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As K.W. Thompson Tool began marketing Center's Contender pistol, the company name was changed to Thompson/Center Arms Company. Then, in 1970, Thompson/Center created the modern black powder industry, introducing Warren Center's Hawken-styled black powder muzzle-loader rifle.
Warren Center was employed as an engineer with Harrington & Richardson prior to joining the K.W. Thompson Tool Company in 1965. In his basement at home, Warren designed an unusual single shot break action handgun with interchangeable barrels which is known today as the Contender handgun.
May 7, 2024 · The single-shot, break-action pistol was designed by Warren Center in 1965 and produced two years later by the K.W. Thompson Tool Company factory in Rochester, N.H.
In 1965, K. W. Thompson Tool was looking for a product to build and a gun designer, Warren Center, was looking for someone to build his Contender® pistol. It was a perfect match. The facilities at K. W. Thompson Tool were expanded and Thompson/Center Arms was formed.
Thompson Center Arms, formed in 1965, are an American based firearm manufacturer. Originally formed by K.W. Thompson to produce a pistol designed by Warren Center, the firm has produced unusual...
Dec 16, 2010 · Nearly 50 years ago Warren Center came to the then K. W. Thompson Tool Co., looking for a company to manufacturer a firearm that he had designed called the Contender pistol.
Nov 16, 2017 · But shortly after Center joined K.W. Thompson Tool Company it became Thompson/Center Arms, with the primary goal to produce and market Warren Center's single-shot pistol. The first Contenders went out the door in 1967.
