David “Carbine” Marshall Williams
Nov 13, 1900 – Jan 8, 1975
floating chamber and the short-stroke piston
Colt Manufacturing Company, U.S. Ordnance Department, Remington Arms, Winchester Repeating Arms
Tag Archives: Died
Carl Walther (died)
Carl Walther
Nov 22, 1858 – July 9, 1915
1886 founded the firm of Carl Walther GmbH, (Walther)
1908 Germany Model 1 (.25acp)
Kijirō Nambu (Died)
Kijirō Nambu
Sept 22, 1869 – May 1, 1949 (80)
1902 nnnthe “John Browning of Japan”
1914 Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
1922 Type 11 Light Machine Gun in
1927 Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company in Tokyo
Hiram Berdan (Died)
Hiram Berdan
Sept 6, 1824 – March 31, 1893 (59)
March 20, 1866 – Berdan centerfire primer
Henry Deringer (Died)
Henry Deringer
October 26, 1786 – February 28, 1868
USA
- Derringer Pistol 1825
Herman Johannes Krag (died)
Herman Krag
Ole Herman Johannes Krag
April 7, 1837 – Dec 9, 1916
Norway
1886, Krag–Petersson Rifle
1872,Krag–Jørgensen Rifle
Arthur William Savage (Died)
May 13, 1857 – Sept 22, 1938
1899 Savage Model 99 lever-action rifle
1894 Savage started Savage Arms
- Marlin Repeating Arms
Gen. Ambrose Burnside (Died)
Gen. Ambrose Burnside
(May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) (57)
– 1843-1847 United States Military Academy – graduated 18th in a class of 47
– 1847–1853 Mexican–American War (1st Lieutenant)
– 1853 manufactured the Burnside carbine
– 1861 – 1865 Civil War, Major General
– 1866-1869 Governor of Rhode Island
– 1871 NRA’s first President
– 1875-1881 U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
– His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns
Hugo Schmeisser (Died)
Hugo Schmeisser
Sept 24, 1884 – Sept 12, 1953 (69)
- 1928 MP-28
- 1938 MP-43
- 1944 Sturmgewehr 44
n
Henry Quackenbush (Died)
Henry Quackenbush
April 27, 1847 – Sept 8, 1933 (86)
1876 – father of the mass produced air gun
ssdd
Eliphalet Remington (Died)
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
Daniel Wesson (Died)
Daniel B. Wesson
May 18, 1825 – Aug 4, 1906
USA
- the Volcanic – the first repeating rifle
- 1854 patented Rimfire cartridge
John Thompson (Died)
John Taliaferro Thompson
Dec 31, 1860 – June 21, 1940
USA
- Thompson submachine gun 1920
- One of only seven individuals have invented firearms adopted by the United States Military
Reverend John Forsyth (died)
Reverend John Forsyth
Dec 28, 1769 – June 11, 1843
Scotland
1805 – Percussion Cap ignition system
Kijirō Nambu (Died)
Kijirō Nambu
Sept 22, 1869 – May 1, 1949 (80)
1902 nnnthe “John Browning of Japan”
1914 Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
1922 Type 11 Light Machine Gun in
1927 Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company in Tokyo
Hiram Berdan (Died)
Hiram Berdan
Sept 6, 1824 – March 31, 1893 (59)
March 20, 1866 – Berdan centerfire primer
Christian Sharps (Died)
Christian Sharps
Jan 2, 1810 – March 12, 1874
USA
- Sharps rifle, 4 barrel derringer 1851
- 1855 the first commercially successful breech-loading rifle
- fifteen firearms-related patents
Henry Deringer (Died)
Henry Deringer
October 26, 1786 – February 28, 1868
USA
- Derringer Pistol 1825
Eugene Reising (Died)
Eugene Reising
Nov 26, 1884 – Feb 21, 1967
USA
- M50 Reising 1938
- One of only seven individuals have invented firearms adopted by the United States Military
- more than 60 firearm patents
Worked with:
- Harrington & Richardson
- Mossberg & Sons
- Marlin
- Savage
- Stevens
Sergei Mosin, Died at 52 (1902)
