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Both my sources say the maker is "unknown".
FWIW, that gun is far too old to have been named for the machine. Its name and later the name of the machine were derived from the older meaning of a person or group that achieved its goals by brute force and violence toward its opposition. The term originated in the southern U.S., so some conclusions as to the victims might be drawn.
Today, of course, the only common meaning is that of the powerful earth-moving machine, and the older meaning has been largely forgotten.
Jim
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