Today in History:
- On today’s date 169 years ago, Tuesday, January 23, 1855, noted American gunsmith, firearms designer, & founder of the Browning Arms Company John Moses Browning (1855-1926) was born at Ogden City in Utah Territory.
Browning is famous for developing many varieties of military & civilian firearms, cartridges, & firearms mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. He is probably the most important figure in the development of modern automatic & semi-automatic firearms & he is credited with 128 firearms patents.
Among John Browning’s most successful designs are the Model ‘94 Winchester lever-action rifle, the Colt .45 M1911 semi-automatic pistol, the Browning 9mm P-35 Hi-Power semi-automatic pistol, the Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun, the Browning Automatic Rifle, & the Browning Auto-5 semi-automatic shotgun.
The undated studio photograph depicts John M. Browning with one of his namesake Browning M1917 water-cooled heavy machine guns.
- On today’s date 169 years ago, Tuesday, January 23, 1855, noted American gunsmith, firearms designer, & founder of the Browning Arms Company John Moses Browning (1855-1926) was born at Ogden City in Utah Territory.
Browning is famous for developing many varieties of military & civilian firearms, cartridges, & firearms mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. He is probably the most important figure in the development of modern automatic & semi-automatic firearms & he is credited with 128 firearms patents.
Among John Browning’s most successful designs are the Model ‘94 Winchester lever-action rifle, the Colt .45 M1911 semi-automatic pistol, the Browning 9mm P-35 Hi-Power semi-automatic pistol, the Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun, the Browning Automatic Rifle, & the Browning Auto-5 semi-automatic shotgun.
The undated studio photograph depicts John M. Browning with one of his namesake Browning M1917 water-cooled heavy machine guns.
Today in History:
- On today’s date 169 years ago, Tuesday, January 23, 1855, noted American gunsmith, firearms designer, & founder of the Browning Arms Company John Moses Browning (1855-1926) was born at Ogden City in Utah Territory.
Browning is famous for developing many varieties of military & civilian firearms, cartridges, & firearms mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. He is probably the most important figure in the development of modern automatic & semi-automatic firearms & he is credited with 128 firearms patents.
Among John Browning’s most successful designs are the Model ‘94 Winchester lever-action rifle, the Colt .45 M1911 semi-automatic pistol, the Browning 9mm P-35 Hi-Power semi-automatic pistol, the Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun, the Browning Automatic Rifle, & the Browning Auto-5 semi-automatic shotgun.
The undated studio photograph depicts John M. Browning with one of his namesake Browning M1917 water-cooled heavy machine guns.
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