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  2. Browning Auto-5 - Wikipedia

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    Feed system. Two or four round tubular magazine, plus 1 in the chamber. The Browning Automatic 5, most often Auto-5 or simply A-5, is a recoil-operated semi-automatic shotgun designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. It was the first successful semi-automatic shotgun design, and remained in production until 1998.

  3. Browning Arms Company - Wikipedia

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    Browning Arms Company (originally John Moses and Matthew Sandefur Browning Company) is an American marketer of firearms and fishing gear. The company was founded in Ogden, Utah, in 1878 by brothers John Moses Browning (1855–1926) and Matthew Sandefur Browning (1859–1923). The company offers a wide variety of firearms, including shotguns ...

  4. List of assassinations by firearm - Wikipedia

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    One of the guns used in the killing had "In the name of Allah the avenger" inscribed on its barrel. [37] 1983 Manila, Philippines: Benigno Aquino Jr. Disputed Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolver It was reported that the manufacturer had shipped the pistol to the Thai National Trading Co. in Bangkok on September 25, 1970. 1984 Denver, United States

  5. Ohio State University - Wikipedia

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    University Hall was the first building on campus, built in 1873 and reconstructed in 1976. The proposal of a manufacturing and agriculture university in central Ohio was initially met in the 1870s with hostility from the state's agricultural interests and competition for resources from Ohio University, which was chartered by the Northwest Ordinance and Miami University. [8]

  6. M1918 Browning automatic rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. . The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe as a replacement for the ...

  7. List of shotguns - Wikipedia

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    Browning Auto-5: Browning Arms Company: 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge United States: 1898 Browning BSS: Browning Arms Company: 10 gauge]] 20 gauge Belgium. 20 gauge. 1971 Browning Citori: Miroku Corporation: 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge 28 gauge.410 bore Japan: 1973 Browning Double Automatic Shotgun: Browning Arms Company FN Herstal: 12 gauge United ...

  8. Winchester Model 1912 - Wikipedia

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    The Model 1912 (shortened to Model 12 in 1919) was the next step from the Winchester Model 1897 hammer-fired shotgun, which in turn had evolved from the earlier Winchester Model 1893 shotgun. The Model 12 was designed by Winchester engineer T.C. Johnson, and was based in part on the M1893/97 design by John M. Browning, in that it used a sliding ...

  9. Browning machine gun - Wikipedia

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    Browning machine guns are a family of machine gun designs by John Browning, a prolific weapon designer. These include: M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun, based on a design dating to 1889, was the first successful gas-operated machine gun to enter service. [1] M1917 Browning machine gun, a family of water-cooled machine guns in .30-'06