Intratec
{{Short description|Defunct Florida based US firearm company}}
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| key_people = George Kellgren, Carlos Garcia, Mercedes Garcia
| industry = Firearms
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Intratec was a firearm company based in Miami, Florida, US. The company's most famous product was the TEC-9.
History
Intratec began as Interdynamic USA, an offshoot of Swedish firearms manufacturer Interdynamic AB.{{cite book|last1=Hogg|first1=Ian V.|authorlink1=Ian V. Hogg|last2=Walter|first2=John|title=Pistols of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okQH6zFgDtUC&pg=PA176|date=29 August 2004|publisher=David & Charles|isbn=0-87349-460-1|page=176}} As a result of the lack of a competitive firearms market in Sweden, Interdynamic AB set up a subsidiary in the United States to sell the KG-9. Called Interdynamic USA. The company was operated by George Kellgren, Carlos Garcia and Mercedes Garcia. This company eventually became Intratec when George Kellgren left the company and Carlos Garcia renamed it Intratec, and continued to sell variants of KG-99, later known as the model it would be known for, the Tec-9. The company went out of business in 2001.{{cite book|last1=Perline|first1=Irvin H.|last2=Goldschmidt|first2=Jona|title=The Psychology and Law of Workplace Violence: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Employers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YaLo1jgAorMC&pg=PA198|year=2004|publisher=Charles C Thomas Publisher|isbn=978-0-398-07432-6|page=198}}
Products
Intratec was known for numerous handgun designs using polymer frames and steel stampings.{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Peter Harry|last2=Abel|first2=Daniel G.|title=Outgunned: Up Against the NRA-- The First Complete Insider Account of the Battle Over Gun Control|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DgXlZjWcKUUC&pg=PA92|date=15 June 2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4516-0353-8|pages=92–98}}
= CAT series =
Designed by famed Israeli gun designer Nehemia Sirkis, the CAT-9, CAT-380, CAT-40, and CAT-45 pistols are polymer-framed semi-automatic handguns chambered in 9mm Parabellum, .380 Auto, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP, respectively. The design is a derivative of Sirkis' original all-steel Sardius SD-9 pistol.{{cite book|last=Traister|first=John|title=Gun Trader's Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90jC0DzSQOcC|edition=22|year=1999|publisher=Stoeger Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-88317-212-4|page=106}}
= Protec series =
The Protec-22 and Protec-25 are small semi-automatic handguns chambered in .22 Long Rifle and .25 ACP, respectively. The Protec-25 is a CZ 45 clone.{{cite book|last=Shideler|first=Dan|title=Gun Digest Book of Semi-Auto Pistols|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDpWCcW9fswC&pg=PA119|year=2005|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89689-174-7|page=119}}
= TEC-9 =
{{main|TEC-9}}
The TEC-9 is the third version of this gun, made and marketed by one of the original principal partners that produced this style of 9mm pistol, first as the open-bolt semi-automatic KG-9 and then as the closed-bolt semi-automatic KG-99. The TEC-9 name was applied when the Kellgren and Garcia partnership ended and Carlos Garcia went solo as Intratec of Miami, FL.
= TEC-22 =
File:Intratec_tec-22_with_magazine.jpg
{{main|Intratec TEC-22}}
The TEC-22 is a handgun chambered in .22 Long Rifle. It uses Ruger 10/22 magazines.
= TEC-38 =
The TEC-38 is a polymer-framed two-shot derringer chambered in .38 Special, made for a short period from 1986-1988. The TEC-38 was also made in .22 WMR, .32 H&R Magnum, and .357 Magnum.{{cite book|last=Walker|first=Robert E.|title=Cartridges and Firearm Identification|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THQ1iG8fSG8C&pg=PT452|date=21 March 2013|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4665-8881-3|page=452}}{{cite web|url=http://bluebookofgunvalues.com/Gun_Values/Manufacturers/INTRATEC_USA_INC/Categories/INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS/Models/INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS_TEC_38_DERRINGER?id=INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS_TEC_38_DERRINGER|title=INTRATEC U.S.A., INC. DERRINGERS TEC-38 DERRINGER|accessdate=March 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303050714/http://bluebookofgunvalues.com/Gun_Values/Manufacturers/INTRATEC_USA_INC/Categories/INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS/Models/INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS_TEC_38_DERRINGER?id=INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS_TEC_38_DERRINGER|archive-date=March 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}