U.S. Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, Inc. (U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co., also USFA) is a privately held firearms-manufacturing firm based in Hartford, Connecticut. USFA produces firearms, primarily single action revolvers, of a type associated with the late 19th Century in the United States. In keeping with the company's interest in continuing classic American designs, the factory is located "Under the Blue Dome," the former site of the Colt East Armory, where Colt's Manufacturing Company produced many of their classic firearms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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