Gordon Ingram

Gordon Bailey Ingram (1924 to 2004) was an American firearm designer, inventor and entrepreneur, born in Los Angeles, California, on 30 December 1924. He is best known for creating the MAC-10 and MAC-11 machine pistols, in 1964 and 1972 respectively, which earned him the nickname the father of the machine pistol and are widely credited with re-popularizing the submachine gun. His first work in weapons design came during his service in the United States Army, where he designed the Ingram Model 6 in 1949. He co-founded the Military Armament Corporation with Mitchell WerBell III, who designed the suppressor for the MAC-10, and the company manufactured the pistols. Over some forty years of designing he also produced the Ranchero and Durango series of rifles, which applied the idea of multiple-use weapons sharing the same pistol-caliber rounds and magazines.