Sergei Ivanovich Mosin
Серге́й Ива́нович Мо́син
April (2 or 14), 1849 – Feb 8, 1902 (52)
Mosin was a weapons designer at Tula who collaborated with Nagant to design the Mosin Nagant rifle
Christopher Spencer (Died)
Christopher Miner Spencer
June 20, 1833 – Jan 14, 1922
USA
- Spencer repeating rifle 1860 Colt
- Spencer Arms Company
- Roper Repeating Arms Company
Melvin M. Johnson Jr (Died)
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 Harvard Law School in 1934
Worked With:
- Winchester
- Armalite
David “Carbine” Marshall Williams (died)
David “Carbine” Marshall Williams
Nov 13, 1900 – Jan 8, 1975
floating chamber and the short-stroke piston
Colt Manufacturing Company, U.S. Ordnance Department, Remington Arms, Winchester Repeating Arms
Herman Johannes Krag (died)
Herman Krag
Ole Herman Johannes Krag
April 7, 1837 – Dec 9, 1916
Norway
1886, Krag–Petersson Rifle
1872,Krag–Jørgensen Rifle
Gordon Ingram (died)
Gordon Ingram
Dec 30, 1924 – Nov 4, 2004
USA
1964 – MAC-10
Arthur William Savage (Died)
May 13, 1857 – Sept 22, 1938
1899 Savage Model 99 lever-action rifle
1894 Savage started Savage Arms
- Marlin Repeating Arms
Gen. Ambrose Burnside (Died)
Gen. Ambrose Burnside
(May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) (57)
– 1843-1847 United States Military Academy – graduated 18th in a class of 47
– 1847–1853 Mexican–American War (1st Lieutenant)
– 1853 manufactured the Burnside carbine
– 1861 – 1865 Civil War, Major General
– 1866-1869 Governor of Rhode Island
– 1871 NRA’s first President
– 1875-1881 U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
– His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns
Hugo Schmeisser (Died)
Hugo Schmeisser
Sept 24, 1884 – Sept 12, 1953 (69)
- 1928 MP-28
- 1938 MP-43
- 1944 Sturmgewehr 44
n
Henry Quackenbush (Died)
Henry Quackenbush
April 27, 1847 – Sept 8, 1933 (86)
1876 – father of the mass produced air gun
ssdd
Eliphalet Remington (Died)
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
Daniel Wesson (Died)
Daniel B. Wesson
May 18, 1825 – Aug 4, 1906
USA
- the Volcanic – the first repeating rifle
- 1854 patented Rimfire cartridge
John Thompson (Died)
John Taliaferro Thompson
Dec 31, 1860 – June 21, 1940
USA
- Thompson submachine gun 1920
- One of only seven individuals have invented firearms adopted by the United States Military
Reverend John Forsyth (died)
Reverend John Forsyth
Dec 28, 1769 – June 11, 1843
Scotland
1805 – Percussion Cap ignition system
Kijirō Nambu (Died)
Kijirō Nambu
Sept 22, 1869 – May 1, 1949 (80)
1902 nnnthe “John Browning of Japan”
1914 Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
1922 Type 11 Light Machine Gun in
1927 Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company in Tokyo
Hiram Berdan (Died)
Hiram Berdan
Sept 6, 1824 – March 31, 1893 (59)
March 20, 1866 – Berdan centerfire primer
Christian Sharps (Died)
Christian Sharps
Jan 2, 1810 – March 12, 1874
USA
- Sharps rifle, 4 barrel derringer 1851
- 1855 the first commercially successful breech-loading rifle
- fifteen firearms-related patents
Henry Deringer (Died)
Henry Deringer
October 26, 1786 – February 28, 1868
USA
- Derringer Pistol 1825
Eugene Reising (Died)
Eugene Reising
Nov 26, 1884 – Feb 21, 1967
USA
- M50 Reising 1938
- One of only seven individuals have invented firearms adopted by the United States Military
- more than 60 firearm patents
Worked with:
- Harrington & Richardson
- Mossberg & Sons
- Marlin
- Savage
- Stevens
Sergei Mosin, Died at 52 (1902)
