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While researching another thread I ended up reading on Carbine Williams. I guess I never bothered, because I had the Jimmy Stewart version in my head. I didn't realize his story goes beyond the M-1 carbine. He did work for Colt, Remington, Winchester as well as the US Ordinance Dept. You know that 1911 .22 conversion that Colt used to offer, the one that had the floating chamber to simulate recoil? That was his design. The Benelli inertia action shotguns, like the M1 Super90, reference his patents.
He was a trouble maker from the start. But, he was local Cumberland County boy. And as coincidence would have it, during his final year's ('72-'75) he was in Dorthea Dix Hospital. During a few of those same years I was literally straight across the road (Western Blvd.) at NCSU in Becton dorm.
Anyway, for this curious or bored enough to read, here's the Wiki...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Marshall_Williams
He was a trouble maker from the start. But, he was local Cumberland County boy. And as coincidence would have it, during his final year's ('72-'75) he was in Dorthea Dix Hospital. During a few of those same years I was literally straight across the road (Western Blvd.) at NCSU in Becton dorm.
Anyway, for this curious or bored enough to read, here's the Wiki...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Marshall_Williams
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