Sundance Industries

Sundance Industries
Company typePrivate
Industryfirearms
Founded1989; 36 years ago (1989)
Defunct2002; 23 years ago (2002)
FateClosed
Headquarters
Valencia, California
,
U.S.
Area served
U.S.
Key people
Steven Jennings
Productsweapons

Sundance Industries was a firearms manufacturer established in 1989 by Steven Jennings, the nephew of Raven Arms founder George Jennings.[1] Sundance produced a series of inexpensive pocket handguns, which were sold primarily through pawn shops and marketed towards people with low income.[2]

As one of the companies connected to Raven Arms, and a maker of Saturday night specials, Sundance was described by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as one of the "Ring of Fire companies", a series of companies established around Los Angeles, California, all of which manufactured inexpensive handguns of similar design and all of which were connected to Raven Arms.[3]

The majority of their production run involved modified versions of Raven Arms .25 ACP and Jennings Arms .22 LR pocket guns with a laser sight.[4] The guns were constructed of injection-molded Zamak, a zinc alloy.

Sundance went out of business in 2002.[5]

References

  1. ^ Brazil, Jeff (September 23, 1994). "Southland Firms Dominate Market for Small Handguns". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Davis Industries". Violence Policy Center. 2000. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Hot Guns: Ring of Fire". Frontline. PBS. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Sundance". Violence Policy Center. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ^ Lee, Jerry (December 19, 2013). 2014 Standard Catalog of Firearms. F+W Media, Inc. ISBN 9781440237164.

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