What is Connecticut Shotgun?
{{Infobox company | name = Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Co. | image = | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] | founded = 1975 | founder = Antony S. Galazan | website = https://connecticutshotgun.co }} '''Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Co.''' is an American company that makes guns. It was started in 1975 by Antony S. Galazan in New Britain, Connecticut. At first, the company made small parts for guns. But now, it's known for making expensive and high-quality shotguns.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guinness |first1=Meredith |title=Greenwich’s Galazan Gunmakers carves out market in custom shotguns |url=https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Greenwich-s-Galazan-Gunmakers-carves-out-market-13678597.php |accessdate=9 August 2023 |publisher=greenwichtime.com |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708085023/https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Greenwich-s-Galazan-Gunmakers-carves-out-market-13678597.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=UK |first1=Shooting |title=Tony Galazan: the gunmaker from Connecticut |url=https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/guns/tony-galazan-54673 |accessdate=9 August 2023 |work=Shooting UK |date=21 April 2016 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707164107/https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/guns/tony-galazan-54673 |url-status=dead }}</ref> == History == In 1975, Antony S. Galazan started Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company. He learned how to make guns from an Austrian gunmaker in Connecticut. The government visited Galazan because he was making a lot of guns. They told him he needed a license. After getting the license, the company officially started. At the beginning, Galazan made gun parts and sold them. His first product was a tool to measure parts of a gun called a choke and barrel gauge.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sisley |first1=Nick |title=Taking Off The Wraps Of A New 20-Gauge Inverness Round-Action From Connecticut Shotgun |url=https://www.shotgunlife.com/shotguns/guns/taking-off-the-wraps-of-a-new-2