Today, I have the opportunity to take a look inside PGM Precision, in Annecy France. Ever been curious about where the Ultima Ratio and Hecate II come from? Let’s have a look!
Note: PGM’s US importer is JDI Firearms.
Revolver
Le Redoutable: A Double-Barrel 20-Shot Revolver
“Manufrance” was the common abbreviated name for Manufacture d’Armes et Cycles de Saint Etienne, a massive mail-order catalog company in France for many decades. Like Sears Roebuck in the United States, one could get pretty […]
Book review
Book Review: Unique Pistols by Robert Adair
I recently became aware of a new book published by Robert L. Adair Jr. on the subject of the “Unique” brand pistols, made by Manufacturer d’Armes des Pyrénées Françaises. Today, the most commonly recognized Unique […]
Semiauto Rifles
Shooting the RSC-1918 and RSC-1917 French Autoloaders
The day has come to do some shooting with an RSC-1918 – and an RSC-1917 as well! The 1917 was the first selfloading rifle to see substantial combat use, with just over 85,000 manufactured in […]
I presume Francois is one of founding members. He is born PR/sales type of fella, somehow reminds me singer Johnny Holiday of early days.
The manufacturing shop is a class on itself, nice to see. That is how to do things efficiently – farm it out as much as practical.
How it’s made: dream guns
Ultima Ratio Regum: artillery was the last argument of the king