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Griffin & Howe, Inc. is an American firearms manufacturer headquartered in Andover, New Jersey. Founded in 1923 by Seymour Robert Griffin, a New York City cabinetmaker , and James Virgil Howe, foreman of the machine shop at the Frankford Arsenal in Pennsylvania .
The 35 Whelen was designed by James Howe, of Griffin and Howe, partially in response to letters from Leslie Simpson and Stewart Edward White, suggesting that a good all-round rifle for African use would be one of 333 to 350 caliber, with a bullet of 250- to 300 grains (ideally 275 at 2500 fps.
Griffin & Howe, the great New York custom gun-making firm, soon followed suit, making custom rifles chambered in their own slightly-modified version of the wildcat cartridge. The .25 Griffin & Howe differed from the .25 Roberts only with respect to the New York company, skipping one step and opting for a slightly longer cartridge by leaving the ...
Griffin's 23 tackles are tied for the fifth-most in the Texas record books. But of the 11 23-tackle games in UT's history, Griffin's is the only one that has been recorded in the last 30 years.
Griffin & Howe chambered custom-built rifles for this cartridge; and using neck resizing with cases carefully fire formed to the chamber in which the loaded cartridges were to be used, these rifles were reportedly very effective for killing elk, moose, and bear at ranges up to 400 yards (370 m).
Orion Griffin, The Newberry Observer, S.C. September 27, 2023 at 6:16 PM. ... There were 12 previous tests on the Bell X-2, but Apt's would make history. in 1954, Apt graduated from the ...
WASHINGTON -- Secret Service agents on Friday officially said goodbye to “Deacon,” the code-name they used for former President Jimmy Carter, who had the longest-serving security detail in the ...
Joseph Reed played a role in encouraging the militia's activities.. In July 1776 forces of Great Britain under the command of General William Howe landed on Staten Island.Over the next several months, Howe's forces, which were British Army regulars and auxiliary German troops usually referred to as Hessian, chased George Washington's Continental Army out of New York City and across New Jersey. [7]