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Father of the percussion ignition
Alexander John Forsyth
- was to take that discovery on to great heights in the form of commercial
explosives including dynamite.
Alfred Bemhard Nobel
- was an Italian chemist, born in Casale
Monferrato. He was studying under Théophile-Jules Pelouze, who studied nitroglycerin at the
University of Turin, who had worked with the explosive material guncotton.
Ascanio Sobrero
- one of the first to state sound ballistics theories, in his New Principles of Gunnery
in 1742.
Benjamin Robins
A German monk was credited for the application of gunpowder for
propelling missile. In 1346 Cannon was used by King Edward III of England. In 1453, Mohammed of
Turkey used Cannon in conquering Constantinopole.
Berthold Schwartz (1300)
developed a reliable small caliber automatic pistol in 1866.
Carl Walter
credited with producing the first commercial bullet proof vest
available to the public starting in the late 1800s.
Casimir Zeglen
The first bullet proof vest was designed in 1538
when Francesco Maria della Rovere asked _________________________- to create one
Fillippo Negroli
a Roman
Emperor was the first to test it out
Maximillian II
– formed and developed the ArmaLite, Incorporated in
1950.
Charles Dorcester and George Sullivan
was a German-Swiss chemist
who is best known for inventing the fuel cell (1838) and his discoveries of guncotton and ozone.
Christian Friedrich Schönbein
Patented the first pump-action shotgun in 1882
Christopher Spencer
the first autoloading shotgun was created by
John Browning
developed the
first shotgun chambered to fire 3.5-inch 12-gauge cartridges, which held more and larger steel
pellets
, O.F. Mossberg and Sons
Father of Modern Ballistics
. Col. Calvin H. Goddard -
maker of Carbine Rifle
. David “Carbine” Williams
one of the first rifle makers
Eliphalet Remington
designed a machinery of making Colt firearms
. Elisha King Root
– developed AR15/ M16 Rifle.
Eugene Stoner –
designer of the Service Pistols of Soviet Forces. Received an award –
Hero of Socilaist Labor. Born in 1871 at Egorlikskaya, Russia.
Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev
designed 9mm Parabellum Cartridges. Born in Austria in 1849.
George Luger
– is a manufacturer of firearms which was managed by Edmond Heckler
together with Mauser, Theodore Koch and Alex Seidel.
Heckler and Koch
discovered in 1832 that nitric acid, when combined with starch or wood fibers,
would produce a lightweight combustible explosive material, which he named xyloïdine
Henri Braconnot
manufacturer of pocket pistols. Born in 19th Century.
Henry Derringer
was an American-born inventor
who emigrated to the United Kingdom at the age of forty-one, although he remained an American
citizen until he became a naturalized British subject in 1900
Hiram Stevens Maxim
the first portable, fully automatic machine gun.
maxim machine gun
Smith & Wesson and breech-loading rifles
Horace Smith
– partners in 1882 and produced the Best Double action
weapon in the World. Daniel Wesson left the company to start his Firearm Company
Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson
He developed the Weaver stance is a shooting technique for handguns that was
used in free style competition in Southern California during the late 1950s.
Jack Weaver
From London, England. He invented Puckle gun, a tripod mounted, single barreled
flintlock gun lifted with a multishot revolving cylinder.
James Puckle
maker of Model 1855 rifled-musket and Ripley Rifles.
. James Wolfe Ripley –
served as the first International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) President.
The IPSC is the counterpart of the Philippine Practical Shooting Association (PPSA) in the
Philippines.
Jeff Cooper
invented Hammerli Weapons in Switzerland
Johann Ulrich Hammerli
invented the Grand Rifle in 1931, the first self-reloading rifle in the World.
Born in 1888 in Quebec, Canada.
John Cantius Garand
a German Armorer and Gunsmith and inventor-manufacturer of Lever Action
Rifles in 1800 at New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
John Mahlon Marlin
produced single shot rifles which were adopted by Winchester. Born in
1855.
