100th Anniversary Of Brownings Patents

[Zappa]

Today, February 4th, 2019, marks 100 years since the US Patent Office issued patents to John Moses Browning for three of his most famous designs.

1917 Machinegun US Patent #1293020
Applied for on April 26, 1916 : and granted on February 4, 1919

1919 M2 Machinegun US Patent #1293021
Applied for on October 13, 1916 : and granted on February 4, 1919

Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) US Patent #1293022
Applied for on August 1, 1917 : and granted on February 4, 1919

 

[Fritz the Cat]

Genius he was. His biography was a good read.

 

[DitchDigger]

Does anyone like Browning, Edison, Franklin, Bell and a few more exist anymore ?

 

[amm5061]

Should be a national holiday!

 

[whacko]

I still feel that the auto 5 shotgun was his most advanced desing for its time. There are moments when Im shooting trap with mine, hunting with it, or cleaning it that I'm just in awe that he designed that semi auto shotgun prior to 1900 (patented the design in 1898).

 

[Darksideblues42]

I still feel that the auto 5 shotgun was his most advanced desing for its time. There are moments when Im shooting trap with mine, hunting with it, or cleaning it that I'm just in awe that he designed that semi auto shotgun prior to 1900 (patented the desing in 1898).

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I like them so much that I bought 2 of them. (Sort of) I have 2 Remington Model 11s, one a 1926 model, one a 1939 (if I recall correctly) and they are amazing to shoot!

 

[67ray]

Even then it was 2-3 years to get a patent granted. Not much has changed !

 

[E.Stoner]

God bless John Moses Browning!

 

[Mark from MA]

I still feel that the auto 5 shotgun was his most advanced desing for its time. There are moments when Im shooting trap with mine, hunting with it, or cleaning it that I'm just in awe that he designed that semi auto shotgun prior to 1900 (patented the design in 1898).

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Same here, I have 4 of them. Took my first deer with a Sweet Sixteen Auto 5. I have 2 of them, a Belgian and a Jap, a Jap light 20 and a Magnum 12 made in Belgium that was my dads deer gun.

Im glad both my dad and my uncle were Browning guy's Neither of them made a lot of money, but when it came to buying their guns, they wanted blued steel, quality, fit and finish. The best of the day was Browning...

To this day I'm in awe of all his designs, from the Winchesters, to the 37 Ithaca, Superposed, BAR, Auto-5, all the military stuff. Just amazing.

 

[Lip]

Does anyone like Browning, Edison, Franklin, Bell and a few more exist anymore ?

Edison was a douche..

 

[Lip]

Now David Marshall Williams a true underdog. A feat that will never be repeated.

 

[enbloc]

Big fan of J.M. Browning here...


Plus, the man had style: