Grendel Inc.

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Grendel Inc.
IndustryFirearms manufacturing
Founded1987;37 years ago (1987) in the USA
FounderGeorge Lars Kellgren

Grendel Inc., founded by George Kellgren, was a Florida firearms company which produced polymer framed semi-automatic pistols from 1987 to 1994. [1] Zytel was used for grips, magazines, and furniture while slides, barrels, slide rails, and other high-pressure parts were manufactured using LaSalle Stressproof steel. [2]

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Products

Grendel P10 - introduced in 1988, the P10 is a .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. [3] [4]

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. [5]

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 R31 - another .22 WMR magnum carbine.

Notes

  1. "The Grendel Pistols: The forgotten polymers (And the birth of Kel-tec)".
  2. "The Grendel Pistols: The forgotten polymers (And the birth of Kel-tec)".
  3. "Homemade Defense: Grendel P10 .380ACP". February 2011.
  4. "Grendel P-10 | the Specialists Ltd".
  5. "The Grendel Pistols: The forgotten polymers (And the birth of Kel-tec)".
  6. Michalowski, Kevin (2004). The Gun Digest Book of Guns for Personal Defense. Iola, Wis.: KP Books. ISBN   0-87349-931-X.

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