Cor-Bon/Glaser LLC is a manufacturer of small arms

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History

Founded in

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, Cor-Bon/Glaser Ammunition originated when Peter Pi Sr. started making handgun hunting ammo in 1982 because the commonly available ammunition at that time was performing poorly. Pi noticed that hollow point ammunition would not expand and went about creating a line of ammunition with reliable expansion. In 2017 the Company was sold to TA Perrine and moved to Wooster, OH. In 2021 the company was sold again to an investment group out of Sandusky, OH,

CorBon Law Enforcement Training Center

On June 23, 2011 the company opened the CorBon Law Enforcement Training Center (CLETC) in Sturgis, South Dakota. The center has several shooting ranges to train

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. CLETC closed in 2015 due to a lack of business.

Product Lines

Cor-bon produces several product lines of ammunition: *Original JHP *DPX *Performance Match *Urban Response *Hunting Lines *Multi-Purpose Rifle *Subsonic Ammo Glaser Safety Slug has several product lines: *Powerball *Safety Slug Blue *Safety Slug Silver Note: Some of these products produce Plus P pressures. Do not use in your firearms unless you know for certain it is Plus P capable!

Original Products

Cor-Bon designed and developed the

.32 NAA The .32 NAA is a cartridge/firearm 'system' designed and developed by the partnership of North American Arms and Corbon Ammunition. The cartridge is a .380 ACP case necked-down to hold a .32 caliber bullet with the goal of improved ballistic pe ...

, essentially a

.380 ACP The .380 ACP (9×17mm) ( Automatic Colt Pistol) is a rimless, straight-walled pistol cartridge developed by firearms designer John Moses Browning. The cartridge headspaces on the mouth of the case.Wilson, R. K. ''Textbook of Automatic Pisto ...

case necked-down to a .32 caliber bullet, and the NAA Guardian .32 NAA pocket pistol in partnership with

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(NAA). At the 2004

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, Cor-Bon and NAA introduced their jointly developed

.25 NAA The .25 NAA is a pistol cartridge introduced by the North American Arms company in 2002. It was originally created for use in a smaller and lighter model of their Guardian pistol. It is based on a .32 ACP case necked down to accept .251-inch ...

. .400 Cor-Bon is a Cor-Bon cartridge that was developed in 1997. In the same manner as the .32 NAA, it was based on a

.45 ACP The .45 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol) or .45 Auto (11.43×23mm) is a rimless straight-walled handgun cartridge designed by John Moses Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic pistol. After successful military trials, it ...

case necked-down to .40.''GUNS Magazine'', "Storm from the East," by Clair Rees (1999). Retrieved from Bnet on July 5, 2008

References

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External links

* {{Official website, http://www.shopcorbon.com Ammunition manufacturers Defunct manufacturing companies based in South Dakota Privately held companies based in South Dakota Cartridge families American companies established in 1982 1982 establishments in South Dakota Manufacturing companies established in 1982