Sergei Ivanovich Mosin
Серге́й Ива́нович Мо́син
April (2 or 14), 1849 – Feb 8, 1902 (52)
Mosin was a weapons designer at Tula who collaborated with Nagant to design the Mosin Nagant rifle
Christopher Spencer (Died)
Christopher Miner Spencer
June 20, 1833 – Jan 14, 1922
USA
- Spencer repeating rifle 1860 Colt
- Spencer Arms Company
- Roper Repeating Arms Company
Melvin M. Johnson Jr (Died)
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 Harvard Law School in 1934
Worked With:
- Winchester
- Armalite
Oliver Winchester (died)
Oliver Fisher Winchester (90)
November 30, 1810 – December 11, 1880
Continue reading
Herman Johannes Krag (died)
Herman Krag
Ole Herman Johannes Krag
April 7, 1837 – Dec 9, 1916
Norway
1886, Krag–Petersson Rifle
1872,Krag–Jørgensen Rifle
John Moses Browning (71) Died
John Moses Browning
Jan. 23, 1855 – Nov. 26, 1926
Sir Hiram Maxim (76) Died
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
(Feb 5, 1840 – Nov 24, 1916)
Invented the Maxim Gun
In 1883: the first recoil-operated machine gun
* Father of Suppressor Inventor
** Brother of Smokeless Gun Powder Inventor
#Maxim #MachineGun
#1stMachineGun
Gordon Ingram (died)
Gordon Ingram
Dec 30, 1924 – Nov 4, 2004
USA
1964 – MAC-10
Arthur William Savage (Died)
May 13, 1857 – Sept 22, 1938
1899 Savage Model 99 lever-action rifle
1894 Savage started Savage Arms
- Marlin Repeating Arms
Gen. Ambrose Burnside (Died)
Gen. Ambrose Burnside
(May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881)
– 1843-1847 United States Military Academy – graduated 18th in a class of 47
– 1847–1853 Mexican–American War (1st Lieutenant)
– 1853 manufactured the Burnside carbine
– 1861 – 1865 Civil War, Major General
– 1866-1869 Governor of Rhode Island
– 1871 NRA’s first President
– 1875-1881 U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
– His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns
Hugo Schmeisser (Died)
Hugo Schmeisser
Sept 24, 1884 – Sept 12, 1953 (69)
- 1928 MP-28
- 1938 MP-43
- 1944 Sturmgewehr 44
n
Henry Quackenbush (Died)
Henry Quackenbush
April 27, 1847 – Sept 8, 1933 (86)
1876 – father of the mass produced air gun
ssdd
Uziel Gal (79) Died
Mr. Uziel Gal
(December 15, 1923 – September 7, 2002)
Uziel Gal (79), the inventor of Israel’s Uzi submachine gun,
Uziel (Uzi) Gal was born on 15 December 1923, as Gothard Glas.
He died in Philadelphia of a long illness
Eliphalet Remington (Died)
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
Yevgeny Dragunov (71) Died
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
Calamity Jane (51) Died
Calamity Jane
May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903
American frontierswoman and professional scout and acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok
#RealGuns
#CowboyGuns
#GunHistory
Bruce Lee (33) Died
Bruce Lee
(Nov 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973)
#Respect Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson (83) Died
April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826
Thomas Jefferson was born
third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809
#ThomasJefferson
#GunChannels #MyFavoriteFounder #WeNeedMoreJeffersons #Monticello
John Thompson (Died)
John Taliaferro Thompson
Dec 31, 1860 – June 21, 1940
USA
- Thompson submachine gun 1920
- One of only seven individuals have invented firearms adopted by the United States Military
John Wayne “Duke” (72) Died
John Wayne “Duke”
American film actor, director, and producer.
