Evan Herbert Whildin (January 20, 1950 – July 12, 2000) was an American businessman in the firearms industry; a former

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. Its responsibilities include the investigation and prevention ...

agent; and a firearms cartridge designer. He was vice president and general manager of Philadelphia's Action Arms firearms company, and while working for them developed the .50 AE cartridge (famous in the

Desert Eagle The Desert Eagle is a trigger (firearms), single-action, Gas-operated reloading, gas-operated, semi-automatic pistol capable of chambering the .50 Action Express, the largest centerfire cartridge of any magazine-fed, self-loading pistol and a nu ...

pistol) in 1988, and the 9mm AE (1988) and .41 AE (1986) cartridges. Whildin was born on January 20, 1950 in Coaldale, Pennsylvania. He died on July 12, 2000 in

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at the age of 50.

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