Yesterday -November 22nd, marked the 99th birthday of Eugene Stoner - one of the most underappreciated American firearms designers of the 20th century.
Eugene Stoner was the father of the AR-15 and the M16, and a titan in the world of both military- and civilian-use firearms. This is the forgotten history of how he changed the landscape of American firearms, as well as the world stage, and became the archetypal “self-made American man.”
Read: Eugene Stoner: The Forgotten History of the Man Who Created "America's Rifle" – the AR-15 at Ammo.com.