Marin le Bourgeoys: The Man Who Standardized the Flintlock

Marin le Bourgeoys: The Man Who Standardized the Flintlock

Marin le Bourgeoys (c. 1550–1634) was a French artist, gunsmith, and inventor who created what historians and firearms scholars now call the "true flintlock" — the ignition mechanism that would define firearms technology for more than two centuries.