Occupation firearms designer Children Ann Egg | Name Durs Egg | |
Born 1745 Basle, Switzerland Died 1831, London, United Kingdom | ||
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Durs Egg (1748–1831) was a Swiss-born British gunmaker, noted for his flintlock pistols and for his company's production of the Ferguson rifle.
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Egg was apprenticed in Solothurn and Paris before establishing his own business in London in 1772. He was a contemporary of Joseph Manton, Jean Samuel Pauly, and the uncle of Joseph Egg.
In popular culture
A pair of Durs duelling pistols are the subject of the mystery novel The Judas Pair.
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