Lorcin Engineering Company

Lorcin Engineering Company was a firearms manufacturer established in 1989 by Jim Waldorf. Lorcin produced a series of very inexpensive handguns, constructed of cheap injection-molded Zamak and sold primarily through pawn shops and marketed to people with low income. As such, their guns were frequently referred to as "Saturday night specials," and Lorcin was noted by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as one of the "Ring of Fire" companies, a series of companies established around Los Angeles, California by members and associates of the Jennings family, all of which manufactured inexpensive handguns of similar design, and all connected to Raven Arms. Waldorf is a high school friend of Bruce Jennings, founder of Jennings Firearms, son of Raven Arms founder George Jennings. After Lorcin folded, Waldorf established another company, Standard Arms of Nevada.