BEST Gun Designer and Rifle Design of ALL TIME 

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Hi Rich - always so great to hear from you! I am always humbled by your kind words - I know how much you know. God Bless.

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns Can't tell you how much I'm honored by your encouraging words!

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns growing up and deer hunting as a kid in the sixties we used whatever we could come up with in the family and that meant that for the most part us kids used a shotgun and slugs and we had a lot of thirty thirtys in the family a couple of rifles but mostly The majority was SRC one member used a British 303 and another one had a eddystone 1917 they were the long range guns in the family hunting the Minnesota Northwoods big familys so we were raised to be meat hunters not trophy so I have to say John browning and his model 94 design

@My Dixie Wrecked Who are those? I only know everybody from the first comment

Paul

John Moses # genius

Eugene?

@@shadewoodhull2489 why not ? Hats off to Mr Stoner

Stg44

Right on the money, Brian.

@@kennethbailey2616 Thanks Kenneth 👍 I would love to own everything John Browning ever designed starting with the 1885 which I think is the most elegant beautiful rifle ever. Thanks 👍

Thank you Rick!

All true - we don't know....but we know Browning : )

Bravo KB! - If not for the guns we know and cherish - there would be no freedom. John Browning dedicated his life to the discovery and improvement of firearms design - an amazing man. I'm always surprised how few people in the general public are aware of John Browning and Paul Mauser - and yet virtually all the freedoms they enjoy and take for granted - originated from the guns of freedom. Mauser of course, was on the other side of the fence.

Not to mention Paul Mauser !

Such a great post Bob - I agree with all of your thoughts and observations - I'll have to make another video. Thank you for taking the time to write - and I must say - you know so much! God Bless.

Thank you Deano - your words are so helpful.

Hello PN! A huge BRAVO from me and all the people I know to all the people of Serbia and Novak : Awesome!!!! We're just re-watching the final match as I write this. God Bless!

BTW - Serbia makes the last, best Mauser!

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns yes I know, I live 50 miles from Zastava factory and own two of those rifles. God bless you sir.

Thanks JR!

Thank you for your note Wade - your kind words are so encouraging for me. I'll keep going : )

Thank you Petro!

Thank you DC 63!

Maxim wasn't just a gun designer or gunsmith, he did a multiplicity of things. If you ever get to England, www.atlasobscura.com/places/sir-hiram-maxim-s-captive-flying-machines I'd have liked an honourable mention for Sir Joseph Whitworth in both shooting and engineering as a whole, the man defined accuracy.

@@COIcultist He was a fascinating man and yes, Whitworth was worthy of mention as well as Eli Whitney. I guess it demonstrates that too many brilliant minds have been involved in firearms design and manufacture to complie an exhaustive list..

Glad you're here and thanks for watching - some of the early videos are character building : )

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns Oh, I've seen quite a few, though not all. You have a beautiful collection and are extraordinarily knowledgeable, that's why I subbed. :D

It is my privilege to serve gun owners around the world.

Thank you for being here!

The maestro of gun designers. It's not even close.

I didn't know Michael - Weihrauch made such high quality arms and everything - makes sense.

Thank you!

Thank you Nathan

Not the first but the best of the early pumps for sure. Models 1893/95

And not just pumps but semi auto shotguns as well. Innovated ... then innovated AGAIN.

PS the Maxim gun is still in use in the Ukraine, there are videos on u-tube about it, the Maxim gun of 1910, manufactured under license in Russia.

Hi Dean - You are right - a genius of design - I greedily own the optics for a Maxim. With great regret - I could not include Hiram and his brother completely (yet) under the definitions I used. Still, Browning eclipses them all with the incredible array of designs and concepts and commercial products in use to this day (as well). And then there is Paul Mauser - as you know he created an unimaginable masterpiece which remains superior not only to some bolt actions, but to all bolt actions and his concepts, adapted to different types of mechanisms, remains at the top of the pyramid. Your point is well made though and I thank you for that. God Bless.

