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)
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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