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Thank You Mike: For the 721, 722 7 the 700. Also the .222 & the 6mm. Well Done!
Warren Graumann
June 06, 2022
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Merle "Mike" Walker
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Age 101
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Hendersonville, North Carolina
Obituary
Send FlowersLegendary firearms engineer Merle "Mike" Walker passed away on March 6, at the age of 101. Walker was one of the most important gun and cartridge designers of the 20th Century, and he also was a leading proponent of benchrest shooting. Mike worked for Remington Arms Company for 37 years, as a...
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Mike working in his shop at 101 yrs old!
March 26, 2021
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Mike with his favorite stock.
March 26, 2021
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I remember all the enjoyment i got from talking with Mike about firearms/reloading and life in general. I think about him often. He was a fine gentleman!
Ken Higgins
March 26, 2020 | Asheville, NC | Friend
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A "paragon" of mine when it came to definitive answers in Precision Shooting magazine. I have admired Mike from afar for over 50 years beginning in my very late teens.
Richard Lasseter
March 25, 2020 | Valdosta, GA
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I think about Mike often. I pass on all the information about shooting, gunsmithing and reloading that I learned from Mike over the years. After seen Mike helping young shooters I try and do what Mike would have done.. I'm still using some of Mike's tools and shooting several of the rifles I bought from him. God Bless...
Ken Higgins
March 25, 2019 | Asheville, NC | Friend
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Mike was an inspiration to me in my formative years of precision shooting. I well remember how he used to patiently answer my naive, newcomer questions in his monthly column in Precision Shooting magazine in the early 1970's. This endeared Mike to me over the years.
Richard Lasseter
July 03, 2013 | Valdosta, GA
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photo of mike working in his shop about a week before he passed away...building a 260.
April 03, 2013
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mike with a turkey shot at 112 yds on my farm
April 03, 2013
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