Roy Weatherby

Roy Edward Weatherby (4 September 1910 – 4 April 1988) was an American businessman and inventor who was the founder and owner of Weatherby, Inc., a rifle, shotgun and cartridge manufacturing company founded in 1945. He created an entire line of custom cartridges, and was one of the people responsible for the industry interest in high-speed cartridges. He created a custom rifle action to accommodate his high-pressure cartridges.