Press & Media
Articles, films, news reports and auction records about the Braverman Stinger pen gun, newest first. Each links to the original publication.
In print, 1995
In June 1995 Soldier of Fortune put the Stinger on its cover with the line “Pocket Stinger: The Pen Gun Is Back!” Inside, Peter G. Kokalis reviewed the Stinger Pen Pistol from R. J. Braverman Corp. of Meredith, New Hampshire, over four pages illustrated with his own photographs.
Shown: the cover and the opening page, from the owner’s copy. The article is the work of its author and publisher and is not reproduced here in full. No authorised digital copy of the issue was found, so it is cited in print.
Featured
A hands-on review that traces the gun from the American Derringer Model 2 of 1993–1994, through the Braverman Stinger made by Remcon North in Meredith, New Hampshire, to the 2002 Stinger Manufacturing revival.
Ian McCollum examines a Stinger at Rock Island Auction and explains why the folding design was not treated as an “Any Other Weapon”.
An ATF spokesman explains that the folding design is classified as an ordinary handgun because it has to be reconfigured to fire.
Coverage
The Firearm BlogReview
A hands-on review that traces the gun from the American Derringer Model 2 of 1993–1994, through the Braverman Stinger made by Remcon North in Meredith, New Hampshire, to the 2002 Stinger Manufacturing revival.
Coverage
The Firearm Blog (TFBTV)Video
The Braverman Stinger presented on video, with its early-1990s partnership with American Derringer.
Forgotten WeaponsVideo
Ian McCollum examines a Stinger at Rock Island Auction and explains why the folding design was not treated as an “Any Other Weapon”.
Coverage
Violence Policy CenterAdvocacy release
A gun-control group’s release asking federal regulators to reclassify the Stinger Manufacturing pen gun.
ABC NewsNews
An ATF spokesman explains that the folding design is classified as an ordinary handgun because it has to be reconfigured to fire.
Violence Policy CenterAdvocacy release
A gun-control group’s release about the Stinger Manufacturing pen gun, citing an October 2002 Air Force officer-safety bulletin.
Coverage
Soldier of FortuneMagazine review
Peter G. Kokalis reviews the Stinger Pen Pistol from R. J. Braverman Corp. of Meredith, New Hampshire, in a four-page article with the magazine’s own photographs.
Coverage
Small Arms ReviewMagazine
A feature by Will Dabbs, MD, on the Stinger and its fold-to-fire design.
At auction
Rock Island Auction CompanyCatalogue
R. J. Braverman Corp. pen pistols, catalogued as “R J Braverman Corp Pen Pistol”.
Rock Island Auction CompanyCatalogue
A pair of consecutively serial-numbered American Derringer Model 2 pen pistols.
Rock Island Auction CompanyCatalogue
A cased Stinger Manufacturing .22 calibre pen pistol.
Thomaston Place Auction GalleriesCatalogue
“The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword”: the gallery’s account of a Stinger pen pistol it offered.
Releases from advocacy groups are listed for the historical record; they are not endorsements of either view.
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