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Whitney Wolverine : ウィキペディア英語版 | Whitney Wolverine
The Whitney Wolverine was an advanced, "space-aged", lightweight aluminum, semi-automatic, .22 LR caliber pistol created in 1956. It had a 10-round magazine, a barrel long and a weight of only . ==History== The Wolverine was engineered by Robert Hillberg, who learned about aluminum casting during WWII while working with aircraft guns and later became research engineer for High Standard Manufacturing Company. Only 13,371 of these .22 semi automatic pistols were made in its short period of production between 1956 and 1958. There were approximately 500 nickel plated according to company records, the rest finished in varying shades of anodized blue, The plastic grips came in either a black, dark brown or white, the white grips are found mostly on the nickel plated models. The frame being investment cast by Alcoa was a new idea for the gun industry at the time, now it is widely used by almost every major gun manufacturer today. Its name ''Wolverine'' was named after Mr. Hillberg's favorite football team, the University of Michigan Wolverines. The ''Whitney'' name was used because the factory was located near the old Eli Whitney factory site. A victim of extremely poor marketing in the beginning, financial problems and then being under priced by $2.00 by both Ruger and Colt with their new semi-automatics .22, the company was doomed. The original retail price was $39.95 blue and $44.95 nickel plated.〔〔
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