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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]

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 a 9-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 P30M - Introduced in 1990 the P30MA is a carbine version of the Grendel P30 and has a built-in muzzle brake.[6]

Grendel R31 - another .22 WMR magnum carbine.

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.guns.com/2013/03/07/grendel-pistols-keltec-kel-tec/
  2. ^ http://www.guns.com/2013/03/07/grendel-pistols-keltec-kel-tec/
  3. ^ http://homemadedefense.blogspot.com/2011/02/grendel-p10-380acp.html
  4. ^ http://www.thespecialistsltd.com/grendel-p-10
  5. ^ http://www.guns.com/2013/03/07/grendel-pistols-keltec-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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