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Father of the percussion ignition

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Alexander John Forsyth

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  • was to take that discovery on to great heights in the form of commercial
    explosives including dynamite.
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Alfred Bemhard Nobel

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  • 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.
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Ascanio Sobrero

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4
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  • one of the first to state sound ballistics theories, in his New Principles of Gunnery
    in 1742.
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Benjamin Robins

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5
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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.

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Berthold Schwartz (1300)

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5
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developed a reliable small caliber automatic pistol in 1866.

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Carl Walter

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6
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credited with producing the first commercial bullet proof vest
available to the public starting in the late 1800s.

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Casimir Zeglen

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7
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The first bullet proof vest was designed in 1538
when Francesco Maria della Rovere asked _________________________- to create one

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Fillippo Negroli

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8
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a Roman
Emperor was the first to test it out

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Maximillian II

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9
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– formed and developed the ArmaLite, Incorporated in
1950.

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Charles Dorcester and George Sullivan

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was a German-Swiss chemist
who is best known for inventing the fuel cell (1838) and his discoveries of guncotton and ozone.

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Christian Friedrich Schönbein

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11
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Patented the first pump-action shotgun in 1882

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Christopher Spencer

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the first autoloading shotgun was created by

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John Browning

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developed the
first shotgun chambered to fire 3.5-inch 12-gauge cartridges, which held more and larger steel
pellets

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, O.F. Mossberg and Sons

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Father of Modern Ballistics

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. Col. Calvin H. Goddard -

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15
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maker of Carbine Rifle

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. David “Carbine” Williams

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one of the first rifle makers

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Eliphalet Remington

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17
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designed a machinery of making Colt firearms

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. Elisha King Root

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– developed AR15/ M16 Rifle.

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Eugene Stoner –

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19
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designer of the Service Pistols of Soviet Forces. Received an award –
Hero of Socilaist Labor. Born in 1871 at Egorlikskaya, Russia.

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Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev

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designed 9mm Parabellum Cartridges. Born in Austria in 1849.

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George Luger

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21
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– is a manufacturer of firearms which was managed by Edmond Heckler
together with Mauser, Theodore Koch and Alex Seidel.

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Heckler and Koch

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22
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discovered in 1832 that nitric acid, when combined with starch or wood fibers,
would produce a lightweight combustible explosive material, which he named xyloïdine

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Henri Braconnot

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23
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manufacturer of pocket pistols. Born in 19th Century.

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Henry Derringer

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24
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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

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Hiram Stevens Maxim

25
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the first portable, fully automatic machine gun.

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maxim machine gun

26
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Smith & Wesson and breech-loading rifles

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Horace Smith

27
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– partners in 1882 and produced the Best Double action
weapon in the World. Daniel Wesson left the company to start his Firearm Company

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Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson

28
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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.

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Jack Weaver

29
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From London, England. He invented Puckle gun, a tripod mounted, single barreled
flintlock gun lifted with a multishot revolving cylinder.

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James Puckle

30
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maker of Model 1855 rifled-musket and Ripley Rifles.

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. James Wolfe Ripley –

31
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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.

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Jeff Cooper

32
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invented Hammerli Weapons in Switzerland

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Johann Ulrich Hammerli

33
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invented the Grand Rifle in 1931, the first self-reloading rifle in the World.
Born in 1888 in Quebec, Canada.

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John Cantius Garand

34
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a German Armorer and Gunsmith and inventor-manufacturer of Lever Action
Rifles in 1800 at New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

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John Mahlon Marlin

35
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produced single shot rifles which were adopted by Winchester. Born in
1855.

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John Moises Browning

36
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– invented the Thompson Machine Gun in 1920. Born in 1860 at Newport,
Kentucky, USA.

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John Thompson

37
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an Army Officer and Gun designer. His first design was produced by Kayoba Factory
in 1904.

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. Kijiro Nambu

38
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an Australian Engineer who invented the Military Tank in 1912.

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Lance de Mole

39
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– Invented the Johnson Model 1941 Rifle, one of the most innovative rifles of its
time period.

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Melvin M. Johnson

40
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a Russian gun designer, started as engineer in a train depot, later employed
in the Red Army and developed tanks and rifles.

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. Michael Kalashnikov

41
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– initiated the building of Winchester Company.

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Oliver F. Winchester

42
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maker of high quality Cal. 22, sporting rifles and Pump action shotguns. Born in
1866 at Sweden, Europe

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Oscar Mossberge

43
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an officer of the British Army who made demonstration before the King of Great
Britain.

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Patrick Ferguson

44
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invented Mauser pistols and rifles. They also produced the First metal
cartridge weapon of the German Empire.

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Paul and Wilhelm Mauser

45
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Hand-wranked and Duver Gatling type of machine gun. Born in 1818 at North Carolina,
USA.

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RJ Gatling

46
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an English monk and scientist, credited with the invention of gunpowder
(blackpowder). Official name is Constantine Anklitzen.

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roger bacon

47
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revolvers and later on pistols. Born July 1814.

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Samuel Colt

48
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– the standard service weapon of the Swiss Gov’t.

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Schweizerische Industria Gesselschaft (SIG) –

49
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– an officer of the Russian Army who designed the Russian Service Rifle in 1891.

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Sergei Mossin

50
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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

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sydney smith

51
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he worked with the explosive material guncotton and other nitrosulphates.
He was a major inspiration for Alfred Nobel and Ascanio Sobrero.

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Theopile-Jules Pelouze

52
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inventor of Uzi machine Gun in 1950s which were first used by the Israeli Army

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Uziel Gal

53
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  • A British Army designed the conical bullets in 1823. William Greener, a
    renowned English gunsmith, invented the Greener bullet in 1836.
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. Capt. John Norton

54
Q

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.

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Arms Corporation of the Philippines (ARMSCOR)

55
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was formed by Charles Dorcester and George Sullivan in 1950. They developed the
Colt-produced M16

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Armalite, Inc

56
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an Spanish Government
weapon development agency located in Madrid, Spain.

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Centro dos Estudios Technicos de Materiales Especiales (CETME )

57
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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.

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. Colt’s Manufacturing Company (CMC)

58
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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.

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Smith & Wesson (S&W)

59
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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.

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Winchester Repeating Arms Company

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