HS Produkt

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HS Produkt d.o.o. was founded as IM Metal in 1990, during the initial democratic changes in the Republic of Croatia. Since that time, the company has been located in the town of Ozalj, Croatia, about 50 kilometers southwest of the capitol Zagreb. At the beginning of 2001, following the success of the HS 2000 pistols on the world market, the company changed its name to HS Produkt.

The company's most successful product, the HS2000 semi-automatic pistol, was HS Produkt's third pistol in a series developed on the basis of experience gained during the Croatian War of Independence.

HS Produkt's current production facility produces about 30,000 pistols per year with a trend of continued growth. The HS2000 has attained a niche of its own on the world market. Today the pistol is the standard sidearm of the Croatian Army and Police.^[1]

A significant portion of production is exported to the United States, where it is popular both with law enforcement and the country's enormous civilian market. The HS2000 is marketed in the US by Springfield Armory, Inc. under the XD brand.

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