Standard Manufacturing is an American firearms manufacturer based in

New Britain, Connecticut New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately southwest of Hartford. According to 2020 Census, the population of the city is 74,135. Among the southernmost of the communities encompassed wit ...

. The company is best known for the design and manufacture of the DP-12, a 12-gauge double-barreled pump shotgun.

History

Standard manufacturing was founded in 2011 as the firearms design and manufacturing subsidiary of the Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer, repairer, and distributor of shotguns and related products.

Products

Product names in ''italics'' are no longer listed on the company's website.

Pistols

* 1911 – a version of the

M1911 pistol The M1911 (Colt 1911 or Colt Government) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. The pistol's formal U.S. military designation as of 1940 was ''Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911'' for th ...

S333 Thunderstruck The S333 Thunderstruck is an aluminum-frame revolver designed and manufactured by Standard Manufacturing of New Britain, Connecticut. Introduced in 2019 and intended for concealed carry, is notable for being a volley gun, as each pull of the t ...

– a .22 WMR double-barreled personal defense revolver firing two rounds per trigger pull * ''S333 Volleyfire'' – a

.25 ACP The .25 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol) (6.35×16mmSR) is a semi-rimmed, straight-walled centerfire pistol cartridge introduced by John Browning John Moses Browning (January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926) was an American firearm designe ...

pepperbox The pepper-box revolver or simply pepperbox (also "pepper-pot", from its resemblance to the household pepper shakers) is a multiple-barrel firearm, mostly in the form of a handgun, that has three or more gun barrels in a coaxially revolving m ...

-style

pocket pistol In American English, a pocket pistol is any small, pocket-sized semi-automatic pistol (or less commonly referencing either derringers, or small revolvers), and is suitable for concealed carry in either a coat, jacket, or trouser pocket. Pocket ...

firing two rounds per trigger pull; first presented at

SHOT Show The SHOT Show , which is an acronym for "Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show", is an American annual trade show for the shooting sports, hunting, outdoor recreations and firearm manufacturing industries. The show is owned and sponsored by ...

2017, it was later developed into the Thunderstruck * Single Action Revolver – a version of the

Colt Single Action Army The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a Trigger (firearms)#Single-action, single-action revolver handgun. It was designed in 1872 for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's P ...

*Switch-Gun™: a

self-defense Self-defense (self-defence primarily in Commonwealth English) is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm. The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in ...

.22 Magnum The .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, also called .22 WMR, .22 Magnum, .22 WMRF, .22 MRF, or .22 Mag, is a rimfire cartridge. Originally loaded with a bullet weight of delivering velocities in the range from a rifle barrel, .22 WMR is now loaded ...

revolver that can fold its grip.

Long guns

* DP-12 – a 12-gauge double-barreled pump shotgun * SKO – a 12-gauge shotgun variant of the

AR-15 An AR-15-style rifle is any lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on the Colt AR-15 design. The original ArmaLite AR-15 is a scaled-down derivative of Eugene Stoner's ArmaLite AR-10 design. The then Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation d ...

* STD-15 – a variant of the AR-15 available in multiple models and calibers * G4S – a semi-automatic .22 caliber version of the

Thompson submachine gun The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the "Tommy Gun", "Chicago Typewriter", "Chicago Piano", “Trench Sweeper” or "Trench Broom") is a blowback-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed selective-fire submachine gun, invented by United Stat ...

* SP-12- an

ambidextrous Ambidexterity is the ability to use both the right and left hand equally well. When referring to objects, the term indicates that the object is equally suitable for right-handed and left-handed people. When referring to humans, it indicates that ...

pump-action Pump action or slide action is a repeating firearm action that is operated manually by moving a sliding handguard on the gun's forestock. When shooting, the sliding forend is pulled rearward to eject any expended cartridge Cartridge may refe ...

12-gauge shotgun

References

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External links

Standard Manufacturing official page

Connecticut Shotguns official page
2011 establishments in Connecticut Companies based in Hartford County, Connecticut Manufacturing companies based in Connecticut Firearm manufacturers of the United States