John Moises Browning
– invented the Thompson Machine Gun in 1920. Born in 1860 at Newport,
Kentucky, USA.
John Thompson
an Army Officer and Gun designer. His first design was produced by Kayoba Factory
in 1904.
. Kijiro Nambu
an Australian Engineer who invented the Military Tank in 1912.
Lance de Mole
– Invented the Johnson Model 1941 Rifle, one of the most innovative rifles of its
time period.
Melvin M. Johnson
a Russian gun designer, started as engineer in a train depot, later employed
in the Red Army and developed tanks and rifles.
. Michael Kalashnikov
– initiated the building of Winchester Company.
Oliver F. Winchester
maker of high quality Cal. 22, sporting rifles and Pump action shotguns. Born in
1866 at Sweden, Europe
Oscar Mossberge
an officer of the British Army who made demonstration before the King of Great
Britain.
Patrick Ferguson
invented Mauser pistols and rifles. They also produced the First metal
cartridge weapon of the German Empire.
Paul and Wilhelm Mauser
Hand-wranked and Duver Gatling type of machine gun. Born in 1818 at North Carolina,
USA.
RJ Gatling
an English monk and scientist, credited with the invention of gunpowder
(blackpowder). Official name is Constantine Anklitzen.
roger bacon
revolvers and later on pistols. Born July 1814.
Samuel Colt
– the standard service weapon of the Swiss Gov’t.
Schweizerische Industria Gesselschaft (SIG) –
– an officer of the Russian Army who designed the Russian Service Rifle in 1891.
Sergei Mossin
Founder of the Medico – Legal faculty at Cairo University and later Regis Professor
of Forensic Medicine at Edinburgh, was one of the leading exponents, studying entrance and exit
wounds
sydney smith
he worked with the explosive material guncotton and other nitrosulphates.
He was a major inspiration for Alfred Nobel and Ascanio Sobrero.
Theopile-Jules Pelouze
inventor of Uzi machine Gun in 1950s which were first used by the Israeli Army
Uziel Gal
- A British Army designed the conical bullets in 1823. William Greener, a
renowned English gunsmith, invented the Greener bullet in 1836.
. Capt. John Norton
is a familiar firearm company to many for its
inexpensive firearms. This is owned by the Squires Bingham Co. Inc., a holding company for the
family of Don Celso Tuason. ARMSCOR is an ISO 9001 certified compliant company which
manufactures weapons using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) equipment.
Arms Corporation of the Philippines (ARMSCOR)
was formed by Charles Dorcester and George Sullivan in 1950. They developed the
Colt-produced M16
Armalite, Inc
an Spanish Government
weapon development agency located in Madrid, Spain.
Centro dos Estudios Technicos de Materiales Especiales (CETME )
is a United States firearms manufacturer, whose first predecessor
corporation was founded in 1836 by Samuel Colt. Colt is best known for the engineering, production,
and marketing of firearms over the later half of the 19th and the 20th century. Colt’s earliest designs
played a major role in the popularization of the revolver and the shift away from earlier single-shot
pistols. While Sam Colt did not invent the revolver concept, his designs resulted in the first very
successful ones.
. Colt’s Manufacturing Company (CMC)
is a manufacturer of firearms in the United States. The corporate
headquarters is in Springfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1852, Smith & Wesson’s pistols and
revolvers have become standard issue to police and armed forces throughout the world. They are
also used by sport shooters and have been featured in numerous Hollywood movies, particularly Clint
Eastwood’s Dirty Harry. Smith & Wesson has been known for the many types of ammunition it has
introduced over the years, and many cartridges bear the company’s name.
Smith & Wesson (S&W)
was a prominent American maker of repeating firearms,
located in New Haven, Connecticut. The Winchester brand is today used under license by two
subsidiaries of the Herstal Group, Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Belgium and the Browning Arms
Company of Morgan, Utah.
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
