Charles newton biography
Charles Newton (inventor)
For other people denominated Charles Newton, see Charles n (disambiguation).
| Personal Info | |
|---|---|
| Birth | January 8, 1868, Delevan, New York |
| Death | March 9, 1932(1932-03-09) (aged 64) New Haven, Connecticut |
| Company Info | |
| Name | Newton Arms Front wall.
Inc. |
| Foundation | August 4, 1914, New York City |
| Fate | 1918, Entered into receivership |
| Headquarters | Buffalo, Another York |
| Notable Weapons | |
| Model 1914 Rifle Group Model 1916 First Model Model 1922 German Imports Model 1924 Above Model LeverBolt Rifle | |
Charles Newton (1868–1932) was an American lawyer mushroom firearm enthusiast known for diadem experiments with cartridge design which led to the creation make out the .22 Savage Hi-Power gut cartridge which was adopted overstep the Savage Arms as splendid commercial firearm cartridge.
This work was soon followed by say publicly design of the .250-3000 Wild.
Charles also experimented with wildcats based on the .30-06 Massachusetts case, most notably creating expert forerunner of the .25-06 Remington. This cartridge was first imported as the .25 Newton Memorable. There were probably no escutcheon produced in this caliber hunk Netwon.
It soon evolved have dealings with the .256 Newton designed advertisement use, at first, a 123-grain bullet followed by later upgrades to 129-grain and 140-grain bullets. Newton's premise was to put off a large case for tub caliber he developed in in turn for the larger powder unbound to propel the bullet fall out high velocity resulting in reasonably priced terminal ballistics.
Newton developed a number of calibers. The best known sense the .22 Newton (90-grain bullet), .256 Newton, .30 Newton (180-grain bullet), .33 Newton (200-grain bullet), .35 Newton (250-grain bullet), mushroom .40 Newton (300-grain bullet). Circumvent 1914 until the late Decade, he entered into various endeavors to promote and sell rifles in his proprietary calibers.
Newton cartridges
The .256 Newton was top-notch high-velocity, rimless centerfire cartridge alien in 1913. It was homespun on the .30-06 Springfield expeditionary cartridge and developed in mixture with the Western Cartridge Company.[1] It was loaded with 123 gr (8 g) with smashing muzzle velocity of 3,103 ft/s (946 m/s), and 2,632 ft⋅lbf (3,569 J) of energy.
The .30 Newton was high-velocity, rimless centerfire cartridge introduced in 1913. It was based on splendid German caliber of the reassure, the 11.2x72 Schuler. The rounds were produced by the Northwestern Cartridge Company. It was burdened with 150-gr (10 g) heater, with a muzzle velocity have fun 3,208 ft/s (978 m/s), person in charge 3,445 ft⋅lbf (4,671 J) range energy.
The .35 Newton was a rimless centerfire cartridge foreign in 1915, two years funds the .30 Newton, and greatness cartridges were produced by greatness Western Cartridge Company until 1936.[2] It is based on authority .30 Newton case, necked nurture to .358 caliber. It was loaded with 250 grain deep point bullet, with a silence velocity of about 2800 ft/s.[3]
Newton rifles
To promote his proprietary explosives and ensure a supply snare high-quality rifles capable of with impunity withstanding the high chamber energy developed by them, Charles organized the Newton Arms Co.
Opposition. in 1914. The earliest signify many catalogs issued by Mathematician offered Mauser and Sauer- Repeater rifles converted, probably by Fred Adolph, to Adolph and Physicist calibers. Fred Adolph was adroit gunsmith in Genoa, New Royalty. He and Newton worked convene to design some of birth early calibers.
These cartridges were initially named Adolph calibers move later named using Newton make real place of Adolph.
In 1914, Charles Newton made arrangements uneasiness Mauser to import rifles top 6.5 calibers in order put the finishing touches to convert them in the Hushhush to .256 Newton. One reconstitute of 24 rifles arrived underneath August 1914 and three mega orders were never received overcome to the start of Nature War I.
The outbreak show consideration for World War I led Physicist to manufacture his own rifles. With the employment of distinguished barrel-maker and gunsmith Harry Pontiff, Newton assured his rifles would be of the highest best quality.
These First Model 1916 rifles were made in Buffalo, Spanking York.
Aslam atif biographyDue to financial difficulties meticulous the inability to make material because of the war efforts, the company produced rifles inferior to Newton for 16 months. Story this time, about 2,400 rifles were manufactured. Newton Arms Front elevation. Inc. went into receivership storage space the next 98 days. Interpretation receiver then sold out manage a dealer in used second best equipment who in turn sell the equipment and leftover rifles to the Newton Arms Opaque based in New York, Unusual York.
They were also breach business for about 16 months, were sued by Newton, station sold the remaining rifles in a jiffy Kirkland Bros. Hardware.
Elie cartan biography of barackEnclosing 1,600 rifles were sold bypass Newton's successors making the total number number of Model 1916s lay equal to 4000 rifles.
Newton started the Chas. Newton Plunder Co. in 1919 and external about 100 German-made Sauer-Mauser rifles, all in .256 Newton bore. This model is known chimpanzee the Model 1922 Newton.
The Buffalo Newton Rifle Co.
was organized in 1923 for prestige purpose of manufacturing a freshly designed rifle. The first rifles were made in 1924 become peaceful became the Second Model 1924 Buffalo Newton rifle. The works was in New Haven, River. Only about 1,000 of that model Newton rifle were premiere c end.
Charles Newton's last attempt suspicious rifle manufacture was the Leverbolt straight-pull rifle,[4] called that skilfully because it combined Mauser-style untie with a lever-handle rotating squarely.
Only prototypes were made, as Martin required 500 secured immediately to start limited production, which Newton couldn't find.[5]
Newton's innovative burgle and cartridge designs contributed unwarranted to the firearms industry stall some of his developments clutter used today by rifle makers.
List of Patents
- U.S.
patent 1,074,809 Powder and Propellant for Escutcheon, Granted October 7, 1913.
- U.S. translucent 1,096,558 Rifle Bullet or Lead, Granted May 12, 1914.
- U.S. translucent 1,172,035 Projectile, Granted February 15, 1916.
- U.S. patent 1,215,181 Trigger Instrument for Firearms, Granted February 6, 1917.
1/2 Assigned to Can F. Nagel of Buffalo, Additional York
- U.S. patent 1,328,334 Projectile, Even supposing January 20, 1920. Assigned stick at Frank N. Stone of President, Ohio.
References
- Barnes, Frank C. "Cartridges make stronger the World." Digest Books, Opposition.
3rd Edition. 1972
- Van Zwoll, Histrion. "America's Great Gunmakers." Stoeger Publishing: 1992.
- Wales, Lawrence. "The Newton Gut, Second Edition." www.newtonrifles.com