Firearms

• Model 715

• .357

• Rubber grips

• 47 oz.

• DA/SA

• MSRP $1,558

Dan Wesson Firearms

• Better known for high quality 1911’s

• 2 bankruptcies before CZ acquires

• Best names for 1911’s

• Commander

• Havoc

• Fury

• Chaos

• Mayhem

Dan Wesson Firearms

Because Shooting

Twice is Silly!

Dan Wesson Firearms

• .45 ACP

• 8+1

• Steel Frame

• Barrel 4.26”

• Weight 37.3 oz

• SAO Trigger

• Fixed Sights

• Thumb & Grip

Safeties

• MSRP $1,363

Dan Wesson Firearms

It’s Like 9mm,

BUT FOR

GROWNUPS!

Dan Wesson Firearms

Limited

IPSC/USPSA

• .45 S&W

• 18+1

• Frame Carbon

• Barrel 6”

• Weight 47.2 oz

• SAO Trigger

• Sights Adj.

• Ambi Thumb &

Grip Safeties

• MSRP $3,899

Final Thoughts

FINAL THOUGHTS

Beware of an

Old Man in

a Profession

Where Men

Usually Die

Young!

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