BY PGF
1 year, 12 months ago
We wonder if Herschel has made the pilgrimage to Stoner’s gravesite. OTOH, we probably shouldn’t joke about this; avoiding a pay cut from Herschel seems prudent right now.
Source: Includes several videos and info on 8 or so AR model variants. O
ne of the videos is a very interesting interview about his work and the weapons he developed.
Indiana’s own Eugene Morrison Stoner cut his teeth in small arms as a Marine Corps armorer in World War II and left the world some of the most iconic black rifles in history.
Born on Nov. 22, 1922, in the small town of Gosport, just outside of Bloomington, Indiana, Stoner moved to California with his parents and graduated from high school in Long Beach. After a short term with an aircraft company in the area that later became part of Lockheed, the young man enlisted in the Marines and served in the South Pacific in the Corps’ aviation branch, fixing, and maintaining machine guns in squadrons forward deployed as far as China.
Leaving the Marines as a corporal after the war, Stoner held a variety of jobs in the aviation industry in California before arriving at ArmaLite, a tiny division of the Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation, where he soon made his name in a series of ArmaLite Rifle designs, or ARs, something he would later describe as “a hobby that got out of hand.”
On November 22, 2022 at 5:46 pm, 21stCenturyCassandra said:
C. S. Lewis died on this day 59 years ago. RIP.
On November 22, 2022 at 6:07 pm, PGF said:
Did not know that. Thanks.
Christians observe Resurrection Sunday, the day of new birth, not the crucifixion day. I read somewhere that it’s a pagan tradition Christianity picked up as the Gospel went west to observe the day of death instead of the birthday of great men that have passed.
On November 22, 2022 at 6:26 pm, Montana said:
Should be a national holiday!