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| About C&S Metall-Werkes |
| History of C&S |
C&S Metall-Werkes Limited, started by Ken Choate and Jon Shoop.
C&S Metall-Werkes has been in the Class 2 (SOT) manufacturing, Class 3 machinegun business, and doing Law Enforcement sales for twenty years.
We are a reputable dealer with a stellar reputation, and are proud to be on Subguns.com exclusive Recommended Dealer List.
Our original designs have always been widely acclaimed for innovation and excellence.
Designed and built 20 years ago, our groundbreaking 75rd 308 caliber HK G3-machinegun saddle-drum magazine, was the first high capacity 308 drum ever designed. To this day only HK itself has been able to produce a G3 drum magazine, and only in a 50rd capacity.
Our next design was the famous C&S 72rd 9mm HK MP5-submachinegun magazine, which was welcomed with rave reviews. Again, this was the first high capacity magazine for a modern 9mm submachine gun.
Our drum magazine started life as a PPS-H drum with extensive modifications to first convert it to 9mm, and then to fit the HK MP5. The design soon changed, and a SOUMI 9mm magazine was used.
Our drum magazine was featured by name and manufacture (C&S) in Marvel Comics, The Punisher, Volume 8.
Gracing the cover of Machinegun News (replaced by Small Arms Review magazine), was the next accolade.
The lengthy testing & evaulation boiled down to one paragraph that summed up the quality of C&S's products, Quote: "This C&S MP-5 drum is one of the few accessories that matches the quality and reliability of the HK MP5 itself." -- Machinegun News, May 1993.
One of our C&S MP5 drum magazine has been seen in the Heckler & Koch Museum in Oberndorf, Germany.
C&S soon followed up the success of their HK MP5 drum with numerous models for most all submachine gun enthusiasts, the Colt M16-9mm, UZI submachine gun, Cobray M11/9, M11/9STEn and the MAC-10/9mm.
Although many have attempted to reverse-engineer & copy C&S's innovative drum magazine designs, none have been able to reproduce the reliability and quality of the original, the C&S drum.
Our drum production lasted about 10 years before ATF cease & desisted production about half way through the assault weapons ban of 1994.
We were also the makers of the first M11/9 metal magazine, using the Madsen machinegun magazine as the donor.
The next phase was a heavily modified Madsen mag, adapted to the Colt 635/9mm submachine gun. Work began on a follower system with a bolt hold open with much more reliability than Colt's UZI modified magazines.
A prototype was sent to Colt, and thus a couple expense paid trips to the Colt factory led to their serious interest in replacing their 635 magazine with ours. At the time Colt was going through heavy financial problems and personal changes and the magazine deal got lost in the shuffle.
Next to follow was C&S's Ivan's Hammer 12ga short-bbl-shotgun.
Staring life as a Russian Baikal sporting pump gun, C&S transformed it into a formidable entry gun.
Sporting a 9" bbl, detachable 5rd magazine, HKMP5K forward pineapple grip, and CAR-15 collapsible buttstock, this was one short & quickly reloaded shotgun.
When C&S's Krinker Plinker hit the market, it was an instant success. A kit which took a standard Ruger(TM) 10/22(TM) and transformed it into a 22 replica of a Russian AK-74 Krinkov. Every part of this kit was designed and built completely in C&S's CNC machine shop, including the stamping dies for the impossible to find AK-74 folding buttstock. It was such a hit, national and international distributors quickly started carrying and promoting our Krinker Plinker kit.
Finally, C&S bought out the inventory and assets of Autowerks upon their bankruptcy. They improved Aotowerk's existing designs, and are now manufacturing some of the finest MAC-10 & Cobray M11/9 accessories.
During the years of C&S's operation many prototypes were made, yet due to time constraints, never produced for the consumer.
One such prototype was built over 15 years ago, a side folding buttstock for a Remington 700 & 780 action. The project was deemed the LRRP project and the prototype consisted of a drop-in buttstock made out of billet aluminum, which folded to the side for ease of carrying. These types of stocks are now available from several different manufacturers.
Another prototype we made many, many years ago was an AR-15/M16 flat-top upper receiver. The project also involved Joe Gadini of SWR suppressors.
C&S designed the first flat-top upper for the M16/AR-15 rifles, and two types of HK SD style hand-guard assemblies. SWR designed a corresponding HK SD style screw-on suppressor and M16/9mm ported barrel.
Again, through time constraints the project never got past the actual 'working' prototype stage. AR-15 flat-top uppers are now commonplace and are available through every AR-15 manufacturer.
Without a doubt, C&S Metall-Werkes can be summed up with the words, Innovation & Excellence.
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