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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 ...
April 24, 1973. The John Moses Browning House is a historic house within the Ogden Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah, United States, that is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). [1] It was the primary residence of American gun maker John Moses Browning from the turn of the 20th century until his ...
John Moses Browning (January 23, 1855 [1] – November 26, 1926) was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. [2] He made his first firearm at age 13 in his father's gun shop and was awarded the first of his 128 ...
Order of Leopold. World War I Victory Medal. Relations. John M Browning (father) Jonathan Browning (grandfather) Other work. industrialist, philanthropist, gun manufacturer. Val Allen Browning (August 20, 1895 – May 16, 1994) [1] was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and third-generation gunmaker. He was president of the Browning ...
Jonathan Browning was born October 22, 1805, in Sumner County, Tennessee. He began his career as a blacksmith, but by 1824 switched to become a gunsmith after an apprenticeship with Samuel Porter in Nashville. He began producing firearms independently by 1831 and shortly thereafter invented a "sliding breech" repeating rifle also called a ...
FN Model 1922 7.65mm. A variant of the Model 1910 was known variously as the Model 1922 or 1910/22. This was a larger model with a longer barrel (113 mm), slide extension, and a longer grip frame to accommodate an extra two rounds. This model was aimed at military and police contracts and many examples were produced for various agencies.
Browning Brothers gun shop, Ogden, Utah Territory, 1882. From left to right: Thomas Samuel Browning, George Emmett Browning, John Moses Browning, Matthew Sandefur Browning, Jonathan Edmund Browning, and Frank Rushton
7-round (9mm) box magazine, 9×19mm m/39B (Trials with the m/1907) [5] Sights. Iron sights. The FN Model 1903 ( M1903, FN Mle 1903 ), or Browning No.2 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and manufactured by Belgian arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale (FN). It was introduced in 1903 and fired the 9×20mmSR Browning Long cartridge.