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To: virgil283
Browning was a mechanical genius and a shrewd marketer of his products. Some of his legendary firearms are: 1) M1911 .45 pistol; 2) P35 9mm Hi-Power; 3) M1918 .30 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR); 4) M1917 and M1919 .30 machine guns; 5) M2 and M3 .50 machine guns; 6) Winchester 1892, 1894, 1895 lever action rifles; 7) Browning Auto 5 shotgun; 8) Browning M1895 .30 machine gun (aka “potato digger”); 9) Winchester M1897 and M1912 12 ga. pump shotguns.

Winchester and Colt manufactured Browning's designs. Browning established a strong working relationship with Fabrique Nationale in Herstal, Belgium. Browning designs were marketed in Europe, Asia, and South America under the FN logo and in North America under the Browning logo. Browning passes away in Herstal, Belgium, in 1926 while working on his last great pistol — the P35 Hi-Power.

6 posted on 10/17/2013 1:38:31 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: MasterGunner01

Browning was indeed a genius.


16 posted on 10/17/2013 2:08:54 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: MasterGunner01
You left out a few - the Model 1885 falling block rifle, the 1900 Browning automatic pistol, the 1886 Winchester, the Browning Superposed shotgun, the Ithaca Model 37 pump shotgun, the Remington Model 8 semiauto rifle, the Browning 20mm cannon, and of course, his favorite - the .22 semiautomatic rifle.

I'm sure that there are many, many more.

17 posted on 10/17/2013 2:26:10 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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