Sunday, February 5, 2017

Clerke revolver by Technicorp

I suppose If you have come across this post its because one of these guns came into your possession .

They are a neat little gun and are shiny as can be . 


The Clerke pistols are interesting pieces in history , being one of the first Saturday Night Specials . 

It was manufactured in response to a portion of the Gun control act of 1968 known as the "sporting purposes" standard for imported firearms. For the most part they made a list of features , calibers and other things they didn't like .
































Now don't get me wrong there some good things GCA of 1968 did but most are pretty bogus and should have been beyond government control .

Moving on...........

 The check list prevented small ,low cost and concealable pistols that were being imported to no longer be available   . For the most part Domestic gun manufactures were pleased as the public pretty much had to buy what they were selling "normally at much higher prices "  .

With the void created my the GCA of 1968 new manufactures seen opportunity and started making firearms to fill the void . 

There Is loads of info out there about many of the Manufactures of Saturday Night Special pistols and the  Ring Of Fire pistols as well out their .

Sadly there really isn't a  whole lot on   Clerke Technicorp in one place "guess I'm trying to change that " .



So here Is the Basic info I can find .

Clerke Technicorp

Santa Monica, CA (1971)
Company later relocated to florida

Revolvers:
Revolvers seem to be considered Possibly the Worst revolver ever 

Caliber seem to be .32 S&W and .22LR 

Capacity 5 rounds of .32 S&W 6 rounds .22LR

Semi auto Pistols:

Calibers .22LR and .380 ACP

That"s all I know 

Rifles
They exist And some seem to go for a pretty penny and were available in various common calibers .



















They were mentioned in a article From the New York Times June,20,1975 Main bit of info Here is that they sold for less than $20 dollars when new. http://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/20

Apparently Serial Number 1 was a gold plated gift to the plant Manager



























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