The Man Behind the Guns: John Moses Browning

**dc dalton** · May 1st, 2009, 07:54 PM

Really great article I found over at Lew Rockwell about Browning:

Here's a tease:

In France, his last name is considered a proper noun for the word pistol. He held 128 gun patents and designed and built 80 separate firearms – 44 of them manufactured by Winchester. It can be said without exaggeration that Browning’s guns made Winchester. And Colt. And Remington, Savage, and Fabrique Nationale (FN). Not to mention his namesake company, Browning. Few are the gun manufacturers that have not bought a license to use one of many Browning’s patents. His work includes the full spectrum of single shot, lever action, pump action, semi-automatic, and full-automatic firearms, with calibers ranging from .22 rimfires to 37mm cannon shells. His 1911 .45 pistol, Browning Automatic Rifle, 1917 .30 and .50 caliber machine guns are just some of his guns that became part and parcel in the US arsenal during several conflicts. His final design at the time of his death – the Browning Hi-Power pistol – would become a precedent for today’s high-cap 9mm pistols.

http://lewrockwell.com/shirtz/shirtz15.html

Happy reading!