Merle "Mike" H. Walker (December 5, 1911 - March 6, 2013) was a designer of firearms and cartridges, an engineer employed with Remington Arms for 37 years, and a leader in promoting the sport of benchrest shooting.

Design and engineering

He is noted as the designer of the Remington Model 721, Model 722 and Model 700. The Model 700 has been called "the world's most popular bolt-action rifle." Walker developed various cartridges while at Remington including

.222 Remington The .222 Remington or 5.7×43mm (C.I.P), also known as the triple deuce, triple two, and treble two, is a centerfire rifle cartridge. Introduced in 1950, it was the first commercial rimless .22 (5.56 mm) cartridge made in the United Stat ...

, .244 Remington (later renamed 6mm Remington), and 6mm BR. Walker also held patents, including one in 1950 for the trigger which went into the Remington Model 700. That trigger has been associated with misfiring for which he proposed a solution. He was also involved in inventing button rifling.

Benchrest

Walker played a role in founding th
International Bench Shooters
and was its first president.

References

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