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DRUM-FED JACKHAMMER

Standard Manufacturing makes some neat and rather atypical firearms. Their main lines are reproductions of 1911s, single-action revolvers, and a clone of the Colt Woodsman — and each is better than the originals upon which they were based. However, their unusual offerings are always favorites. Not just because they’re different than the status quo, but also because they usually actually work.

Standard Manufacturing are also purveyors of some of the world’s finest shotguns under their parent company Connecticut Shotgun. Standard has a huge factory and multiple talented gunsmiths who get virtually free reign to produce what they want. When company president Lou Frutuosa says he has something new, it usually pays dividends to perk up

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