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
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 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