Invisibleflash
Diamond Member
By Will Dabbs, MD
Eugene Morrison Stoner was born in Gosport, Indiana, on 22 November 1922. He passed away in Palm City, Florida, in 1997. In the intervening 74 years, Stoner established himself as the most successful American firearms designer of the modern age.
When Stoner graduated from High School in 1939, his parents could not afford to send him to college. Instead, he took a job as a machinist with the Vega Aircraft Company. Vega ultimately morphed into Lockheed, which then became Lockheed Martin. They build F-35s and C-130s today....
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Eugene Morrison Stoner was born in Gosport, Indiana, on 22 November 1922. He passed away in Palm City, Florida, in 1997. In the intervening 74 years, Stoner established himself as the most successful American firearms designer of the modern age.
When Stoner graduated from High School in 1939, his parents could not afford to send him to college. Instead, he took a job as a machinist with the Vega Aircraft Company. Vega ultimately morphed into Lockheed, which then became Lockheed Martin. They build F-35s and C-130s today....
Full story here:
AR-10 Origin Story - The Armory Life
Eugene Morrison Stoner was born in Gosport, Indiana, on 22 November 1922. He passed away in Palm City, Florida, in 1997. In the intervening 74 years, Stoner established himself as the most successful American firearms designer of the modern age. When Stoner graduated from High School in 1939...