Browning Firearms: The 9 Best Gun Designs Ever

Gun Digest ^ | December 20, 2017 | Drew Warden

[artichokegrower]

John Browning was one of the most prolific firearms designers in history, producing a number of great guns in his career. Here are nine of his best.

[artichokegrower]

I've got a Model 97 12 gauge. Steel butt plate full choke kicks like a mule. Not much good for trap or skeet. Might be good for deterring Antifa.

[kosciusko51]

The Model 94 is a classic, but the rifles produced since 1964 are not the same quality.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Left out one that never failed when shooting politicians, lol. The Assassin's Pistol. This one:

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Oops. Too big. Wish it could be reduced in size. Here, this one:

[I got the rope]

bttt

[IndispensableDestiny]

Browning Semi-Auto 22. One of his last designs. Available since 1914.

[Yo-Yo]

Oops. Too big. Wish it could be reduced in size. Here, this one:

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[FroedrickVonFreepenstein]

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[Yo-Yo]

I've got a Model 97 12 gauge. Steel butt plate full choke kicks like a mule. Not much good for trap or skeet. Might be good for deterring Antifa.

I have a Browning Auto 5 (actually a Savage 745, but same thing) that will rival your Model 97 in recoil. The mass of the entire barrel coming back from that long stroke recoil action operation literally leaves bruises on my shoulder.

[Pikachu_Dad]

You can specify width !

[Lurker]

A rational country would have a statue of this man in every town square.

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[shooter223]

Model 97 would be great for deterring Antifa. Some models even came with a bayonet lug. John Browning's best design was the 1911 pistol. Finest defense pistol ever made,IMO. First time I ever fired one (U.S.Army basic training 1969) my reaction was "I gotta get me one of these." I prefer the Lightweight Commander. Your mileage may vary.

[Feckless]

If America got the same value (return on investment) for everything as it did for the 1911, M2 .50 Cal, and B52 our taxes would be about 1%.

The M2 has probably killed more American enemies than anything but Fat Man and Little Boy and that would be a close call.

[eyeamok]

Might be good for deterring Antifa.

www.antifa.com is now Officially the Whitehouse Website, making Antifa an Integral part of the New Administration, you should be careful about threats

[Charles Martel]

Only with a designer as prolific as Browning, would a design like the Winchester 1886 fail to make the “Top Ten”. It combined the magazine-fed repeater features of the Volcanic/Henry/Winchester toggle-link lever guns with the strength of his own falling-block rifle.

[shooter223]

I had the opportunity to fire an M2 quad mount at LZ Bronco in Cambodia. (Mad Minute for those familiar with same) Nothing like it in the world.

[Cobra64]

Nothing like steel and wood. The kids have their plastic guns cuz a 1911 is too heavy for their widdle hands.

[zeugma]

Gun porn is always appreciated

[Billthedrill]

Browning Semi-Auto 22

Yup. Supposedly his own favorite design. It's the crack cocaine of firearms, you can't put it down.

[GreyFriar]

I’d give the Browning M1917 .30 cal heavy (water cooled) machine gun an honorable mention. It “fought” in WWI and the early years of WWII.