Serbu Firearms

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Serbu Firearms
Type	Firearms Manufacturer
Founded	June 21, 1996
Founder	Mark Serbu
Headquarters	Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Key people	Unknown
Industry	Firearms
Products	Rifles, Shotguns
Revenue	Unknown
Owner	Mark Serbu
Employees	6
Website	www.serbu.com

Serbu Firearms is a federally licensed, Class 2 manufacturer of firearms based in Tampa, Florida. Founded by mechanical engineer Mark Serbu, the company is best-known for producing the BFG-50, a high-quality but low-cost, .50 BMG caliber, single-shot rifle. Whereas many .50BMG rifles cost upwards of $4,000, the BFG-50 retails at $2,195 for either the Standard version (with a 29.5" barrel) or the Carbine version (with a 22" barrel). A heavy, stainless or chrome moly steel 36" Lothar Walther target barrel is available as a $250 upgrade at the time of purchase. A popular option is the $25 charge to engrave "Have A Nice Day" on the muzzle end of the rifle's impressively large muzzle brake. The rifle is also available in .510 DTC EUROP caliber in California, where new .50BMG rifles are banned by law.

The company is currently in production on a semi-automatic .50 BMG rifle called the BFG-50A. Production has been slow in coming; prototype photos of the BFG-50A were first shown in 2002. Orders were first taken at the 2008 SHOT show in Las Vegas and deliveries are scheduled to start in the 2nd quarter of 2008.

Serbu Firearms is also noted for its production of the "Super-Shorty", a compact 12- or 20-gauge shotgun with front and rear pistol grips which is regulated as an AOW under the National Firearms Act. These weapons are in use with the U.S. Army, and have proven popular with collectors of NFA firearms, numerous police departments, and have appeared in several movies.

Serbu has produced a variety of small-quantity firearms in the past, including a .22LR pen gun and an integrally-suppressed Ruger MkII pistol called the "Siris." While production has shifted to focus on .50BMG rifles and Super-Shorty shotguns, rumor has it that a new run of Siris pistols is in the works, with a redesigned baffle stack and improved performance. Serbu also produced a .22LR muzzle suppressor and an integrally suppressed Ruger 10/22 rifle.