Ugartechea
Spanish firearms manufacturer
Armas Ugartechea is a privately held Basque Spanish firearms manufacturing company located in Eibar that produces rifles and several models of double-barreled shotguns. Its firearms are used worldwide for a variety of sporting and hunting purposes. It was the first Spanish company to start making under and over barrel guns. It is one of the few gunmakers to produce its own barrels. At present, Armas Ugartechea sells its guns worldwide. The company remains privately held as part of a venture capital group.
History
Armas Ugartechea was founded by D. Ignacio Ugartechea in 1922. There have been three Ignacio Ugartechea in the history of the company: Founder, son and grandson. The first Ignacio named his company Casa Ugartechea and it settled in La Bidebarrieta, the first of the several locations that the company occupied as it grew and diversified. After a few years, he moved to Eibar in San Agustín Kalea, and finally to Txonta Kalea, No.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ugartechea” is spanish firearms manufacturer. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ugartechea, Spanish and firearms, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “spanish firearms manufacturer” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7877716. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Ugartechea”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Ugartechea primary sources, Ugartechea archive and Ugartechea research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ugartechea”?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Ugartechea” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.