Gordon Ingram
{{Short description|American entrepreneur}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|12|30}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|November 4, 2004|December 30, 1924}}
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| occupation = Inventor, entrepreneur
| known_for = Founded Military Armament Corporation with Mitchell L. WerBell III. Designed the MAC-10 and MAC-11 machine pistols.
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Gordon Bailey Ingram (December 30, 1924 – November 4, 2004) was an American inventor and entrepreneur. Along with Mitchell WerBell III, he founded Military Armament Corporation. Ingram was the creator of the MAC-10 and MAC-11 machine pistols, and is widely credited with repopularizing the submachine gun.{{cite book | last = Truby | first = J. David | title =Silencers, Snipers & Assassins: An Overview of Whispering Death| publisher = Paladin Press| year =1972 | pages = 108–110| isbn = 978-0-87364-012-1}}{{cite book| last = Long| first = Duncan| title = Terrifying Three: Uzi, Ingram and Intratec Weapons Families| publisher = Paladin Press| year = 1989| pages = 25–31| location = Boulder, Colorado| isbn = 978-0-87364-523-2 }}
Biography
Gordon B. Ingram was born in Los Angeles, California. His first foray into the weapons design world was during his years of service in the United States Army. He designed the Ingram Model 6 in 1949 and later went on to design and manufacture the MAC-10 and MAC-11. Ingram's role in the creation of the MAC-10 earned him the moniker "father of the machine pistol".{{cite book|last=Willbanks|first=James H.|title=Machine Guns: An Illustrated History of Their Impact|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWkYoAkoMHIC&pg=PA126|year=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-480-6|page=126}}{{cite book|last=Hobart|first=Frank William Arthur|title=Pictorial History of the Sub-machine Gun|year=1975|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-0-684-14186-2|page=51}} His design accomplishments spanned over forty years and left behind several notable designs. His Ranchero and Durango series of rifles incorporated the concept of multiple-use weapons that all use not only the same pistol-caliber rounds but the associated magazines as well.{{cite book|last1=Musgrave|first1=Daniel D.|last2=Nelson|first2=Thomas B.|title=The World's Assault Rifles and Automatic Carbines|year=1967|publisher=T. B. N. Enterprises|pages=524, 527}}
File:Flickr - ~Steve Z~ - Cobray M11.jpg, Ingram's most notable invention.]]
Ingram was also known for his associations with some of the US defense sector's most prominent figures, such as Mitchell WerBell III, who designed the suppressor for the MAC-10.{{cite book|last=Sweeney|first=Patrick|title=Gun Digest Book of Suppressors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5m4kCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA39|date=18 January 2016|publisher=F+W Media, Inc.|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-4532-9|page=39}}
References
- {{cite book|last=Iannamico|first=Frank|title=The Mac Man: Gordon B. Ingram and His Submachine Guns|year=2016|publisher=Chipotle Publishing, LLC|isbn=978-0-9823918-1-5}}
- {{cite book|last=Bull|first=Stephen|title=Encyclopedia of Military Technology and Innovation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HN3AUx_3Mn4C&pg=PA134|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-57356-557-8|page=134}}
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