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, American firearms designer. Son of a President of the Yale Safe and Iron Company, Johnson was trained as a industrial engineer and worked for several companies before coming to the
Winchester Repeating Arms Company. While working for Winchester, Johnson was responsible for some of Winchester's most memorable gun designs, including the
Model 1903 and
Model 1905, respectively the first commercially-available
rimfire and
centerfire self-loading rifles,
Model 1911 self-loading shotgun, the
Model 12 pump action shotgun, the
Model 21 double-barreled shotgun, the Model 51 "Imperial" bolt-action sporting rifle, the
Model 52 bolt-action smallbore match rifle, and the
Model 54 bolt-action hunting rifle (which evolved into the renowned
Model 70). From beginning employment with Winchester in November 1885 to his death in 1934, Johnson was named on 124 patents assigned to the company.
Sources
- Madis, George, The Winchester Book. Houston: Art and Reference House 1971
- Williamson, Harold, Winchester, The Gun That Won the West. Washington: Combat Forces Press 1952
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