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Walter Hunt – Died
Walter Hunt - Died (63) July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859 1848 Volcanic Firing cock repeating gun Patent 6663 lockstitch sewing machine (1833) safety pin (1849) b
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Reverend John Forsyth (died)
Reverend John Forsyth Dec 28, 1769 – June 11, 1843 Scotland 1805 - Percussion Cap ignition system
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Fedor Tokarev – Born
June 14, 1871 - March 6, 1968 Fedor Tokarev – Died (96) designer of the Tokarev TT-30 pistol TT-33 pistol Tokarev SVT-38 rifle SVT-40 rifle
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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
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William Ruger (86) – Born
William RugerBorn June 21, 1916 – July 6, 2002 https://www.instagram.com/p/BWNnwycgWPY/?taken-by=gunwebsites
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
Jonathan Browning (Died)
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
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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
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John Marlin (died)
May 6, 1836 - July 1, 1901 During the American Civil War - worked at the Colt plant in Hartford 1863 - Starting making pistols in New Haven, Connecticut 1881 - lever-action repeating rifle sons Mahlon Henry and John Howard took over the company … Continue reading