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David Marshall Williams

David Marshall Williams
David Marshall Williams, American convicted murderer and firearms designer (d. 1975)

David Marshall Williams was an American firearms designer and convicted murderer who invented the floating chamber and the short-stroke gas piston. Both designs used the high-pressure gas generated in or near the breech of the firearm to operate the action of semi-automatic firearms like the M1 Carbine.

13 November 1900

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