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Gun Guys Hall of Fame

Biographies of the people who shaped firearms design, use, history, and culture.

John Moses Browning seated with a firearm

Firearms inventor and designer

John Moses Browning

Designed more than 100 firearms, including the M1911 pistol, Browning Automatic Rifle, and M2 .50-caliber machine gun.

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Samuel Colt seated and holding a revolver

Firearms inventor and industrialist

Samuel Colt

Patented the Colt revolver and built a firearms company around interchangeable manufacturing and mass production.

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Annie Oakley holding a rifle

Markswoman and performer

Annie Oakley

Became an internationally known rifle markswoman through competition, exhibition shooting, and Buffalo Bill's Wild West.

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Portrait of Charlton Heston in 1953

Actor and firearms advocate

Charlton Heston

Used his public platform to discuss firearms ownership and served as president of the National Rifle Association.

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John C. Garand with an M1 rifle

Engineer and rifle designer

John C. Garand

Designed the M1 Garand, the U.S. military's first standard-issue semiautomatic service rifle.

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Theodore Roosevelt in buckskin holding a rifle

President, hunter, and conservationist

Theodore Roosevelt

Connected hunting, conservation, military service, and public leadership in the development of modern American gun culture.

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Gaston Glock examining a disassembled pistol with an NRA staffer

Austrian engineer and firearms industrialist 1929-2023

Gaston Glock

Founded GLOCK and helped develop the polymer-frame Glock service pistol.

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