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns I agree JMB tops the list. He had a well developed ability to rotate three dimensional shapes in his mind to visualize how the shapes would work together. He also had insight into what made his assemblies reliable, and he had a sense of ergonomics - before ergonomics was a word. His abilities augmented and complemented each other. It was a rare combination. I know that his spatial ability is tested for specifically in IQ tests, it is a separate sub-scale on the Stanford-Binet IQ test. It is an ability that is important for many different things. I agree JMB is on top, I would place Maxim high in the list you mentioned - but I did not clearly know your definitions though, perhaps I was not paying close attention. Maxim was related by marriage to me. I live a few minutes from the house he and his brother grew up in. My father has a very old and battered photograph of Hudson Maxim standing in a farmyard when he was very old. Hudson wrote a book on his life and his experiences in the explosive industry. It is very interesting and fun to read - eg he did research on primer compositions and lost a hand when a piece of mercury fulminate on his work bench exploded accidentally, setting off a large chunk of mercury fulminate in his hand via sympathetic detonation. He was a long way from the hospital, but he made it to the hospital after an adventure in a car with a broken steering wheel. He also lost a potential housekeeper he was interviewing - she let him know she was nervous about working for him as she had heard rumors about his explosives research and the danger it posed. He explained his work really posed no threat to her, but during the interview a shed on his property blew up. She lost interest in the job and left. These are a couple chapters that come to mind, there is a lot more. It includes many anecdotes about his early work in propellants and explosives, he and his brother had the patent on the first smokeless propellant to be sold in America, and Hudson built a factory to manufacture it. Later on DuPont purchased the factory, that is how Hudson ended up on DuPont's board of directors for life. An interesting read - "Dynamite Stories" by Hudson Maxim - it is available to download for free. You will enjoy it if you find the time to read it.

Thank you Victor!

You know guns Dalan. Hope you like the Bushmaster.

Hi Hawkeye ITH - Excellent project and outcome. The Low Wall in .22 Short - or any 1885 - is perfect for resurrection. Many have been heavily modified as you know and it takes someone such as yourself to bring them back to something like their original form. I always thought the Low Wall was the more elegant of the 1885s. The .22 Short model is very hard to find - you know this. As for Mauser - yes - there are other designs and many are quite interesting and easier to manufacture - yet nothing is better. Good shooting.

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns Yes it was a interesting project. After doing some research on the rifle got the rifle I know I had something reasonablely rare. It had a 4 digit serial number which I was able to find out it was produced in about the middle of 1886. Then found out it was one of the first 500 of the LOW WALLS made (didn't realize that the HIGH WALLS were made FIRST). I was PLEASENTLY surprised that there was a company out in Wyoming that made most if not ALL the parts for the 1885 Winchester. They would make an ENTIRE CUSTOM rifle if you have the MONEY. IT'S A VERY ROBUST ACTION, Winchester used it to TEST new cartridges it designed. Didn't realize Winchester bought Browning's design (1879 patent), he was only 23 years old a few years later. The Winchester 1885 was modified (I sure for manufacturing purposes) from Browning's original design and didn't start PRODUCTION till late 1885. It's pretty NEAT to find out the interesting facts behind such a ICONIC rifle made by the GENIUS of Browning at such a young age. I had a Pre-Woodsman (1925-26?) for awhile and I have a Belgium made (1961) 22lr take down rifle. I also have a late war Nazi HP but unfortunately it has a new Belgium barrel on it and looks maybe refinished. JUST a couple of examples of his GENIUS that I own and have OWNED.😯😉👍😁😃

🙏 and to you my friend.

Thanks Ray!

Amazing - a versatile design by any measure - thanks for the info.

Thank you Asim! All the best to you and your family.

Thanks James!

Thanks Tim

Cheers Danilo

You're right Larry - Weatherby and Brewer made significant contributions to firearms, especially in terms of the success of their designs and increasing general awareness of firearms and hunting. The 110 especially included significant design and manufacturing improvements. Roy Weatherby brilliantly promoted his rifles and cartridges certainly focused public attention on velocity and trajectory. Thanks for taking the time to write : )

Hi Brad - Thanks for asking - that's a Beaver Bill Spike Tomahawk. Here is a link www.beaverbill.com/main/hammer-polls-spike-hawks/

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns Thank you. Your channel has brought to memory an old bolt gun I got in a trade over 40 years ago; I was told then it is a Mauser but I don't think it is; it's in 6.5x55 so I dug it out of storage a couple of days ago; time to clean it and shoot it! Thanks...

Hi - 😂ya - they're pretty good.

That's a pretty round to use - mild and yet quite deadly in the right hands.

Thanks for the note Jeffrey - all the best to you.

Thank you Guapo! Novak is so intelligent and brilliant at tennis - a privilege to watch how he succeeds. Serbia can be so proud. And there are many young players that are getting better and better. All the best to you!

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns Nadal is known as the king of clay but his reign might be coming to an end.

Hello Paul! So great to hear from you! I agree with your every word! I have to look up the Minoudis Purdey though : ) North Wales is so beautiful! I looked on Google. The very best to you my friend.

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns Minoudis I believe was a Greek shipping magnate who commissioned a sxs shotgun of the highest quality in every sense if my memory serves me that was back in the early 1970s regards as always