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... Paris Lee''' ([[August 9]], [[1831]] – [[February 24]], [[1904]]) was a Scottish-[[Canadian]] and later American inventor and arms designer, best known for The Lee Model 1879 rifle was his first successful [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]-fed rifle, which was adopted by [[China]] and the US Navy, and

'''John Lee''' was a Scottish-Canadian - [[Canadian]] inventor and arms designer, best known for co- inve [[Category:Canadian firearms designers]]

'''Alexander Henry''' was a Scottish gunsmith, and designer of the Henry rifling used in the [[Martini-Henry]] r [[Category:British firearms designers]]

...terian clergyman who invented the [[percussion ignition]].<ref>[http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst143.html Overview of Rev. Alexander John Fors ...old reliable [[flintlock]]s converted.<ref name = Ricketts>Ricketts, H., ''Firearms'' (London, 1962)</ref>