Tom Deeb - Died (65) Sept 26,1949 - March 21, 2016 1973 to 1976 US Air Force during the Vietnam War Firearm Inventor Prolific entrepreneur 1993 Founded Hi Point Mansfield, Ohio
Charles G.W. Foehl - Died (73) Sept 1840 - October 4, 1913 1840 born in Würtemberg, Germany 1859 immigrated to the United States apprentice to Philadelphia gunsmith John Wurfflein worked for Henry Deringer, Jr. Foehl’s first firearms patent, U.S. patent #139,461 … Continue reading →
Jonathan Browning October 22, 1805 – June 21, 1879 American inventor/ gunsmith born in Tennessee producing firearms independently by 1831 living in Quincy, Illinois invented a "sliding breech" repeating rifle also called a Harmonica gun between 1834 and 1842
Nov. 4, 1953 1976 started shooting IPSC USPSA membership number is “CL-15” 1977 started Wilson’s Gun Shop building 1911s in Berryville, Arkansas optimized pistols with aftermarket parts from noted gunsmiths 1983 he was making his own parts 1996 began building complete … Continue reading →