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CRITTENDEN FAMILY PARTICIPATION IN THE ORDNANCE WORLD BEGAN AT LEAST AS EARLY AS 1849 WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AT SOUTH COVENTRY CONNECTICUT.
THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MY GREAT GREAT UNCLE RALPH CRITTENDEN AND RICHARD TIBBALS WAS FOUNDED TO PROVIDE CUSTOM MADE AMMUNITION FOR THE VARIOUS GUN MAKERS OF THE TIME.SHARPS,SPENCER,SAVAGE,COLT AND ACCORDING TO U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION WAS THE FIRST FACTORY PRODUCING "ALL TYPES OF FIXED SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION IN THE COUNTRY"-ALL THE IMPORTANT AND MANY MINOR GUN MAKERS SOLD AMMUNITION MADE BY C&T ALONG WITH THEIR GUNS AND UNDER THEIR OWN BRANDS BEFORE THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN MANUFACTURING LINES.C&T LATER BECAME CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS MANUFACTURING CO. AND MADE MOST OF THE RIMFIRE AMMUNITION USED BY THE UNION ARMY AND NAVY DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
THE CTM REFERENCE COLLECTION AND ARCHIVE HAVE PASSED DOWN THROUGH MY GRANDFATHER RALPH C. CRITTENDEN AND MY UNCLE RAYMOND CRITTENDEN.
I HAVE COLLECTED FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
AFTER THE FIRST GULF WAR OUR CONSULTING COMPANY "ORDCON OPERATION DESERT SWEEP,INC." AT THE REQUEST OF THE FIRST MINISTER FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF KUWAIT DESIGNED THE E.O.D. CLEAN UP OF KUWAIT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH "THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOMB TECHNICIANS AND INVESTIGATORS" ORDCON-DESERT SWEEP ASSEMBLED THE LARGEST UNIT OF EOD PROFESSIONALS IN THE WORLD TO DO THE MISSION
(THE KUWAITIS USED OUR PLAN AND USED EGYPTIAN ARMY LABOR AT PENNIES AN HOUR RATHER THAN THE $100 AND HOUR WHICH OUR MEN WERE DUE)
ALLIES?
DEFINITIONS VARY!
OUR EOD MEN EVEN GOT SCREWED OUT THE JOB OF CLEANING UP THE U.S. SECTOR.
THE GERMANS SET UP A U.S. COMPANY THROUGH DEUTSCHESAEROSPACE AND DID THE JOB.TECHNICALLY IT WAS THE U.S. DOING THE WORK SINCE IT WAS A U.S. COMPANY BUT GUESS WHO ACTUALLY DID THE WORK AND GOT THE LION'S SHARE OF THE MONEY?
"ja das ist korrect!"
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THE FAMILY NO LONGER HAS AN HEIR WITH ANY INTEREST IN ORDNANCE AND WE HAVE BEEN SELLING OFF THE ASSETS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. WE HAVE HELD 25 AUCTIONS OF HARDWARE SPECIMENS AND HUNDREDS OF EBAY AUCTIONS OF REFERENCE MATERIALS.
THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE TO COME.
UPON REQUEST WE PAY SHIPPING FOR ACTIVE DUTY AND RETIRED MILITARY,POLICE,EMT,FIREMEN AND UTILITY LINEMEN AND FARMERS.WE OFFER SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNTS TO EOD AND BOMB SQUADS.
DR. CRITTENDEN SCHMITT IS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL AMMUNITION ASSOCIATION,A FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE "INTERNATIONAL AMMUNITION JOURNAL" AND TO "SHOTGUN NEWS"
HIS SPECIAL CONCERN IS THE DANGER OF UNIDENTIFIED AMMUNITION IN THE SHOOTING OR COLLECTING WORLD.
HIS ARTICLE "COMMON AMMUNITION,UNCOMMON DANGER" IS AVAILABLE FREE FOR A STAMPED SELF ADDRESSED ENVELOPE-#10 BUSINESS SIZE.
IN 1976 WE DESIGNED AND GIFTED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AN EXTENSIVE AMMUNITION DISPLAY FOR THE WW 2 HALL IN
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM,WASHINGTON D.C.
IT CAN BE FOUND NEXT TO THE DISPLAY OF THE TOKYO RAID BY GENERAL JIMMY DOOLITTLE AND HIS B25 UNIT.
REMEMBER
- SUPPORT THOSE WHO PROTECT YOU -
GOOD WILL MEANS NOTHING IF YOU ARE DEAD !
DR.J.R. CRITTENDEN SCHMITT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PLEASE NOTE WELL:MANY OF OUR PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE FREE TO EOD AND BOMB SQUAD UNITS.
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