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He wasn't American, he was a Scot. The breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland, hence the Ferguson rifle.
The rifled musket was invented and sold to the US Army in 1861. The rifle ball was invented by French inventor Claude-Ã?tienne Minie.
The first bolt-action rifle was invented by German inventor Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse in 1824 CE.
Eugene Stoner originally invented the M-16 A1 rifle, though since its creation it has met the hands of many engineers.
In 1884, American-born inventor, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, developed the first semiautomatic rifle, when he modified a Winchester rifle so the power of the recoil would eject the spent cartridge and load the next round.
There are many types of .303 rifles. Perhaps the most famous is the British Lee-Enfield series, beginning with the No. 1 Mk1, ending with the No. 4 MkII. This famous rifle was the evolution of the bolt action design of James Paris Lee, a British (Scottish-born who later became Canadian) inventor and the famous Royal Small Arms factory in Enfield, England who designed the square-shaped rifling system. The '.303 British' is the most famous calibre used in these rifles and went on to become the most widely sold rifle and calibre in history.
The Henry rifle was invented by Hackman Adams.It was invented in 1860.
The Typewriter the Rifle and the Movie Camera - 1996 was released on: USA: 28 June 1996 (TV premiere) USA: 10 October 1996 (Austin Film Festival)
The first automatic rifle was invented in 1884. It was invented by Manuel Mondragon. The rifle was known as the Mondragon rifle later to be known as the M-1908.
In general terms, the Henry Repeating Rifle is considered to be the forefather of the Winchester Model 1866 (the first such rifle and Model to bear the "Winchester" name). Tyler B. Henry was the inventor of the Henry Rifle, and was granted the patent for his creation on October 16th, 1860.