Durs Egg

Durrs Egg
Born 1745
Basle, Switzerland
Died 1831
London, England
Occupation firearms designer
Children Ann Egg

Durs Egg (1748–1831) was a Swiss-born British gunmaker, noted for his flintlock pistols and for his company's production of the Ferguson rifle.

Egg was apprenticed in Solothurn and Paris before establishing his own business in London in 1772. He was a contemporary of Joseph Manton and the uncle of Joseph Egg.

In popular culture

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

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