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Hugo Borchardt (June 6, 1844-May 8, 1924) was a firearms inventor and engineer, born in Magdeburg, Germany. He is known for his inventions of the Borchardt C-93 pistol and the Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 rifle. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ...
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May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ...
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Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe river. ...
In 1860 he emigrated to the United States, and by 1872 he was Superintendent of Works for Pioneer Breech-Loading Arms Co. (Trenton, Mass.). In 1874 he became a foreman for Singer Sewing Machine Co., then was employed by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co., later went to Winchester Repeating Arms Co., and then was Superintendent to Sharps Rifle Co. on June 1, 1876. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...
1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
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Singer Corporation was established as I.M. Singer & Co. ...
Rampant Colt - The original logo of Colts Firearms Colts Manufacturing Company was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1847 by Samuel Colt in order to produce revolvers, which Colt held the patent on, during the Mexican-American War. ...
Winchester Cathedral as seen from Cathedral Close Winchester is a city in southern England, and the administrative capital of the county of Hampshire, with a population of around 35,200. ...
June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...
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After the dissolution of the Sharps Rifle Co. in 1881, Borchardt returned to Budapest where he was employed by Fegyver és Gépgyár Részvéntarsaság and by 1890 gained the position of works director. While here, he married Aranka Herczog. His return in Europe was interrupted by a short stay (1890-92) in the United States as a consultant to Remington Arms in relation to the development of the Lee rifle for the U.S Army trials. 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Remington Arms is a major American manufacturer of rifles, and shotguns, as well as other firearms and all-terrain vehicles. ...
By 1893 Borchardt had an association with Ludwig Loewe & Company of Berlin, Germany, a manufacturer of machine tools, to produce the C-93, a semi-automatic pistol that he had invented based upon the Maxim toggle-lock principle. He also developed the 7.65 x 25 mm Borchardt cartridge around which the C-93 was built. Hugo Borchardt had many non-firearms patents: a rock drill, a shirt-neck shaper, gas burners, ball-bearings, a wire-straightener, and various electrical apparatus. 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...
A semi-automatic firearm automatically loads a round into the chamber after the weapon is fired, but still requires a trigger pull for each round that is fired. ...
Maxim may refer to: Hiram Maxim, inventor and firearm designer Maxim machine gun Joey Maxim, boxer, world light heavyweight champion Maxim, a mens magazine A maxim, a wise saying similar to an aphorism Maxim IC, manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits Maxim Institute, a conservative think tank...
In firearms terminology, an action is the system of operation that the firearm employs to seal the breech (in a breech-loading firearm), and to load consecutive rounds. ...
Borchardt died of pneumonia in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1924. Charlottenburg is an area in Berlin, formerly a borough, now part of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. ...
Firearms Patents
U.S. - #185,721 26th September, 1876
- #206,217 23rd July, 1878
- #273,448 6th March, 1883
- #571,260 1896
- #987,543 21st March, 1911
Germany - #75,837 9th September, 1893
- #77,748 18th March, 1894
- #91998 10th October, 1896
- #227,078 27th February, 1909
British - #18,774 1st November, 1893
- #29,622 20th February, 1909
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