T. C. Johnson
Thomas Crossley Johnson was an American firearms designer. The son of a President of the Yale Safe and [Iron Company], Johnson was trained as an industrial engineer and worked for several companies prior to employment with the Winchester [Repeating Arms Company] in 1885. While working for Winchester, Johnson was responsible for some of Winchester's most memorable gun designs:
- Winchester [Model 1903|Model 1903], first commercially available rimfire self-loading rifle
- Model 1905, first commercially available centerfire self-loading rifle
- Model 1911, self-loading shotgun
- Model 12, slide action shotgun
- Model 21, double-barreled shotgun
- Model 51, "Imperial" bolt-action sporting rifle
- Model 52 bolt-action smallbore match rifle
- Model 54 bolt-action hunting rifle.