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Grendel Inc.
Grendel Inc., founded by George Kellgren, was a Florida firearms company which produced polymer framed semi-automatic pistols from 1987 to 1994. Zytel was used for grips, magazines, and furniture while slides, barrels, slide rails, and other high-pressure parts were manufactured using LaSalle Stressproof steel. Products Grendel P10 - introduced in 1988, the P10 is a .380 ACP, .380 double action only with no levers with rudimentary sights and had a large trigger guard. It also had no detachable magazine and was loaded by locking the slide back and feeding ten rounds through the open chamber into the spring-loaded grip itself, usually with a stripper clip. Grendel P12 - produced from 1991 until 1994, the P12 is a P10 with an 11-round detachable box magazine. It was Grendel's last .380. Grendel P30 - a single-action, fluted barrel .22 WMR magnum blowback pistol that used a 30-round box magazine. The five inch barrel model gave an overall length of 8.5 inches. * Grendel P30M - In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kellgren
George Kellgren (born May 23, 1943) is a Swedish-born firearms designer, inventor and founder of the gun manufacturer Kel-Tec. His designs include the Intratec TEC-9, Kel-Tec P-11, Kel-Tec KSG, Kel-Tec SUB-2000 carbine and Grendel Inc., Grendel P10 .380 ACP pocket pistol. Early life Kellgren was born in Sweden. He enlisted in the navy before beginning a career as a firearms designer. Design career Kellgren designed many firearms earlier for Husqvarna Vapenfabriks Aktiebolag, Husqvarna and Swedish Interdynamics AB in Sweden. He moved to the USA in 1979, and his original USA designs were for Intratec and Grendel Inc., Grendel brand firearms. Kellgren founded Kel-Tec in 1991. Grendel Inc went out of business in 1994 as a result of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. Kel-Tec had been doing much of the machining for Grendel and the closure of Grendel allowed Kel-Tec to expand their focus ultimately finding a very profitable niche in handgun manufacturing. References {{DEFAUL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |