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Chapter 8 Flashcards

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A British Army designed the conical bullets in 1823.

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Capt. John Norton

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renowned English gunsmith, invented the Greener bullet in 1836.

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William Greener

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3
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Uzi machine Gun in 1950s which were first used by the Israeli Army.

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Uziel Gal

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he worked with the explosive material guncotton and other nitrosulphates

major inspiration for Alfred Nobel and Ascanio Sobrero.

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Theopile-Jules Pelouze

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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

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designed the Russian Service Rifle in 1891

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Sergei Mossin

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standard service weapon of the Swiss Gov’t.

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Schweizerische Industria Gesselschaft (SIG)

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8
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revolvers and later on pistols. Born July 1814.

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Samuel Colt

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

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Roger Bacon (1248)

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10
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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

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11
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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

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12
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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

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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

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initiated the building of Winchester Company.

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Oliver F. Winchester

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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

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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

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17
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an Australian Engineer who invented the Military Tank in 1912.

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Lance de Mole

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18
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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

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

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John Thompson

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20
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produced single shot rifles which were adopted by Winchester. Born in 1855.

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John Moises Browning

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21
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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

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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

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invented Hammerli Weapons in Switzerland

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Johann Ulrich Hammerli

24
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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

25
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maker of Model 1855 rifled-musket and Ripley Rifles.

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James Wolfe Ripley

26
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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

27
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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

28
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partners in 1882 and produced the Best Double action weapon in the World.

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Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson

29
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He left the company to start his Firearm Company

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Daniel B. Wesson

30
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Smith & Wesson and breech-loading rifles

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Horace Smith

31
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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.

He was the inventor of the Maxim Machine Gun

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Hiram Stevens Maxim

32
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the first portable, fully automatic machine gun

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Maxim Machine Gun

33
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He patented the first commercially produced Supressor.

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Hiram Stevens Maxim

34
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manufacturer of pocket pistols. Born in 19th Century.

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Henry Derringer

35
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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

36
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is a manufacturer of firearms which was managed by ___ together with ____, ____ and ___.

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Heckler and Koch

Edmond Heckler
Theodore Koch
Mauser
Alex Seidel

37
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designed 9mm Parabellum Cartridges. Born in Austria in 1849.

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George Luger

38
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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

39
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developed AR15/ M16 Rifle.

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Eugene Stoner

40
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designed a machinery of making Colt firearms

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Elisha King Root

41
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one of the first rifle makers

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Eliphalet Remington

42
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maker of Carbine Rifle.

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David “Carbine” Williams

43
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Father of Modern Ballistics

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Col. Calvin H. Goddard

44
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Patented the first pump-action shotgun in 1882.

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Christopher Spencer

45
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In 1900, the first auto-loading shotgun was created by ____

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John Browning

46
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In 1988, _____ 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

47
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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

48
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formed and developed the ArmaLite, Incorporated in 1950.

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Charles Dorcester and George Sullivan

49
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a Roman Emperor was the first to test it out.

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Maximilian II

50
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The first bullet proof vest was designed in 1538 when _____ asked _____

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Francesco Maria della Rovere

Fillippo Negroli

51
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of Chicago Illinois is credited with producing the first commercial bullet proof vest available to the public starting in the late 1800s

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Casimir Zeglen

52
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developed a reliable small caliber automatic pistol in 1866.

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Carl Walter

53
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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

54
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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

55
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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

56
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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

57
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Father of the percussion ignition

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Alexander John Forsyth

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