April 21 in Firearms History

4 dates for gun owners on April 21

  • Military 1
  • Patent 1
  • Law or Ruling 1
  • Birthday 1
  1. Military1918 · 108 years ago

    The Red Barron, Shot Down

    4-21-1918
    The Red Barron, Shot Down

    Manfred von Richthofen "The Red Baron", was shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme (in France)

    Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown credited with the kill

    #WWI
    #theRedBarron

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  2. Patent1930 · 96 years ago

    M1 Garand Patent Filed – 1930

    April  21, 1930 = Patent Filed
    DEc  27, 1932 = M1 Garand Patented

    Produced between 1934—1957
    5,468,772 built

    Also said the 12th as the date the patend was granted
    which is correct?

  3. Law or Ruling2010 · 16 years ago

    Alabama ends prohibition on Short Guns

    Alabama HB 2 signed into law as Act 2010-496

    April 21, 2010

    Ended prohibition on civilian ownership of short-barrel rifles and short-barrel shotguns

  4. Birthday

    Rex Applegate – Born

    Rex Applegate
    June 21, 1914 – July 14, 1998

    • American military officer
    • worked for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II
    • 1941 - developing armed and unarmed close quarter combat courses for the US Army
    •  served as the personal bodyguard to President Franklin D Roosevelt
    •  advisor to the government of Mexico "Honorary General"
    • Tought John Wayne how to shoot
    •  technical advisor on the set of The Alamo
    • Applegate was said to be the source and inspiration for several of Ian Fleming's characters in the James Bond novels
    • 1943 he wrote Kill or Get Killed
      a classic manual of Western-style hand-to-hand combat.
    • 1976 Kill or Get Killed was published by the US Marine Corps as Fleet Marine Force Reference Publication 12-80
    • 1941  Applegate-Fairbairn fighting knife
    • 1993 - Combat Use of the Double-Edged Fighting Knife