September 6 in Firearms History

2 dates for gun owners on September 6

  • Patent 1
  • Birthday 1
  1. Patent

    Eugene Stoner’s Gas operated bolt and carrier system Patented

    Sept 6, 1960

    Direct impingement is a type of gas operation for a firearm that directs gas from a fired cartridge indirectly (through the barrel, through a gas block, and then through a gas tube) into the bolt carrier or slide assembly to cycle the action.

  2. Birthday

    Hiram Berdan (Born)

    Hiram Berdan
    Sept 6, 1824 – March 31, 1893

    March 20, 1866 - Berdan centerfire primer