Standard Manufacturing's Story: The Company Behind the Switch Gun .22
Every product page tells you what the Switch Gun .22 does. This one is about who builds it, and why that's worth knowing before you buy.
Where It's Built
Standard Manufacturing operates out of a 425,000 sq. ft. facility in New Britain, Connecticut - a state with a long, well-documented history in American firearms manufacturing. Since 2014, the company has built its lineup entirely in-house: frames, barrels, and cylinders are CNC machined on-site, not outsourced to third-party manufacturers or assembled from imported parts.
An Engineering-First Approach
What distinguishes Standard Manufacturing's product line isn't volume - it's a pattern of building genuinely new mechanical concepts rather than iterating on existing designs. The DP-12, a double-barrel pump shotgun, and the S333 Thunderstruck, a double-barrel revolver that fires two rounds per trigger pull, are both examples of firearms built around mechanisms the company engineered from scratch rather than adapting from an established platform. The Switch Gun .22 continues that pattern - a folding revolver mechanism built specifically to separate carry size from firing size, rather than simply shrinking an existing revolver design.
Recognition
The DP-12 shotgun won the NRA's 2017 Golden Bullseye Award for innovative design - a meaningful industry recognition that reflects the same engineering approach behind the Switch Gun .22.
Why "Built In-House" Actually Matters
For a buyer, in-house manufacturing translates into a few concrete things:
- Genuine factory parts and consistent quality control, since every component is made and tested on the same site rather than sourced from multiple third-party suppliers with varying standards
- Direct manufacturer support, meaning questions about your Switch Gun .22 go to the people who actually engineered and built it, not a reseller several steps removed from the manufacturing process
- Faster iteration on real design problems, since engineering and manufacturing sit under one roof rather than requiring coordination across outsourced partners
What's Next
Standard Manufacturing has continued to expand its lineup with the same engineering-first approach - building new mechanisms rather than only refining existing ones. The Switch Gun .22's folding design and the S333's double-barrel volley-fire mechanism represent two different answers to the same core challenge in compact firearm design: how to give a shooter genuine capability without the compromises usually forced by small size.
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