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Durs Egg

Durs Egg

Swiss-born British gunmaker


Durs Egg (1745–1822) was a Swiss-born British gunmaker,[1] 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.

A pair of Durs duelling pistols are the subject of the mystery novel The Judas Pair.


References

  1. Campbell, Gordon. "Egg, Durs." Grove Art Online. 22 October 2008; Accessed 9 November 2022. https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7002071882 doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T2071882.

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