Very interesting indeed. You are right, I did not really know of this inventor. A fascinating period when it appears that the USofA had a great many super machinists, We see the results from these guns, to automobiles, trains and airplanes.
After the ‘star ejector’ came the ‘speedloader’ which made some of the revolvers a bit quicker than their automatic cousins in the reload.
My friend Tom is always finding Western history trivia that is amazing. I really like his blog.
I read his site pretty often. Have had some email exchanges with him and really appreciate what he does.