Serbu Firearms is a manufacturer of firearms based in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

. Founded by mechanical engineer Mark Serbu, the company is best-known for producing the BFG-50, a .50 BMG

.50 BMG

The .50 Browning Machine Gun or 12.7×99mm NATO is a cartridge developed for the Browning .50 caliber machine gun in the late 1910s. Entering service officially in 1921, the round is based on a greatly scaled-up .30-06 cartridge...

 caliber, single-shot rifle. The rifle is also available in .510 DTC EUROP

.510 DTC Europ

The .510 DTC EUROP is a French rifle cartridge developed by Eric Danis in order to comply with firearms legislation in Europe which regulates .50 BMG rifles...

 caliber in most of Europe, as well as California where new .50BMG rifles are banned by law

.50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004

The .50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004 is a law in the state of California that effectively banned all .50 BMG-caliber rifles from being sold in the state...

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Products

The company is currently in development on a semi-automatic .50 BMG rifle called the BFG-50A. Production startup has 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 with original deliveries scheduled to start in the 2nd quarter of 2008. Deliveries finally started on 6/17/2011.

Serbu Firearms is also noted for its production of the Super-Shorty

Serbu Super-Shorty

The Super-Shorty is a compact, stockless, pump-action shotgun chambered in 12-gauge . Most production models are based on the Mossberg Maverick 88 shotgun, though some are made from Mossberg 500 and Remington 870 receivers. The shotgun features a spring-loaded, folding foregrip...

, a compact 12- or 20-gauge

Gauge (bore diameter)

The gauge of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the diameter of the barrel. Gauge is determined from the weight of a solid sphere of lead that will fit the bore of the firearm, and is expressed as the multiplicative inverse of the sphere's weight as a fraction of a pound . Thus...

 (on special order) 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. This weapon has proven popular with collectors of NFA firearms and with police departments. They have also appeared in several movies and video games. A complete list of movie/game appearances can be seen here: http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Serbu_Super_Shorty

Serbu has produced a variety of small-quantity firearms in the past, including a .22LR pen gun called the "Buttmaster" and an integrally-suppressed

Suppressor

A suppressor, sound suppressor, sound moderator, or silencer, is a device attached to or part of the barrel of a firearm which reduces the amount of noise and flash generated by firing the weapon....

 Ruger MK II

Ruger MK II

The Ruger MK II is a rimfire single-action semi-automatic pistol chambered in .22 Long Rifle and manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Company. Ruger rimfire pistols are some of the most popular handguns made, with over three million sold.-Models:...

 pistol called the "SIRIS". Serbu has also produced a .22LR muzzle suppressor called the "C-CAN" and an integrally suppressed Ruger 10/22

Ruger 10/22

The Ruger 10/22 is a semi-automatic rimfire rifle chambered in .22 Long Rifle. It has a removable 10-round rotary magazine which allows the magazine to fit flush with the bottom of the stock. Higher capacity magazines are also available...

rifle called the "SIRIS 1022".