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Title: Happy Birthday JMB
Post by: Conagher 45 on January 23, 2018, 04:56:16 PM

Today is John Moses Browning's 163 d birthday.

Thanks for your wonderful firearms legacy .

Title: Re: Happy Birthday JMB
Post by: Big Frank on January 23, 2018, 06:48:22 PM

His genius should be celebrated regularly. The gun world would be a far poorer place without him.

Title: Re: Happy Birthday JMB
Post by: PegLeg45 on January 23, 2018, 06:57:34 PM

Quote from: jumbofrank on January 23, 2018, 06:48:22 PM

His genius should be celebrated regularly. The gun world would be a far poorer place without him.

Indeed.

Title: Re: Happy Birthday JMB
Post by: les snyder on January 23, 2018, 09:29:42 PM

the world would be a far scarier place without him... 1985 potato digger MG, 1919 .30cal LMG, M2 .50cal BMG, 1911 .45cal, BAR 30-06cal, M1897 trench gun 12ga, M1912 trench gun 12 ga, A5 12ga (Malaysia), 1903 General officer's pistol, P35 Browning design... off the top of my head... a lot of bad guys were neutralized

Title: Re: Happy Birthday JMB
Post by: Big Frank on January 23, 2018, 11:24:31 PM

This is posted on Wikipedia. I didn't know he invented the Ithaca Model 37.

Several of Browning's designs are still in production today. Some of his most notable designs include:

Cartridges

    .25 ACP
    .32 ACP
    .38 ACP
    .380 ACP
    .45 ACP
    .50 BMG
    9mm Browning Long

Firearms

Pistols

    FN M1899/M1900 (.32 ACP)
    Colt Model 1900 (.38 ACP)
    Colt Model 1902 (.38 ACP)
    Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer (.38 ACP)
    FN Model 1903 (9mm Browning Long)
    Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (.32 ACP)
    FN Model 1906 Vest Pocket (.25 ACP)
    Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket (.25 ACP)
    Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless (.380 ACP)
    FN Model 1910 (.32 ACP, .380 ACP)
    U.S. M1911 pistol (.45 ACP)
    Browning Hi-Power (9mm Parabellum)
    Colt Woodsman pistol (.22 LR)

Shotguns

    Savage Model 720 long-recoil semi-automatic shotgun
    Ithaca Model 37 pump-action repeating shotgun
    Stevens Model 520/620 pump-action repeating shotgun
    Winchester Model 1887 lever-action repeating shotgun
    Winchester Model 1893 pump-action repeating shotgun
    Winchester Model 1897 pump-action repeating shotgun
    Winchester Model 1912 pump-action repeating shotgun
    Browning Auto-5 long-recoil semi-automatic shotgun
    Browning Superposed over/under shotgun
    Remington Model 17 pump-action repeating shotgun

Rifles

    Winchester Model 1885 falling-block single-shot rifle
    Winchester Model 1886 lever-action repeating rifle
    Winchester Model 1890 slide-action repeating rifle (.22 LR)
    Winchester Model 1892 lever-action repeating rifle
    Winchester Model 1894 lever-action repeating rifle
    Winchester Model 1895 lever-action repeating rifle
    Winchester Model 1900 bolt-action single-shot rifle (.22 LR)
    Remington Model 8 semi-auto rifle
    Browning 22 Semi-Auto rifle (.22 LR)
    Remington Model 24 semi-auto rifle (.22 LR)
    FN Trombone pump-action rifle (.22 LR)

Machine guns

    U.S. M1895 air-cooled gas-operated machine gun
    U.S. M1917 water-cooled recoil-operated machine gun
    U.S. M1919 air-cooled recoil-operated machine gun
    U.S. M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
    U.S. M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun
    U.S. M4 37mm Automatic Gun