1978 headquarters freedom wyoming products revolvers slogan the world s finest revolvers website http www.freedomarms.com freedom arms revolvers with a colt 1873p above . freedom arms is a freedom wyoming based firearm manufacturing company known for producing powerful single action revolvers . the company was founded in 1978 by wayne baker and dick casull to produce the mini revolver then later a revolver chambered in casull s powerful .454 casull chambering . this 5 shot revolver was the model 83 . freedom arms currently makes a single shot pistol in addition to their revolvers . 1 models edit freedom arms first offering was a 5 shot mini revolver in .22 lr known as the patriot . it was later offered in .22 short and .22 wmr . a beltbuckle holster version was patented by richard j. dick casull u.s. patent 4 450 992 to accommodate the small revolver . a boot pistol model was available with a longer barrel . 2 a 4 shot mini revolver was also produced by freedom arms . production of mini revolvers by freedom arms ceased in 1990 . 1 the mini revolver design was sold to north american arms . co founder dick casull had been experimenting with several prototype rounds since 1956 . casull felt he could offer a more powerful version of the .45 colt and .44 remington magnum and built a number of 5 shot prototypes on ruger super blackhawk frames . freedom arms was the first commercial producer for revolvers chambered in this caliber the .454 casull in 1983 . 3 this model is still manufactured today as the model 83 . 4 a number of variants upon the model 83 have been produced all with five shot cylinders . the first was a .45 colt in february 1986 54 examples sold 1986 1989 serial numbers e7201 e7254 followed closely by a .44 magnum version . 5 in 1991 freedom arms introduced the model 252 in .22 long rifle and in 1992 the model 353 in .357 magnum including a 9 inch variation produced to meet the 4lb maximum weight requirement for ihmsa silhouette competition . in 1993 the model 555 was introduced in .50 action express . .41 magnum and .475 linebaugh chamberings were introduced in 1997 and 1999 respectively . 1 6 freedom arms introduced their own .500 wyoming express in the model 83 .500 we in 2005 . 7 at least two variants of the model 83 with a 3 inch barrel and lacking any ejector were produced in 454 and 44 magnum . these variants named marshall unknown production and packer 200 produced 12 in 44 magnum have symmetrical frames made possible by the lack of the ejector . the model 97 design with a smaller frame than the model 83 was introduced in 1997 originally with a six shot .357 magnum cylinder .38 special cylinder available . a five shot .45 colt chambering was introduced the following year as was a five shot .41 magnum in 2000 . six shot .22 s are produced with .22 lr sporting and match grade cylinders available as well as .22 magnum from 2003 . 6 a five shot .44 special chambering came in 2004 . 8 the model 2008 introduced in 2010 is a single shot pistol with interchangeable barrels most in rifle chamberings . 9 freedom arms m83 revolver references edit a b c hartink a.e. 2003 . the complete encyclopedia of pistols and revolvers . edison new jersey chartwell books inc. pp. 132 134 . isbn 978 0 7858 1871 7 . jerry ahern 2010 gun digest buyer s guide to concealed carry handguns gun digest books pp. 21 22 isbn 1 4402 1383 6 john taffin february 2003 flat shooting trail gun casull 3800 guns magazine barnes frank c. ; skinner stan 2003 . cartridges of the world 10th edition revised and expanded . krause publications . p. 528 . isbn 978 0 87349 605 6 . john taffin seriesseptember october 2008 freedom arms 25 years of sixgun perfection american handgunner check date values in date help a b john taffin may june 2004 freedom arms model 97 the sixgunner guns magazine freedom arms biggest big bore the 1 2 bore fan gets a new cartridge and a stellar one it is guns magazine april 2006 john taffin may 2004 freedom arms model 97 .44 special guns magazine shideler dan gun digest 2012 iola wisconsin gun digest p. 251 isbn 1 4402 1447 6 external links edit official page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title freedom arms & oldid 742234152 categories firearm manufacturers of the united statesmanufacturing companies established in 1978hidden categories cs1 errors dates 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 polski edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 13 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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