[ARCHIVED THREAD] - interarms??? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/29/2014 10:43:31 AM EDT
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The shit you find on armslist these days... anyone ever heard of interarms??? I haven't.
http://www.armslist.com/posts/2555544/columbus-ohio-rifles-for-sale-trade--interarms-ar-15--223--556-carbine-16--a-3-flat-top-rifle- |
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They make AKs, ARs and .22 pistols now under the High Standard brand
http://highstandard.com/index.php/brands/interarms |
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As already stated, they were a major importer in the eighties and early nineties. I have a few guns with their import mark. I believe they brought in a bunch of the Hungarian Hi-Power clones dirt cheap, they were selling for less than $200 brand new at one point. |
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As already stated, they were a major importer in the eighties and early nineties. I have a few guns with their import mark. I believe they brought in a bunch of the Hungarian Hi-Power clones dirt cheap, they were selling for less than $200 brand new at one point. They were importing in the early 1970s. Perhaps before then. |
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Sam Cummings was the owner of Interarms. They had huge operations in Virginia and England. He was also a major supplier of arms to the CIA and did business with Ollie North.
But he was the King for decades. I still find stuff with his company name on it. They wrote a book about him....something like The Merchant of Death. |
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Sam Cummings was the owner of Interarms. They had huge operations in Virginia and England. He was also a major supplier of arms to the CIA and did business with Ollie North. But he was the King for decades. I still find stuff with his company name on it. They wrote a book about him....something like The Merchant of Death. I have an Interarms Virginian Dragoon in .44mag. My dad bought it in the early 80's. It's a very well put together piece in stainless and has the smoothest, lightest trigger I have felt on any firearm, rifle or pistol. It's also very accurate. 
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I have an Interarms Mk X mauser 98 bolt rifle in .30-06 that I picked-up at a pawn shop sale years ago for $140. It's a great rifle and was the most accurate one that I owned for years. Long trigger pull though... If that's from the same time frame my friend's was, that's actually a re-branded Zastava rifle, manufactured at Kragujevac in Serbia... Great rifles. The Mark X was made by a couple of different manufacturers, over the years... |
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Interarms of Alexandria VA went out of business in the 1990s. They imported lots of good stuff. This is why I haven't heart much about them then. I'm a 90's baby so thats a bit old for me. I don't have the vast knowledge of older companies. Helpless. |
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Interarms of Alexandria VA went out of business in the 1990s. They imported lots of good stuff. I used to live right down the street from their old "plant" or whatever you wanna call the building. Found out in the past year that's what it once was. Love Old Town. |
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The shit you find on armslist these days... anyone ever heard of interarms??? I haven't. Newbie. There is Interarms - the original arms importing company that was based in Alexandria, VA (back in the day they had a very nice showroom) Or are you talking about a High Standard, which it seems have bought the name? Judging by the ad I'm thinking the latter. |
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They were importing in the early 1970s. Perhaps before then. Quoted:
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As already stated, they were a major importer in the eighties and early nineties. I have a few guns with their import mark. I believe they brought in a bunch of the Hungarian Hi-Power clones dirt cheap, they were selling for less than $200 brand new at one point. They were importing in the early 1970s. Perhaps before then. 1953 |
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Samuel Cummings had two daughters, one was involved in the shooting of her lover who was an Argentinean Polo instructor/player. To say she got off with a wrist slap is an understatement, her father was very influential.  The rumors in the 70s was he helped move 'hardware' for the 'Company'. |
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This is why I haven't heart much about them then. I'm a 90's baby so thats a bit old for me. I don't have the vast knowledge of older companies. Quoted:
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Interarms of Alexandria VA went out of business in the 1990s. They imported lots of good stuff. This is why I haven't heart much about them then. I'm a 90's baby so thats a bit old for me. I don't have the vast knowledge of older companies. Kids these days! 
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Interarms of Alexandria VA went out of business in the 1990s. They imported lots of good stuff. This is why I haven't heart much about them then. I'm a 90's baby so thats a bit old for me. I don't have the vast knowledge of older companies. Kids these days!
Hrumfff! No sense of history 
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I have an Interarms Mk X mauser 98 bolt rifle in .30-06 that I picked-up at a pawn shop sale years ago for $140. It's a great rifle and was the most accurate one that I owned for years. Long trigger pull though... Fix it with $38, a pin and an allen screw. Breaks like glass. Bold Triggers ETA: $33 if you don't need the Safety.... |
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The google image for Samuel Cummings is actually a picture of Castro. 
