John Moses Browning born on this day Jan 23,1855

Fabworks · Jan 23, 2017

John Moses was born January 23, 1855 in Ogden, Utah, U.S.A., where his father settled after the Mormon Exodus of 1847. It was in his father’s shop that John Moses first learned the art and secrets of gunsmithing.

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HOMESTEAD · Jan 24, 2017

There's a fantastic History Channel documentary on the firearms Browning designed on youtube. John Browning became one of my idols after I watched it. Not necessarily because I am a gun nut, but because of his mechanical genius, absolute mastery of his craft, and the enormous contribution he had in helping to win the Second World War (as well as others, but primarily WWII).

"The Guns of Browning" Ep 12_ Tales of The GUN_ History Channel_ Full Documentary - YouTube

Here's another one that I just found:

American Gunmaker John Moses Browning documentary film - YouTube

GeneT · Jan 24, 2017

And if you happen through Ogden these days, you can visit the John Browning firearms museum inside the old train station. Many of his original pieces are there.

GsT

plastikosmd · Jan 29, 2017

Well who doesn't like pics to celebrate his belated birthday?

1919 browning built by John Mcguire
22 conversion, 1.5 yrs in making by belt-fed-plus aka Thomas Heim
Bolt conversion to semi auto again by Mcguire

How the belt feed works. There are adapters, clips at end of each pair of adapters, dummy cases that then fit into spring adapters in belt

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