Born: May 26, 1907
Died: June 11, 1979
Between 1949 and 1973
Wayne was in more than 169 feature length films
#JohnWayne #TheDuke #WesternMovies #Cowboy
Reverend John Forsyth (died)
Reverend John Forsyth
Dec 28, 1769 – June 11, 1843
Scotland
1805 – Percussion Cap ignition system
Nikolay Makarov (74) Died
Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov
(Никола́й Фёдорович Мака́ров)
May 22, 1914 – May 13, 1988
Designer of Makarov Pistol
#GunChannels
#GunWebsites #Makarov #CommiePistols
#RussianGuns
Hudson Maxim (74) Died
Hudson Maxim
(February 3, 1853 – May 6, 1927)
Invented Smokeless Gun Powder (in the USA) in 1890
*Brother of the Machine Gun Inventor
**Uncle of the Suppressor Inventor
***No left hand (he blew it off inventing explosives)
#SmokelessPowder
#GunPowder
#Maxim
Eugene Stoner (74) Died
Eugene Morrison Stoner
(November 22, 1922 – April 24, 1997)
American firearms designer who is most associated with the development of the AR-15 rifle that was adopted by the US military as the M16
Herman Johannes Krag (born)
Herman Krag
Ole Herman Johannes Krag
April 7, 1837 – Dec 9, 1916
Norway
1886, Krag–Petersson Rifle
1872,Krag–Jørgensen Rifle
Roy E. Weatherby (77) Died
Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945
@weatherbyinc
#GunChannels
#GunLegends #TalesOfTheGun
#KnowGuns #GunLife #GunHistory
Yisrael Galil (72) Died
Yisrael Galil
Jan 1, 1923 – Mar 9, 1995
Best known for inventing the Galil rifle. He also helped create the Uzi
#GunChannels
#GunHistory
#Galil #AK47
#Uzi
Richard Gatling (85) Died
Richard Gatling
(Sep 12, 1818 – Feb 26, 1903)
Gatling gun was named after him
#GatlingGun
#GunWebsites
Robin Moore (82) Died
Robert Lowell “Robin” Moore, Jr.
(October 31, 1925 – February 21, 2008)
an American writer who is most known for his books
- The Green Berets
- The French Connection
A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy - The Happy Hooker: My Own Story
(with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy)
Hiram Percy Maxim (66) Died
Hiram Percy Maxim
Sept 2, 1869 – Feb 17, 1936
age 66
* He was the son of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Machine gun
- Hiram Percy Maxim patented a suppressor for firearms in 1908 Also invented a muffler for gasoline engines.
- Maxim created the ARRL in 1914 to pass messages via amateur radio, allowing them to travel farther than any single station’s reach.
- Maxim founded the Amateur Cinema League in 1926#Suppressor #StopTheNoise #QuietLife #CanLifestyle
Sergei Mosin, Died at 52 (1902)
Sergei Ivanovich Mosin
Серге́й Ива́нович Мо́син
April (2 or 14), 1849 – Feb 8, 1902 (52)
Mosin was a weapons designer at Tula who collaborated with Nagant to design the Mosin Nagant rifle
Wilhelm Mauser (48) Died
Wilhelm Mauser
May 2, 1834 – Jan 13, 1882
Designed the Mauser Model 1871 rifle
#Rifle #Mauser #RealGuns #FirearmsHistory
Samuel Colt (48) Died
July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862
Samuel Colt born, inventor of the first practical revolver,
1814 – 1862
Mikhail Kalashnikov (94) Died
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov
Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников
(November 10, 1919 – December 23, 2013)
Russian general, inventor, military engineer, writer and small arms designer.
Georg Luger (74) Died
Georg Johann Luger
March 6, 1849 – Dec 22, 1923
Designed of the Luger pistol and the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge.
Oliver Winchester (died)
Oliver Fisher Winchester (90)
November 30, 1810 – December 11, 1880 Continue reading
John Moses Browning (71) Died
John Moses Browning
Jan. 23, 1855 – Nov. 26, 1926
Sir Hiram Maxim (76) Died
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
(Feb 5, 1840 – Nov 24, 1916)
Invented the Maxim Gun
In 1883: the first recoil-operated machine gun
* Father of Suppressor Inventor
** Brother of Smokeless Gun Powder Inventor
#Maxim #MachineGun
#1stMachineGun
Uziel Gal (79) Died
Mr. Uziel Gal
(December 15, 1923 – September 7, 2002)
Uziel Gal (79), the inventor of Israel’s Uzi submachine gun,
Uziel (Uzi) Gal was born on 15 December 1923, as Gothard Glas.
