Fratelli Tanfoglio S.N.C. is an Italian firearms manufacturing company. Their current weapons are used extensively in sport competitions and for personal defence. Tanfoglio is located in

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, and is known for its broad sport

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catalogue. Tanfoglio Pistols are popular firearms across Europe; they also are imported into United States by the Italian Firearms Group (IFG) and in Australia by NVT Pty Ltd.

History

The Tanfoglio Company was founded in the 1940s just after

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. The production started with gun parts such as receivers and hammers. After 8 years the firm "Fabbrica d'armi Tanfoglio Giuseppe" was founded. As time progressed the company activity expanded and started to produce replica guns and handguns of their own design like

Tanfoglio GT27 The Tanfoglio GT27 is a .25 ACP caliber, blow-back operated, single-action, 7 round magazine fed single action handgun manufactured in Italy by Tanfoglio. It is similar to the Beretta 950 Jetfire in that it has an open slide. The "GT" lines of ...

. In the 1980s Tanfoglio started to produce clones of

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made for IPSC and action shooting. Tanfoglio has also produced the single-shot Thor handgun for

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. Nowadays the Tanfoglio factory produces approximately 90,000 pistols per year of which 85% are exported. Related brand names include FIE and EXCAM.The Unofficial TANFOGLIO Web Site
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Subcontractor for Israel Military Industries

The original

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(IMI)

Jericho 941 The Jericho 941 is a double-action/single-action semi-automatic pistol developed by Israel Military Industries (now Israel Weapon Industries) introduced in 1990. It was first imported into the United States in 1990 by K.B.I., Inc. of Harrisbur ...

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copy) semi-automatic pistols were built using parts supplied by the Italian arms house Tanfoglio. Using a well-tested design allowed IMI to avoid the teething problems most new pistol designs experience, and subcontracting much of the basic fabrication work to Tanfoglio allowed IMI to quickly and economically put into production a pistol that would have enough Israeli content to satisfy government contract requirements.

European importer for Caracal International L.L.C.

Since 2009 Tanfoglio is the European

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for the

Caracal pistol The Caracal pistol is a series of semi-automatic pistols manufactured by Caracal International LLC a subsidiary of Tawazun Holding from the United Arab Emirates. The Caracal pistol series are the first pistols made in the United Arab Emirates a ...

product line. These polymer framed semi-automatic pistols are produced by Caracal International L.L.C. from the

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and have been introduced on the Italian civilian/sport shooters market during the 2009 EXA expo (

, 18–21 April 2009).

Gallery

File:Tanfoglio Combat.JPG, Tanfoglio T95 Combat/EAA Witness 9 mm with blued finish. File:EAA Witness.jpg, Tanfoglio T 95 Combat/EAA Witness

10mm Auto The 10mm Auto (10×25mm, official C.I.P. nomenclature: 10 mm Auto, official SAAMI nomenclature: 10mm Automatic) is a semi-automatic pistol cartridge introduced in 1983. Its design was adopted and later produced by ammunition manufacturer ...

with Wonder finish. File:TANFOGLIO FORCE.jpg, Tanfoglio Force 99 / EAA Witness Polymer P. File:Tanfoglio 10mm Match Pistol.jpg, Tanfoglio Match 10mm File:Tanfoglio Limited Rude.jpg, Tanfoglio Limited. File:TanfoglioGoldTeam-1.jpg, Tanfoglio Gold Team. File:Tangfolio Mossad.jpg

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