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
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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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William Fairbairn – Died (75)
William E. Fairbairn February 28, 1885 – June 20, 1960 (75) 1901 - British Royal Marine Police Officer 1907 - Shanghai Police during the interwar period 1941 - Trained allied special forces during World War II Received the U.S. Legion of Merit (Officer grade) at the request of OSS-founder "Wild Bill" Donovan 1951 - Firearms Instructor Developed hand-to-hand combat methods ... Read more
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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
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
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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 after their father's death in 1901