CHAPTER 8 part 2

Question 1

• 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 – the first portable, fully automatic machine gun. He patented the first commercially produced Supressor.

Answer 1

Hiram Stevens Maxim (February 5, 1840 – November 24, 1916)

Question 2

• Smith & Wesson and breech-loading rifles

Answer 2

Horace Smith

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson

Question 4

– 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.

Answer 4

Jack Weaver

Question 5

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

Answer 5

James Puckle

Question 6

– maker of Model 1855 rifled-musket and Ripley Rifles

Answer 6

James Wolfe Ripley

Question 7

• 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.

Answer 7

Jeff Cooper

Question 8

– invented Hammerli Weapons in Switzerland.

Answer 8

Johann Ulrich Hammerli

Question 9

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

Answer 9

John Cantius Garand

Question 10

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

Answer 10

John Mahlon Marlin

Question 11

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

Answer 11

John Moises Browning

Question 12

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

Answer 12

John Thompson

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Kijiro Nambu

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Lance de Mole

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Melvin M. Johnson

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Michael Kalashnikov

Question 17

– initiated the building of Winchester Company

Answer 17

Oliver F. Winchester

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Oscar Mossberge

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Patrick Ferguson

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Paul and Wilhelm Mauser