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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. List of firearm brands - Wikipedia

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    Target rifles Browning John Browning: Browning Arms Company: United States Outdoor products B&T Karl Brügger & Heinrich Thomet B&T AG Switzerland Civilian, Military Ammunition, suppressors, clothing BSA Birmingham Small Arms Birmingham Small Arms Company: United Kingdom Civilian, Military Accessories, ammunition, motorcycles, bicycles Bushmaster

  5. Cleveland crime family - Wikipedia

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    Emboldened by the sudden death of Anthony "Tony Dope" Delsanter, the Cleveland crime family consigliere and representative in the Mahoning Valley, from a heart attack in August 1977, Vincent "Two-Gun Jimmy" Prato, the Pittsburgh crime family's caporegime in the area, attempted to establish a monopoly over gambling and extortion rackets in ...

  6. Remington Model 8 - Wikipedia

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    Design and features. The Remington Model 8 rifle was the first commercially successful semiautomatic rifle offered for civilian sale in the United States. [7] It is long recoil-operated and uses a rotating bolt head. After firing, the barrel and bolt, still locked together, move rearward inside the receiver and compress two recoil springs.

  7. Mike DeWine - Wikipedia

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    The National Rifle Association endorsed him for governor. DeWine was one of only two Republican senators to vote against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which banned lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for criminal misuse of their products. In the 2006 election cycle, DeWine was the first senatorial ...

  8. Browning A-Bolt - Wikipedia

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    Winchester Short Magnum, .223 Remington, .22 Hornet, .375 H&H, other standard cartridges. The A-Bolt Rifle is a bolt-action rifle designed by the American Browning Arms Company. It is manufactured by Miroku Corp. in Japan. The A-Bolt replaced the Browning BBR in 1984. It is a popular hunting rifle due to its accuracy and availability.

  9. Jonathan Browning (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...