Merle "Mike" H. Walker (December 5, 1911 - March 6, 2013[1]) was a designer of firearms and cartridges, an engineer employed with Remington Arms for 37 years, and a leader in promoting the sport of benchrest shooting.[2]
Design and engineering
editHe is noted as the designer of the Remington Model 721, Model 722 and Model 700.[2][3] The Model 700 has been called "the world's most popular bolt-action rifle."[2]
Walker developed various cartridges while at Remington including .222 Remington, .244 Remington (later renamed 6mm Remington), and 6mm BR.[3][4][5]
Walker also held patents, including one in 1950 for the trigger which went into the Remington Model 700.[6] That trigger has been associated with misfiring for which he proposed a solution.[6] He was also involved in inventing button rifling.[2]
Benchrest
editWalker played a role in founding the International Bench Shooters and was its first president.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Merle Walker Obituary - Hendersonville, North Carolina - Tributes.com". www.tributes.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ a b c d "Merle "Mike" Walker's Obituary on Times-News". Times-News. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ a b Bellah, Kent (February 1960). "Handloading Bench" (PDF). Guns. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2012.
Reminton's .244 cartridge...Mike Walker...created the hotshot.... also designed the 722 Remington action that is top dog with benchresters generally using the.222 cartidge which he also developed.
- ^ Simpson, Layne (24 July 2020). ".222 Remington Rifle Cartridge – Family Portrait". RifleShooter. Outdoor Sportsmen Group. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Legends of Benchrest: Remington's Mike Walker « Daily Bulletin". bulletin.accurateshooter.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
Remington engineer and first president of the National Benchrest Shooters Association... Along with Remington Engineer Jim Stekl, Mike Walker helped develop a wildcat that became the 6mmBR cartridge.
- ^ a b Cohn, Scott (2013-03-25). "Developer of Controversial Remington Trigger Dead at 101". CNBC. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
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