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Samuel Cummings was born on 7 February, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is an American businessman. Discover Samuel Cummings's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Samuel Cummings
Occupation Arms dealer, businessman
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 7 February, 1927
Birthday 7 February
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of death 29 April, 1998
Died Place Monte Carlo, Monaco
Nationality United States

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1927

Samuel Cummings, (February 7, 1927 – April 29, 1998) was an American small arms dealer.

1950

Following his military discharge he attended George Washington University on the GI Bill, where he was recruited in 1950 by the Central Intelligence Agency as a weapons expert.

Cummings then toured Europe, where he bought large quantities of surplus World War II weapons for both Hollywood productions and the Taiwan government During this time he was also called upon to identify captured weapons in the Korean War.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Interarmco flooded the American market with military firearms, catering to souvenir-hungry GIs and sportsmen, and drastically undercutting domestic sporting-arms manufacturers.

At the same time, Cummings became an export sales agent for various small arms manufacturers.

Interarmco was an original exclusive agent for ArmaLite, and Cummings personally demonstrated its revolutionary AR-10 selective-fire rifle to various nations, including Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.

1953

He founded the International Armament Corporation (also known as Interarms or Interarmco) in 1953, a company which came to dominate the free world market in private arms sales.

In 1953 Cummings set up Interarmco in Alexandria, Virginia, with a warehouse in Manchester, England, and other international locations to capitalize on the vast stores of postwar arms and ammunition.

He used his contacts and expertise to acquire surplus weapons in large quantities to sell to various private and government buyers throughout the world.

1957

The Nicaraguan demonstration succeeded in what would have been the first-ever AR-10 export sale to the nation of Nicaragua in 1957 (later cancelled).

1958

In 1958, Cummings sold 100 ArmaLite AR-10 rifles to Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, but in 1959 the entire shipment of AR-10 rifles was captured intact on the Havana docks by the victorious rebel forces of Fidel Castro.

Cummings wrote Castro and asked him if he would pay for the rifles or return them, and was invited to visit Cuba in return.

Reportedly impressed with the firepower of the AR-10, Castro paid for the rifles and asked for more, but the American arms embargo to Cuba prohibited further sales.

Castro later gave the rifles to rebels seeking to overthrow the leader of the Dominican Republic, General Rafael Trujillo.

1959

In June 1959, the rebels invaded the Dominican Republic in a combined air/sea operation.

Betrayed by local residents, the seaborne rebel forces (led by Cuban officers), were surprised at the water's edge; those dropping via parachute were hunted down in the following days by the Dominican army.

Captured AR-10 rifles from Cummings' Batista shipment were found on the bodies of guerrillas killed in firefights with government forces.

When Cummings arrived in the Dominican Republic that same month to discuss the subject of arms sales with the nation's arms procurement officer, an enraged General Trujillo stormed into the room carrying an AR-10 rifle taken off the body of a dead insurgent, demanding to know why Cummings had supplied guns to his enemies.

During this time period, he became a British subject and moved to Monte Carlo, Monaco, while maintaining warehouses worldwide and the company Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.

1968

Cummings' arms import business was significantly impacted after surplus military firearm imports were greatly restricted by the US Gun Control Act of 1968.

Importation of foreign commercial arms sustained the business after 1968.

Interarms brought to the American market many quality foreign firearm brands including Star pistols.

1974

Samuel Cummings and Interarms appear as relevant subjects in the well known 1974 Italian movie While There's War There's Hope ("Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza") starring and directed by Alberto Sordi.

1991

Cummings also appears in Anthony Sampson's 1991 two-part BBC2 documentary about the arms trade, The Two Edged Sword, interviewed at Interarm's Manchester warehouse.

1998

He died on April 29, 1998, in Monaco after a series of strokes.

Cummings was born in Philadelphia and became interested in weapons after acquiring a Maxim gun from a disused American Legion hall at the age of five.

Cummings became a US Army weapons specialist at Fort Lee, Virginia, after World War II.

His daughter Susan Cummings was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 1998, after shooting her boyfriend Roberto Villegas.

Interarms was later acquired by the High Standard Manufacturing Company.