He died in Philadelphia of a long illness
Yevgeny Dragunov (71) Died
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
Calamity Jane (51) Died
Calamity Jane
May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903
American frontierswoman and professional scout and acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok
#RealGuns
#CowboyGuns
#GunHistory
Bruce Lee (33) Died
Bruce Lee
(Nov 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973)
#Respect Continue reading
William Ruger (86) – Died
William Ruger
Born June 21, 1916 – July 6, 2002
Thomas Jefferson (83) Died
April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826
Thomas Jefferson was born
third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809
#ThomasJefferson
#GunChannels #MyFavoriteFounder #WeNeedMoreJeffersons #Monticello
John Wayne “Duke” (72) Died
John Wayne “Duke”
American film actor, director, and producer.
Born: May 26, 1907
Died: June 11, 1979
Between 1949 and 1973
Wayne was in more than 169 feature length films
#JohnWayne #TheDuke #WesternMovies #Cowboy
Nikolay Makarov (74) Died
Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov
(Никола́й Фёдорович Мака́ров)
May 22, 1914 – May 13, 1988
Designer of Makarov Pistol
#GunChannels
#GunWebsites #Makarov #CommiePistols
#RussianGuns
Hudson Maxim (74) Died
Hudson Maxim
(February 3, 1853 – May 6, 1927)
Invented Smokeless Gun Powder (in the USA) in 1890
*Brother of the Machine Gun Inventor
**Uncle of the Suppressor Inventor
***No left hand (he blew it off inventing explosives)
#SmokelessPowder
#GunPowder
#Maxim
Eugene Stoner (74) Died
Eugene Morrison Stoner
(November 22, 1922 – April 24, 1997)
American firearms designer who is most associated with the development of the AR-15 rifle that was adopted by the US military as the M16
Roy E. Weatherby (77) Died
Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945
@weatherbyinc
#GunChannels
#GunLegends #TalesOfTheGun
#KnowGuns #GunLife #GunHistory
Yisrael Galil (72) Died
Yisrael Galil
Jan 1, 1923 – Mar 9, 1995
Best known for inventing the Galil rifle. He also helped create the Uzi
#GunChannels
#GunHistory
#Galil #AK47
#Uzi
Richard Gatling (85) Died
Richard Gatling
(Sep 12, 1818 – Feb 26, 1903)
Gatling gun was named after him
#GatlingGun
#GunWebsites
Robin Moore (82) Died
Robert Lowell “Robin” Moore, Jr.
(October 31, 1925 – February 21, 2008)
an American writer who is most known for his books
- The Green Berets
- The French Connection
A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy - The Happy Hooker: My Own Story
(with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy)
Hiram Percy Maxim (66) Died
Hiram Percy Maxim
Sept 2, 1869 – Feb 17, 1936
age 66
* He was the son of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Machine gun
- Hiram Percy Maxim patented a suppressor for firearms in 1908 Also invented a muffler for gasoline engines.
- Maxim created the ARRL in 1914 to pass messages via amateur radio, allowing them to travel farther than any single station’s reach.
- Maxim founded the Amateur Cinema League in 1926#Suppressor #StopTheNoise #QuietLife #CanLifestyle
Sergei Mosin, Died at 52 (1902)
Sergei Ivanovich Mosin
Серге́й Ива́нович Мо́син
April (2 or 14), 1849 – Feb 8, 1902 (52)
Mosin was a weapons designer at Tula who collaborated with Nagant to design the Mosin Nagant rifle
Wilhelm Mauser (48) Died
Wilhelm Mauser
May 2, 1834 – Jan 13, 1882
Designed the Mauser Model 1871 rifle
#Rifle #Mauser #RealGuns #FirearmsHistory
Samuel Colt (48) Died
July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862
Samuel Colt born, inventor of the first practical revolver,
1814 – 1862
Mikhail Kalashnikov (94) Died
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov
Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников
(November 10, 1919 – December 23, 2013)
Russian general, inventor, military engineer, writer and small arms designer.
Georg Luger (74) Died
Georg Johann Luger
March 6, 1849 – Dec 22, 1923
Designed of the Luger pistol and the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge.
