june 21 1996 founder mark serbu headquarters tampa florida united states of america key people revenue unknown owner mark serbu website official site serbu firearms is an american manufacturer of firearms based in tampa florida . founded by mechanical engineer mark serbu the company is best known for producing the bfg 50 a .50 bmg caliber single shot rifle . the rifle is also available in .510 dtc europ caliber in some european countries where .50 bmg rifles are generally banned by law . contents 1 products 2 controversy 3 references 4 external links products edit the company is currently shipping a semi automatic .50 bmg rifle called the bfg 50a . production startup had been slow ; prototype photos of the bfg 50a were first shown in 2002 and orders were first taken at the 2008 shot show in las vegas . deliveries finally started on 6 17 2011 . serbu super shorty serbu firearms is also noted for its production of the super shorty a compact 12 or 20 gauge on special order 1 shotgun with front and rear pistol grips which in the united states is regulated as what is called any other weapon under the national firearms act . they have also appeared in several movies and video games . 2 serbu has produced a variety of small quantity firearms in the past including a .22 lr pen gun called the butt master and an integrally suppressed ruger mk ii pistol called the siris . serbu has also produced a .22 lr muzzle suppressor called the c can and an integrally suppressed ruger 10 22 rifle called the siris 1022 . controversy edit in 2013 serbu refused to sell their model bfg 50a semi automatic .50 rifles to the new york city police department after the passage of the ny safe act that classified their weapon as an assault rifle . 3 refusal to sell to states that have outlawed the sale of firearms to the public under the heading of assault rifles has become more common . 4 following their refusal to sell the rifles serbu then had tee shirts printed with an image of the classic seinfeld character the soup nazi played by actor larry thomas and the words no serbu for you . 3 thomas a gun control advocate contacted facebook and the t shirt printers to have the shirts removed . 3 serbu has since removed the image of thomas and replaced it with one of their founder mark serbu . 5 references edit long duncan 2004 . streetsweepers the complete book of combat shotguns . paladin press . p. 103 . isbn 1 58160 436 x. serbu super shorty . retrieved 2014 02 19 . a b c staff 2013 04 02 . soup nazi fires off over guns . new york post . retrieved 2013 04 25 . berman jillian 2013 04 03 . larry thomas soup nazi actor pushes serbu firearms to pull pro gun t shirt featuring his face . the huffington post . retrieved 2013 04 25 . higginbotham david 2013 04 09 . no serbu for you soup nazi wants his image back . guns.com . retrieved 2013 04 25 . external links edit serbu firearms web site this firearms related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title serbu firearms & oldid 667275279 categories firearm manufacturers of the united statesfirearms stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles 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 add links this page was last modified on 17 june 2015 at 00 20 . 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