Just saw that movie today, the first time I ever watched the whole thing. Great story, but I know some details of it are in dispute. Still, he did invent the short-stroke gas piston system and he was employed by Winchester during the development of the M1icon Carbine. He also had 68 patents to his credit. The carbine he developed while in prison was chambered in '.35' according to the movie, and I surmised it was .35 Remington. If he had been a fellow of calmer temperament, he may have been remembered as another Browning or Garand, but such was not to be. He hated the 'corporate mentality' at Winchester, as any similar personality naturally would, which was his ultimate undoing as far as becoming an American icon of gun design.
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