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On this day in history; April 20, 1897, John Browning was issued patent 580923 for his semiautomatic pistol.

http://www.coltautos.com/images/patents/US580923.pdf



1 posted on 04/20/2025 7:17:11 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

Leftists try to make illegal designs from the 1800s.


2 posted on 04/20/2025 7:21:09 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (My Bearded Lady neighbor is an "Intimacy Coach" from the shed w/ Palestinian & Gay flags.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Mr Browning was genuis.


3 posted on 04/20/2025 7:23:57 AM PDT by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

“21.6cm long, weighing 964g”

I would say that Mr. Browning did not use centimeters and grams.


4 posted on 04/20/2025 7:26:49 AM PDT by caver ( )
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To: T.B. Yoits

Magnificent drawings.


7 posted on 04/20/2025 7:33:48 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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His prototypes were neither factory marked and had no serial numbers hence he made “ghost guns”. Food for thought.


8 posted on 04/20/2025 7:37:45 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Never attribute malice to that which can be explained by incompetence.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Have a FN 1900 in 32 auto currently illegally on loan to a forester friend. The 1900 was the first semi with a slide.


10 posted on 04/20/2025 8:02:38 AM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: T.B. Yoits

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12 posted on 04/20/2025 10:24:08 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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