October 4 in Firearms History

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  1. Remembered1913 · 113 years ago

    Charles G.W. Foehl – Died (73)

    Charles G.W. Foehl - Died (73)
    Sept 1840 - October 4, 1913

    • 1840 born in Würtemberg, Germany
    • 1859 immigrated to the United States
    • apprentice to Philadelphia gunsmith John Wurfflein
    • worked for Henry Deringer, Jr.
    • Foehl’s first firearms patent, U.S. patent #139,461
    • 1889 formed Foehl & Weeks Firearms Manufacturing Company
    • 1891 U.S. patent  #447,219
    • 1893 the company went bankrupt
    • 1893 became Columbian Firearms Manufacturing Company
      - (Foehl managed the company)
    • 1897 Columbian went out of business
    • 1913 Died age of 73

    Inventor of Foehl & Weeks mini revolvers