Jerry Dobbins designed the Bushmaster and Defiant.
The Intimidator is a Bushmaster shoehorned into a Millenium body (Later models are really just optimized versions of such). Bob Long did not design his own gun, he converted a design he had partial rights to (Bob helped with the development of the Bushy, although the design is Jerry's). The basic funcionality is a copy of the Angel however (The US Navy actually owns the patents to that basic design, from the early 70's). The Impulse is SP's take on the same basic design as the Bushmaster, Angel, Spyder EM1, Viking, Tribal, whatever AM is calling their electro, and others. The basic design is really a stacked-tube blowback, with a pneumatic ram replacing the blowback and hammer.
The BKO is a redesign of the Bushmaster (Relocated LPR and cheaper RAM, with different LP air routing, to drop manufacturing costs), not a ripoff of the EM1, which has the Ram return sprung, instead of the ram stroke (Opposite of the Bushmaster and BKO).
PVI designed the 1st gen Shocker. The 2nd gen Shocker is a SP redesign of the original, the 3rd gen shocker is a completely new design.
There are a number of different people involved in the Matrix's design. The engineering staff of Airtech was scattered to the winds, with some ending up at gen-E, and at least 1 at NYX.
The Sypder is a variant on the VM68 design. Nothing really original to it.
The Intimidator is a Bushmaster shoehorned into a Millenium body (Later models are really just optimized versions of such). Bob Long did not design his own gun, he converted a design he had partial rights to (Bob helped with the development of the Bushy, although the design is Jerry's). The basic funcionality is a copy of the Angel however (The US Navy actually owns the patents to that basic design, from the early 70's). The Impulse is SP's take on the same basic design as the Bushmaster, Angel, Spyder EM1, Viking, Tribal, whatever AM is calling their electro, and others. The basic design is really a stacked-tube blowback, with a pneumatic ram replacing the blowback and hammer.
The BKO is a redesign of the Bushmaster (Relocated LPR and cheaper RAM, with different LP air routing, to drop manufacturing costs), not a ripoff of the EM1, which has the Ram return sprung, instead of the ram stroke (Opposite of the Bushmaster and BKO).
PVI designed the 1st gen Shocker. The 2nd gen Shocker is a SP redesign of the original, the 3rd gen shocker is a completely new design.
There are a number of different people involved in the Matrix's design. The engineering staff of Airtech was scattered to the winds, with some ending up at gen-E, and at least 1 at NYX.
The Sypder is a variant on the VM68 design. Nothing really original to it.
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