The Whitney Wolverine is a semi-automatic .22 LR caliber pistol created in 1956. Notable for its advanced, "space-aged" looks and then-new aluminum construction, it has a 10-round magazine, a barrel 4.625 inches (117.5 mm) long and a weight of only 23 ounces (650 g).
[4] There were approximately 500 nickel-plated according to company records, the rest finished in varying shades of anodized blue.
[6] A victim of extremely poor marketing in the beginning, financial problems and then being under priced by $2.00 by both Ruger and Colt with their new semi-automatics .22, the company was doomed.
[1][2][8] Two companies have attempted to revive the Wolverine model originally design by Whitney, with one of them having succeeded.
[1][10] The Olympic Arms version of the Wolverine model Whitney pistol began production in 2002.