Durs Egg

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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, Jean Samuel Pauly 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.

Persondata
Name	Egg, Durs
Alternative names
Short description	British gunsmith
Date of birth	1748
Place of birth	Basle, Switzerland
Date of death	1831
Place of death	London, England

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