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Firearms

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Gunstocks; Machine guns; Muskets; Pistols; Revolvers; Rifles; Shotguns; Sporting guns; Stevens firearms; Winchester firearms.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bruce A. Bydal papers

 Collection
Accession: 2692
Abstract:

Bruce A. Bydal (1937-) worked as a research engineer at the DuPont Company for over twenty years, is an expert in gun primers and chemicals, and an avid gun collector. He also worked with the Remington Arms Company, a subsidiary of the DuPont Company, to develop a new shotgun. The papers include descriptions of Bydal's work in DuPont's food and packaging division and his work at the Nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia. However, approximately one-half of the records pertaining to his work in applied mathematics at Remington Arms, a gun manufacturing company acquired by DuPont during the great depression.

Dates: 1901-2001

Exhibition Target Shooting film

 Collection
Accession: 2014-260
Abstract:

Remington Arms Company is one of the oldest American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition the largest producer of shotguns and rifles in the United States. This film is a documentary short on target shooting, featuring a demonstration by expert marksmen.

Dates: circa 1960s