May 6 in Firearms History

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

Hudson Maxim(February 3, 1853 – May 6, 1927)
Invented Smokeless Gun Powder (in the USA) in 1890

*Brother of the Machine Gun Inventor
**Uncle of the Suppressor Inventor
***No left hand (he blew it off inventing explosives)

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Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov - Died
April 9, 1894 – May 6, 1986

Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov, Russia

1945 - SKS

Richard J. "Dick" Casull
February 15, 1931 – May 6, 2018 (87)

Gunsmith and Wildcat Cartridge Developer
Creator of the .454 Casull cartridge & More..

1957 - .454 Casull cartridge
1966 - Casull Model 290
- 290-round detachable pan magazine
- MSRP $1060 !!
- only 87 manufactured
1967 - all production of Model 290 stopped
1970 - American-180, AM-180, or A180
- 177-round pan magazine
-  fires at 1200 rounds per minute
1971 - Casull developed a mini-revolver design
- Rocky Mountain Arms Corp
- RMAC of Salt Lake City, Utah
1975 - Rocky Mountain ceased operation
1978 - Casull became partners with Wayne Baker in Freedom Arms, based in Freedom, Wyoming
1983 - Freedom Arms Model 83, 5-shot prototypes on Ruger Super Blackhawk frames chambered in .454 Casull
1988 - Freedom Arms ended mini revolver production

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