Popular John M.
Browning Firearm Designs 1885 to 1926 Without doubt, John M Browning was the worlds foremost designer of firearms. While other designers also made extremely significant contributions to firearms design and production, those designed John M. Browning have seen longer and wider service than any other guns in history. He was granted more than 100 patents during his lifetime and many of his designs, like the 1911 pistol, continue to be the design of choice in competition, law enforcement and the military. His major firearms designs included: Single-Shot Rifle: Winchester 1885 Bolt-Action Rifle: Winchester 1900 Lever-Action Rifles: Winchester 1886 Winchester 1892 Winchester 1894 Winchester 1895 Slide-Action Rifles: Winchester 1890 Recoil-Operated Semi-Automatic Rifles: Remington Model 8 and 81 Blowback-Operated Semi-Automatic Rifles: Browning 22 Semi-auto Double-Barrel Shotgun: Browning Superposed Lever-Action Shotgun: Winchester 1887 Slide-Action Shotguns: Winchester 1897 Remington Model 17 (later the Ithaca 37) Stevens 520
Recoil-Operated Semi-Automatic Shotguns: Browning Auto 5 / Remington Model 11 Blowback-Operated Semi-Automatic Pistols: FN M1900 Colt 1903/1908 Pocket Hammerless FN 1906 Vest Pocket/Colt 1908 Vest Pocket FN 1910 Colt Woodsman .22 Recoil-Operated Semi-Automatic Pistols: Colt 1902 Colt 1903 Pocket Hammer U.S. M1911 FN G.P. 35 Hi Power Gas-Operated Machine Guns: Colt M1895 U.S. M1918 BAR Recoil-Operated Machine Guns: U.S. M1917/M1919 U.S. M2 Heavy Machine Gun Automatic Machine Cannon: Colt Browning 37mm