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Your favorite gun designers
18 January 2010, 23:06
AbobYour favorite gun designers
Here are mine in no particular order:
John Browning
Paul Mauser
Bill Ruger
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Gen John Thompson
Eugene Stoner
John Garand
Sam Colt
18 January 2010, 23:52
srtraxThats a good list, some were more warped than others...I mean smarter!
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Steve Traxson
19 January 2010, 00:18
KimW9James Paris Lee
Arte et Marte
19 January 2010, 03:02
kcstottJohn Browning being my favorite as well
The Above list +
Don Allen
Pete Grisel
Harris Holland
John Rigby
And P.O. Ackley Albeit Not a designer He did things to disprove Myth that no normal person would ever think of doing.
And he built some damn fine rifle and barrels too.
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19 January 2010, 04:23
Abobquote:
Harris Holland
Never really thought of Holland as a rifle designer but a "cartridge" designer
But after some research, H&H did do a lot of work with double rifles
19 January 2010, 06:16
Dall85James Purdy and Sons.
Jim
19 January 2010, 06:19
vapodogGeorge Lenard Herter
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19 January 2010, 06:48
richjFerdinand Ritter von Mannlicher
Otto Schönauer
Aurthur Savage
19 January 2010, 07:01
John303.Mauser, Luger, Browning, Colt, Ruger & Weatherby. --- John303.
19 January 2010, 07:42
jeffeossoJohn Moses Browning
Paul Mauser
whoever designed the 1903 springfield
did I mention JMB?
Bill Ruger
19 January 2010, 08:29
jvw375Paul Mauser
Leslie Taylor
William Wellington Greener
Frederick Beesley
19 January 2010, 09:12
Abobquote:
Herter
What did he design other than a mail order catalog?
Jim
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19 January 2010, 18:17
vapodogquote:
Originally posted by Abob:
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Herter
What did he design other than a mail order catalog?
everyone knows he designed the Model perfect!
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19 January 2010, 23:05
ScrollcutterMartin Hagn ain't too shabby either...and Hoenig.
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20 January 2010, 00:29
onefunzr2John Moses Browning was the most prolific gun designer the world has ever known...he should be in a category of his own.
Can't forget Gaston Glock...another gun designer who was way ahead of his time.
20 January 2010, 00:59
BlacktailerVapodog,
You beat me to it. I was going to nominate Roy Weatherby. After all, without Roy would we have rollover cheek pieces and inlaid stocks? Oh and those heavy epoxy stock finishes
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20 January 2010, 02:55
Rub LineBrowning, Mauser /thread.
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20 January 2010, 08:09
Abobquote:
William Wellington Greener
John Wayne would agree, he loved his Greener double barrels in "Big Jake"
20 January 2010, 08:31
FMCStart off with a Pre 64/War action and then build a gun around it. Done it many times and they're all perfect. Just find a decent stockmaker and metalsmith to build what you like.
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20 January 2010, 08:55
AbobNice try FMC but you are modifying an original design
20 January 2010, 09:47
kcstottYep Big difference between Designing a gun, Building a gun and assembling a gun.
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20 January 2010, 14:51
hawkinsBrowning thought Peterson was the best, he
should have known.
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21 January 2010, 10:09
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23 January 2010, 06:40
Abobquote:
I was going to nominate Roy Weatherby.
Nothing against Roy but I consider him a cartridge designer
23 January 2010, 08:41
BaxterBGeorge Hoenig invented a new way of doing things and builds them to perfection, so I nominate him.
23 January 2010, 09:51
homebrewerEugene Stoner. Mikhail Kalashnikov. Uziel Gel...
23 January 2010, 09:55
Tex21Paul Mauser
Dieudonné Saive
John Browning
Horace Smith & Daniel Wesson
Samuel Colt
Oliver Winchester
Eugene Stoner
Jason
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23 January 2010, 10:17
22WRFIvo and Tulio Fabbri
23 January 2010, 10:47
CustomstoxChristian Sharps, George Gibbs and John Farquharson for their collaboration on the Gibbs Farquharson falling block, Don Allen for his #10 and Martin Hagn for his single shot. I like a lot of the others who have also been nominated. I am sure Scrollcutter mentioned George Hoenig for his cylinder action double rifle and four barrel rifle and not for his duplicator. It is a sight to behold and something entirely different and built like a watch. I was remiss in not mentioning Bill Ruger for almost everything he did but especially for his Number 1.
23 January 2010, 19:17
buckshotIts gotta be John M. Browning. The Mauser brothers are right up there too, but their 98 was more evolutionary than revolutionary. Some of John's designs evolved too, but no designer I can think of was as prolific with shotguns, rifles, and automatic weapons. Even fewer designed the cartridges their weapons would shoot. John Browning designed weapons are currently serving on the front lines, a claim that can't be made about other designers from a century ago.
23 January 2010, 21:55
AbobFound this site, you may also find it interesting
http://armscollectors.com/gunhistorydates.htm Jim
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23 January 2010, 22:19
peterdkAlexander Henry
John Rigby
