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In 1860 he emigrated to the United States , and by 1872 he was Superintendent of Works for Pioneer Breech-Loading Arms Co. (Trenton, Mass.). In 1874 he became a foreman for Singer Sewing Machine Co. , then was employed by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. , later went to Winchester Repeating Arms Co. , and then was Superintendent to Sharps Rifle Co. on June 1 , 1876 . After the dissolution of the Sharps Rifle Co. in 1881 , Borchardt returned to Budapest where he was employed by Fegyver és Gépgyár Részvéntarsaság and by 1890 gained the position of works director. While here, he married Aranka Herczog . His return in Europe was interrupted by a short stay (1890-92) in the United States as a consultant to Remington Arms in relation to the development of the Lee rifle for the U.S Army trials. By 1893 Borchardt had an association with Ludwig Loewe & Company of Berlin , Germany, a manufacturer of machine tools, to produce the C-93, a Semi-automatic pistol that he had invented based upon the Maxim Toggle-lock principle. He also developed the 7.65 X 25 Mm Borchardt cartridge around which the C-93 was built. Hugo Borchardt had many non-firearms patents: a rock drill, a shirt-neck shaper, gas burners, ball-bearings, a wire-straightener, and various electrical apparatus. Borchardt died of pneumonia in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1924. FIREARMS PATENTS U.S.
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