All firearms manufactured by JA Industries are constructed of injection-molded Zamak, a zinc alloy.

Bryco Arms was the successor company to Jennings Firearms, a U.S. firearm manufacturing company, based at various times in Carson City, Nevada, Irvine, California, and Costa Mesa, California.

The lawsuit stemmed from an injury to a then 7-year-old boy named Brandon Maxfield received from a 20-year-old family friend who was attempting to unload the 380 ACP version of the Bryco Arms Model 38.

[4] The pistol discharged while the 20-year-old was attempting to clear the chamber, the gun inadvertently pointed at Maxfield.

The court ruled that due to a design defect the gun had a cartridge feed problem, made evident when the safety was on and the user pulled back the slide to check the chamber or load a cartridge into the chamber.

[8] Jimenez Arms declared bankruptcy amid legal issues for its business dealings with an individual later convicted of trafficking firearms.