![]() ![]() Julian’s pistol reflected the influence of the Steyr-Mannlicher-it was blowback operated, with a fixed barrel, an open-top slide, and a top-mounted extractor. By his early 30’s, Julian had obtainedīonifacio and his father José Cruz started a small workshop in Eibar in 1905 in the hope of manufacturing a pistol which had been designed by Julian, based on his experience with the La Sometime around 1905 he worked for Gárate, Anitua y Cia and helped design their La Lira pistol, which was a copy of the 1901 Steyr-Mannlicher with a removeable magazine. Studied business in Bilbao and eventually became a firearms designer. Bonifacio’s younger brother Julian (1875-1948) ![]() Father and son both worked for a time at the Quintana Hermanos factory, making revolvers. Later returned to Eibar to learn gunsmithing. His son Bonifacio (1859-1951) studied metallurgy in Madrid and ![]() Byġ880 he had started his first business manufacturing muzzle loading guns. José Cruz Echeverría (1833-1909) learned gunsmithing while working for the Orbea Hermanos company of Eibar in the mid-19th century. ![]()
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