Mike Walker (engineer)
Merle "Mike" Walker (December 5, 1911 - March 6, 2013) was a renowned designer and engineer employed with Remington Arms. He is noted as the designer of the Remington Model 721, Model 722 and Model 700. The Model 700 is considered to be Remington's most successful hunting rifle. Walker developed various cartridges while at Remington including .222 Remington, .244 Remington (later renamed 6mm Remington), and 6mm BR. Walker also holds patents, mostly relating to trigger designs however the Model 700 trigger safety has been associated with misfiring for which he proposed a solution. Walker played a role in founding the International Bench Shooters.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ Bellah, Kent (February 1960). "Handloading Bench" (PDF). Guns: 14.
- ^ "Legends of Benchrest: Remington's Mike Walker « Daily Bulletin". bulletin.accurateshooter.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ Cohn, Scott (2013-03-25). "Developer of Controversial Remington Trigger Dead at 101". CNBC. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ "Merle Walker Obituary - Hendersonville, North Carolina - Tributes.com". www.tributes.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ "Merle "Mike" Walker's Obituary on Times-News". Times-News. Retrieved 2017-09-27.