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Keun Weapons Firm
Native name
Keun Waffenfirma
Company typePrivate
IndustryArms Industry
Founded1895, Ugdon, Caldera
FounderJean Keun
Mathew Keun
Headquarters,
ProductsFirearms, weapons

Keun Weapons Firm (Officially Keun Waffenfirma) is a Calderan firearms manufacturer. The firm focuses on rifles, but also offers a wide variety of weapons which also includes shotguns, pistols, knives, and bows.

History

The firm was founded in Ugdon, Caldera, in 1895 by two brothers, Jean Keun and Mathew Keun. The brothers were inspired by Tauk Manufacturing Company's success, noticed that Tauk was too focused on pistols, and there was a gap in the market for rifles.

The Keun brothers thought it likely they could make a quick fortune because of the Emirati War which made gun production a lucrative business. However, whereas Tauk gained international fame by selling their new Tauk Georgisch rifle, Keun's rifles were too new to the international market, so Keun made a deal with Tauk to produce the Tauk-Keun M1895 machine gun, which helped build Keun's reputation for military weaponry.

Keun made a profit selling rifles and machine guns during the First Great War, but after the war, the firm made a massive transition from strictly military to a large emphasis on civilian self defense, and hunting.

The fox branding was at first a failure as hunters associated the fox for small game hunting, but overtime, the foxes became associated with the Keun family coat of arms, which led the Calderan population to prefer Keun for hunting because it's more traditional.

The first Keun factory in Ugdon was converted into a train station, and later, a museum of Keun history was installed next to it. Keun still manufactures a variety of weaponry for hunters and militaries alike out of Neu Maessen.

Products

The stated year is the first year of manufacture, not the year of patent.

Handguns

Model Picture Caliber Year
Keun Nummer 1 .32 Auto 1896
Keun Nummer 2 9mm Keun 1906
Keun M1910 .32 Auto

.380 Auto

1910
Keun M1922 .32 Auto

.380 Auto

1922
Keun Fuchs .22 Long 1915
Keun M1935 9mm LOTA 1935

Long guns

Shotguns

Model Picture Caliber Year
Keun Nummer 5 12 Gauge 1898
Keun M1909 12 Gauge 1909
Keun 37 File:Itchaca37.jpg 12 Gauge 1937
Keun Modell D File:Coach Gun DoubleBarrel.jpg 12 Gauge 1971
Keun Nummer 7 12 Gauge 1973
Keun Leistung 12 Gauge 2004

Non-automatic rifles

Model Picture Caliber Year
Keun Modell 1895 .308 Regal 1895
Keun Modell 1900 .22 Long 1900
Keun Nummer 8 File:Remington model 8.jpg .30 Keun 1905
Keun 22 .22 Long 1914
Keun Modell W .22 Long 1919
Keun Nummer 24 .22 Long 1922

Machine guns

Model Picture Caliber Year
Tauk-Keun M1895 .308 Regal

.324 Royal

1895
Keun M1917 File:B-M1917MG.jpg .30 1906 1917
Keun M1918 .30 1906 1918
Keun M1919 .30 1906 1919
Keun M1933 .50 Keun 1933