industry firearms founded 1973 1973 founder cesare morini headquarters bedano switzerland area served worldwide products issf target pistols and accessories website http www.morini.ch footnotes references pistols have electronic trigger mechanisms morini competition arm s.a. is a swiss manufacturer of target pistols aimed at issf shooting events as governed by the international shooting sport federation issf formerly uit and competed in at the olympics . the company was formed in 1973 in italy as a maker of anatomical grips for target pistols and still supply these grips to many other companies in addition to producing competition arms themselves . during the following years complying with laws and regulations governing guns become more and more complicated in italy and in 1985 the company decided to move to lamone canton ticino the italian speaking region of switzerland . in 1990 the company moved to bedano its current headquarters which is another small village of the italian speaking region of switzerland . currently their cm 162 ei air pistol and cm 84e free pistol are amongst the most popular choices for 10 m air pistol and 50 m pistol respectively amongst top international competitors . these pistols are most notable for an electronic trigger mechanism . contents 1 models 1.1 cm 84e 1.2 cm 162 1.3 cm 22m 1.4 cm 32m 2 competition 3 see also 4 external links models edit all model are prefixed cm for cesare morini the founder of the company . cm 84e edit this pistol was designed .22 long rifle calibre used in 50 m pistol event that used to be called free pistol and these pistols are still referred to as free pistols . it features an electronic trigger . it was used to win the gold by mikhail nestruev at the 2004 summer olympics in athens greece by jin jong oh at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing china and at the 2012 summer olympics in london united kingdom . it was also used to win the 1994 world championship by wang yifu in milan italy both the 2002 and 2006 world championships by tan zongliang in lahti finland and zagreb croatia respectively and then the 2010 world championship by tomoyuki matsuda in munich germany . the pistol also racked up numerous world cup victories since 1994 . cm 162 edit this is 4.5 mm .177 in calibre pre charged pneumatic pcp air pistol used in 10 m air pistol event . it was the first pre charged pistol to use compressed air rather than co2 as a propellant . the air cylinder is positioned directly under the barrel and is normally filled with a scuba tank or a high pressure hand pump to a pressure of approximately 200 bar 2900 psi . it is available in several variants most notable one with an electronic trigger . the cm 162 ei version of this pistol is being used by many famous leading shooters worldwide including malaika goel the commonwealth games 2014 10 m air pistol event silver medallist and many others . this pistol is the preference of many leading shooting coaches . variants cm 162 ei electronic trigger cm 162 mi mechanical trigger cm 162 ei short shortened electronic trigger cm 162 mi short shortened mechanical trigger cm 22m edit this .22 long rifle calibre standard pistol is used in 25 m standard pistol and 25 m pistol . it is also available in a lighter version using more aluminium parts called the cm 22m alu . cm 32m edit this is a .32 s & w in calibre sport pistol used in the 25 m center fire pistol event . competition edit the main competitors of this company are steyr sport walther feinwerkbau pardini see also edit international shooting sport federation issf issf shooting events external links edit official site companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title morini manufacturer & oldid 728111252 categories firearm manufacturers of italyfirearm manufacturers of switzerlandprivately held companies of switzerlandcompanies established in 19731973 establishments in italy navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 3 july 2016 at 07 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view