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Quoted: Helpless. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Interarms of Alexandria VA went out of business in the 1990s. They imported lots of good stuff. This is why I haven't heart much about them then. I'm a 90's baby so thats a bit old for me. I don't have the vast knowledge of older companies. Helpless. Dang, I miss that Interarms shop. |
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Fix it with $38, a pin and an allen screw. Breaks like glass. Bold Triggers ETA: $33 if you don't need the Safety.... Quoted:
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I have an Interarms Mk X mauser 98 bolt rifle in .30-06 that I picked-up at a pawn shop sale years ago for $140. It's a great rifle and was the most accurate one that I owned for years. Long trigger pull though... Fix it with $38, a pin and an allen screw. Breaks like glass. Bold Triggers ETA: $33 if you don't need the Safety.... Hmmm.... I'll have to do that! My Rem 700 .308 has replaced the Interarms long ago as my main bolt rifle (and I picked-up a Ruger Scout last fall that I dig as well), but I'd still like to fix that trigger on the Mk X. |
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If that's from the same time frame my friend's was, that's actually a re-branded Zastava rifle, manufactured at Kragujevac in Serbia... Great rifles. The Mark X was made by a couple of different manufacturers, over the years... Quoted:
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I have an Interarms Mk X mauser 98 bolt rifle in .30-06 that I picked-up at a pawn shop sale years ago for $140. It's a great rifle and was the most accurate one that I owned for years. Long trigger pull though... If that's from the same time frame my friend's was, that's actually a re-branded Zastava rifle, manufactured at Kragujevac in Serbia... Great rifles. The Mark X was made by a couple of different manufacturers, over the years... Yup... that's what mine is. Had some minor surface corrosion when I bought it, but stripped it down to the white and then painted with bake-on gun paint. I think I'll end-up stripping that back off and taking the action in to be reblued. Also put a black stock on it, but think I'll throw it back in the nice deluxe wood stock that it came in. |
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Quoted: I have an Interarms Mk X mauser 98 bolt rifle in .30-06 that I picked-up at a pawn shop sale years ago for $140. It's a great rifle and was the most accurate one that I owned for years. Long trigger pull though... |
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Quoted: Sam Cummings was the owner of Interarms. They had huge operations in Virginia and England. He was also a major supplier of arms to the CIA and did business with Ollie North. But he was the King for decades. I still find stuff with his company name on it. They wrote a book about him....something like The Merchant of Death. |
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Interarms of Alexandria VA went out of business in the 1990s. They imported lots of good stuff. This is why I haven't heart much about them then. I'm a 90's baby so thats a bit old for me. I don't have the vast knowledge of older companies. Kids these days!
Hrumfff! No sense of history The Polymer generation. 
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If that's from the same time frame my friend's was, that's actually a re-branded Zastava rifle, manufactured at Kragujevac in Serbia... Great rifles. The Mark X was made by a couple of different manufacturers, over the years... Quoted:
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I have an Interarms Mk X mauser 98 bolt rifle in .30-06 that I picked-up at a pawn shop sale years ago for $140. It's a great rifle and was the most accurate one that I owned for years. Long trigger pull though... If that's from the same time frame my friend's was, that's actually a re-branded Zastava rifle, manufactured at Kragujevac in Serbia... Great rifles. The Mark X was made by a couple of different manufacturers, over the years... I had a Zastava commercial Mauser action from Interarms. It was a very nice rifle in .308. |
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Interarms also imported the pre-Taurus Rossi line. I picked up a Interarms marked Rossi 625A .22 pump and a Rossi M335 2" .38 spl revolver last year. Both are well built guns for the price.
I've aslo a '77 Walther made (Germany) PP in .380 with the Interarms mark.. I made the pilgrimage there a few times a year. |
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The retail outlet for Interarms was a place called "Ye Olde Hunter" on Prince Street, right at the river. I remember going there in the late 1950s, and seeing dewat Sten guns for $9.95, and M1A1 Thompsons (also dewats) for $49.95. I bought a Schmeisser MP28 from them for $35 in 1961. About 15 years later, I managed to get one of their Sten guns that had been registered during the 1968 amnesty and restored to a fully-functioning SMG.
They also had Steyr 1909 semi-auto pistols Nagant revolvers. The pistols were in bushel baskets, and you could root through them and take your pick for $9.95 each. No import marks, either. And no 4473. |
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I read the book Deadly Business by Patrick Brogan on the life of Samuel Cummings and it was a page turner. What a life this man lead and always on the cutting edge. Other fellow gun nuts will enjoy reading this book. He bought real estate for his business at the right time and made million$.
I've searched all over for an image of this elusive man and have yet to come across one. If there are any image sleuths out there it'd sure be nice to put a face on him! |
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I used to live right down the street from their old "plant" or whatever you wanna call the building. Found out in the past year that's what it once was. Love Old Town. Quoted:
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Interarms of Alexandria VA went out of business in the 1990s. They imported lots of good stuff. I used to live right down the street from their old "plant" or whatever you wanna call the building. Found out in the past year that's what it once was. Love Old Town. Interarms used to own many warehouses that made up a great deal of Alexandria. I always wanted to see what was stored in them. In 1968, Cummings had over 700,000 firearms stored there. 
Interarms dock and Warehouses, Port of Alexandria, Virginia. 1963 The square building with the brown two tone roof on the bottom right hand corner of the image is Potomac Arms at zero Prince Street. 
Images curtesy of Lore of Guns |
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Quoted: Any of you long time NOVA residents remember Blue Sky/Arlington Ordinance? My FIL has a M1 Carbine marked Arlington Ordinance. It's the M1 Carbine on top in this picture. http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q713/bedouin2w/Forum%20Postings/2013-08-25134655_zps1fe15b30.jpg |
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Found a photo of the cagy gentleman from Getty Images at this familiar link: http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=123&t=614329
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