Christian Sharps Jan 2, 1810 – March 12, 1874 USA 1851 Sharps rifle, , the first commercially successful breech-loading rifle 1855 4 barrel derringer fifteen firearms-related patents
Yevgeny Fyodorovich Dragunov (71)(Евге́ний Фёдорович Драгуно́в) Born Feb 20, 1920 – Aug 4, 1991 1939 - Began military service 1959 - Dragunov submitted his design for the SVD 1963 - SVD accepted into Soviet military service https://www.instagram.com/p/BXaVLjOgRY7/?taken-by=gunwebsites https://www.instagram.com/p/BIsP5MtgYXa/?taken-by=gunwebsites
Melvin M. Johnson Jr Aug 9, 1909 – Jan 9, 1965 USA M1941 Johnson rifle 1935 One of only seven individuals have invented firearms adopted by the United States Military Marine Corps Reserve in 1933 as a Second Lieutenant completed … Continue reading →
Eliphalet Remington Oct 28, 1793 – Aug 12, 1861 USA 1840 formed E. Remington and Sons hand-made a flintlock rifle using a firing mechanism bought from a gunsmith