Oliver Winchester (died)
Oliver Fisher Winchester (90)
November 30, 1810 – December 11, 1880 Continue reading
John Moses Browning (71) Died
John Moses Browning
Jan. 23, 1855 – Nov. 26, 1926
Sir Hiram Maxim (76) Died
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
(Feb 5, 1840 – Nov 24, 1916)
Invented the Maxim Gun
In 1883: the first recoil-operated machine gun
* Father of Suppressor Inventor
** Brother of Smokeless Gun Powder Inventor
#Maxim #MachineGun
#1stMachineGun
Uziel Gal (79) Died
Mr. Uziel Gal
(December 15, 1923 – September 7, 2002)
Uziel Gal (79), the inventor of Israel’s Uzi submachine gun,
Uziel (Uzi) Gal was born on 15 December 1923, as Gothard Glas.
He died in Philadelphia of a long illness
Yevgeny Dragunov (71) Died
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
Calamity Jane (51) Died
Calamity Jane
May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903
American frontierswoman and professional scout and acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok
#RealGuns
#CowboyGuns
#GunHistory
Bruce Lee (33) Died
Bruce Lee
(Nov 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973)
#Respect Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson (83) Died
April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826
Thomas Jefferson was born
third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809
#ThomasJefferson
#GunChannels #MyFavoriteFounder #WeNeedMoreJeffersons #Monticello
John Wayne “Duke” (72) Died
John Wayne “Duke”
American film actor, director, and producer.
Born: May 26, 1907
Died: June 11, 1979
Between 1949 and 1973
Wayne was in more than 169 feature length films
#JohnWayne #TheDuke #WesternMovies #Cowboy
Nikolay Makarov (74) Died
Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov
(Никола́й Фёдорович Мака́ров)
May 22, 1914 – May 13, 1988
Designer of Makarov Pistol
#GunChannels
#GunWebsites #Makarov #CommiePistols
#RussianGuns
Hudson Maxim (74) Died
Hudson Maxim
(February 3, 1853 – May 6, 1927)
Invented Smokeless Gun Powder (in the USA) in 1890
*Brother of the Machine Gun Inventor
**Uncle of the Suppressor Inventor
***No left hand (he blew it off inventing explosives)
#SmokelessPowder
#GunPowder
#Maxim
Eugene Stoner (74) Died
Eugene Morrison Stoner
(November 22, 1922 – April 24, 1997)
American firearms designer who is most associated with the development of the AR-15 rifle that was adopted by the US military as the M16
Roy E. Weatherby (77) Died
Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945
@weatherbyinc
#GunChannels
#GunLegends #TalesOfTheGun
#KnowGuns #GunLife #GunHistory
Yisrael Galil (72) Died
Yisrael Galil
Jan 1, 1923 – Mar 9, 1995
Best known for inventing the Galil rifle. He also helped create the Uzi
#GunChannels
#GunHistory
#Galil #AK47
#Uzi
Richard Gatling (85) Died
Richard Gatling
(Sep 12, 1818 – Feb 26, 1903)
Gatling gun was named after him
#GatlingGun
#GunWebsites
Robin Moore (82) Died
Robert Lowell “Robin” Moore, Jr.
(October 31, 1925 – February 21, 2008)
an American writer who is most known for his books
- The Green Berets
- The French Connection
A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy - The Happy Hooker: My Own Story
(with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy)
Hiram Percy Maxim (66) Died
Hiram Percy Maxim
Sept 2, 1869 – Feb 17, 1936
age 66
* He was the son of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Machine gun
- Hiram Percy Maxim patented a suppressor for firearms in 1908 Also invented a muffler for gasoline engines.
- Maxim created the ARRL in 1914 to pass messages via amateur radio, allowing them to travel farther than any single station’s reach.
- Maxim founded the Amateur Cinema League in 1926#Suppressor #StopTheNoise #QuietLife #CanLifestyle
Wilhelm Mauser (48) Died
Wilhelm Mauser
May 2, 1834 – Jan 13, 1882
Designed the Mauser Model 1871 rifle
#Rifle #Mauser #RealGuns #FirearmsHistory
Mikhail Kalashnikov (94) Died
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov
Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников
(November 10, 1919 – December 23, 2013)
Russian general, inventor, military engineer, writer and small arms designer.