Eric Kincel

Eric Kincel

1967 2001 Began VLTOR in Idaho 2004 – bought by Abrams Airborne Manufacturing, Inc. (AAMI) in Tucson, AZ 2005 – Invented Modular firearm buttstock 2008 Invented the KeyMod 2011 (2013) Invented Charging handle with improved gas deflection 2013 Director of Research & Development for Bravo Company USA   About Eric Kincel Eric Kincel is a … Read more

Lee Jurras

Lee Jurras

1934 – 2017 Invented the first commercially successful hollow point ammo “Super Vel” 1963 founded Super Vel ammunition – Shelbyville, Indiana 1974 – Super Vel closed 1975 involvemed with the Auto Mag – in New Mexico co-authored several books on firearms published the Auto Mag Newsletter L.E. Jurras Custom Model 100 Auto Mags – offered … Read more

Joe Meigs

1840 – 1907 1840 Joe Vincent Meigs born in Nashville, Tennessee patented a breech loading firearm patented a metal cartridge with an improved firing chamber 1869 appointed Meigs agent of the U.S. Cartridge Company invented a single-rail elevated railway system About Joe Meigs Joe V. Meigs, often recorded as Josiah Vincent Meigs, was a 19th-century … Read more