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Indiana designates Grouseland Rifle as State Gun in 2012

2012

Indiana designates Grouseland Rifle as State Gun

  • Tuesday, March 6, 2012 – Representatives voted 78-2
    – approved 48-2 by the Indiana Senate
  • one of six remaining long rifles made by Hoosier gunsmith John Small
    – between 1803 and 1812

John Small

  • first sheriff in what was to become the state of Indiana
  • adjutant general of the territorial militia
  • Revolutionary War veteran
  • gunsmith
  • 1785 moved to Vincennes

 

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Indiana designates Grouseland Rifle as State Gun in 2012

2012

Indiana designates Grouseland Rifle as State Gun

  • Tuesday, March 6, 2012 – Representatives voted 78-2
    – approved 48-2 by the Indiana Senate
  • one of six remaining long rifles made by Hoosier gunsmith John Small
    – between 1803 and 1812

John Small

  • first sheriff in what was to become the state of Indiana
  • adjutant general of the territorial militia
  • Revolutionary War veteran
  • gunsmith
  • 1785 moved to Vincennes

 

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Indiana designates Grouseland Rifle as State Gun in 2012

2012

Indiana designates Grouseland Rifle as State Gun

  • Tuesday, March 6, 2012 – Representatives voted 78-2
    – approved 48-2 by the Indiana Senate
  • one of six remaining long rifles made by Hoosier gunsmith John Small
    – between 1803 and 1812

John Small

  • first sheriff in what was to become the state of Indiana
  • adjutant general of the territorial militia
  • Revolutionary War veteran
  • gunsmith
  • 1785 moved to Vincennes

 

ee

 

Browning’s 1st Patent (1879)

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10-7-1879 
John Browning patented his first firearm, a single-shot falling-block rifle.
He was 24 years old in 1879

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Roy E. Weatherby (77) Born

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Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945

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Paul Mauser (Died)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Died)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Born)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Died)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Born)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Born)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Born)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Born)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Born)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Died)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Died)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Paul Mauser (Died)

Paul Mauser
June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

1889 – Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
1889 – 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
1892 – 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

Roy E. Weatherby (77) Died

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Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945

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David “Carbine” Marshall Williams (born)

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

David “Carbine” Marshall Williams (born)

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

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

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

David “Carbine” Marshall Williams (born)

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

David “Carbine” Marshall Williams (born)

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

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

Browning’s 1st Patent (1879)

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10-7-1879 
John Browning patented his first firearm, a single-shot falling-block rifle.
He was 24 years old in 1879

#KnowOurHistory
#BePartOfOurHistory
#GunChannels #Browning #JMB#TheGunFather

Roy E. Weatherby (77) Born

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Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945

@weatherbyinc
#GunChannels
#GunLegends #TalesOfTheGun
#KnowGuns #GunLife #GunHistory

Walter Hunt – Born

Walter Hunt
July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859

USA

  • 1848 Volcanic
  • Firing cock repeating gun Patent 6663
  • lockstitch sewing machine (1833)
  • safety pin (1849)

Walter Hunt – Born

Walter Hunt
July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859

USA

  • 1848 Volcanic
  • Firing cock repeating gun Patent 6663
  • lockstitch sewing machine (1833)
  • safety pin (1849)

Walter Hunt – Born

Walter Hunt
July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859

USA

  • 1848 Volcanic
  • Firing cock repeating gun Patent 6663
  • lockstitch sewing machine (1833)
  • safety pin (1849)

Walter Hunt – Born

Walter Hunt
July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859

USA

  • 1848 Volcanic
  • Firing cock repeating gun Patent 6663
  • lockstitch sewing machine (1833)
  • safety pin (1849)

Melvin M. Johnson Jr (Born)

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

Melvin M. Johnson Jr (Born)

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

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

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

Melvin M. Johnson Jr (Born)

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

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

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

Melvin M. Johnson Jr (Born)

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

Melvin M. Johnson Jr (Born)

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

Melvin M. Johnson Jr (Born)

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

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

Christopher Spencer (Born)

Christopher Miner Spencer
June 20, 1833 – Jan 14, 1922

USA

  • Spencer repeating rifle 1860 Colt
  • Spencer Arms Company
  • Roper Repeating Arms Company

Christopher Spencer (Born)

Christopher Miner Spencer
June 20, 1833 – Jan 14, 1922

USA

  • Spencer repeating rifle 1860 Colt
  • Spencer Arms Company
  • Roper Repeating Arms Company

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

Christopher Spencer (Born)

Christopher Miner Spencer
June 20, 1833 – Jan 14, 1922

USA

  • Spencer repeating rifle 1860 Colt
  • Spencer Arms Company
  • Roper Repeating Arms Company

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

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

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

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

Christian Sharps (Born)

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

Christian Sharps (Born)

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

Christian Sharps (Born)

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

Christian Sharps (Born)

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

Christian Sharps (Born)

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

Eliphalet Remington (Born)

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

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

Eliphalet Remington (Born)

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

Eliphalet Remington (Born)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eliphalet Remington (Born)

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

Eliphalet Remington (Born)

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

Eliphalet Remington (Born)

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

Roy E. Weatherby (77) Died

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Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945

@weatherbyinc
#GunChannels
#GunLegends #TalesOfTheGun
#KnowGuns #GunLife #GunHistory

Christian Sharps – Born

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

Browning’s 1st Patent (1879)

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10-7-1879 
John Browning patented his first firearm, a single-shot falling-block rifle.
He was 24 years old in 1879

#KnowOurHistory
#BePartOfOurHistory
#GunChannels #Browning #JMB#TheGunFather

Roy E. Weatherby (77) Born

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Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945

@weatherbyinc
#GunChannels
#GunLegends #TalesOfTheGun
#KnowGuns #GunLife #GunHistory

Roy E. Weatherby (77) Died

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Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945

@weatherbyinc
#GunChannels
#GunLegends #TalesOfTheGun
#KnowGuns #GunLife #GunHistory

Browning’s 1st Patent (1879)

Posted on by

10-7-1879 
John Browning patented his first firearm, a single-shot falling-block rifle.
He was 24 years old in 1879

#KnowOurHistory
#BePartOfOurHistory
#GunChannels #Browning #JMB#TheGunFather

Roy E. Weatherby (77) Born

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Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945

@weatherbyinc
#GunChannels
#GunLegends #TalesOfTheGun
#KnowGuns #GunLife #GunHistory

Roy E. Weatherby (77) Died

Posted on by

Roy E. Weatherby
(September 4, 1910 – April 4, 1988)
age 77
Roy founded Weatherby, Inc. In 1945

@weatherbyinc
#GunChannels
#GunLegends #TalesOfTheGun
#KnowGuns #GunLife #GunHistory