Firearm Anatomy - Book I  The Thompson M1A1 Submachine Gun
The author, David Findlay, has spent his entire life around firearms and in the field of gun design. The author first worked for 26 years at Remington Arms as a designer and in middle management in charge of other gun designers and firearms acceptance testing.  He then worked four years for Marlin Firearms/H&R; 1871 as a product engineer and later in charge of the engineering group at H&R; 1871.  Currently he is employed by Smith & Wesson as a product engineer. David’s experience has included working on the following Remington product lines; M/870, M/1100, M/1187, M/522 Viper, M/700, and SP-10 Magnum. While at H&R; 1871, David was involved in improving product quality, product performance, and new line extensions of both their rifle and shotgun single shot product lines.  Now at Smith & Wesson, David has worked on the M&P; 4 full auto, the M&P; 15 semi-auto long gun lines, and has also worked on the Thompson Center product lines as a product engineer. Along the way, the author has received eight patents: #5,373,775 Disconnector in Two Planes #5,442,874 Firearm Mag Box Alignment #5,448,939 Firearm with Multiple Sears #5,551,180 Releasable Bolt Lock #6,240,670 Firing Pin Lock #6,256,917 Firearm with Lockable Safety #8,261,652         Ambidextrous Bolt Stop #8,418,803         Flash Suppressor This is David Findlay’s first book.