John Browning
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Browning influenced nearly all categories of firearms design, especially the autoloading of ammunition. He invented, or made significant improvements to, single-shot, lever-action, and pump-action rifles and shotguns. He developed the first reliable and compact autoloading pistols by inventing the telescoping bolt, then integrating the bolt and barrel shroud into what is known as the pistol slide. Browning's telescoping bolt design is now found on nearly every modern semi-automatic pistol, as well as several modern fully automatic weapons. He also developed the first gas-operated firearm, the Colt–Browning Model 1895 machine guna system that surpassed mechanical recoil operation to become the standard for most high-power self-loading firearm designs worldwide. He also made significant contributions to automatic cannon development.
Browning's most successful designs include the M1911 pistol, the water-cooled M1917, the air-cooled M1919, and heavy M2 machine guns, the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, and the Browning Auto-5the first semi-automatic shotgun. Some of these arms are still manufactured, often with only minor changes in detail and cosmetics to those assembled by Browning or his licensees. The Browning-designed M1911 and Hi-Power are some of the most copied firearms in the world. Provided by Wikipedia
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4by Nathaniel D. Forbes Inskip, John Browning, Philip G. Meredith, Agust GudmundssonGet full text
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6by Dedee F. Murrell, Amy S. Paller, Christine Bodemer, John Browning, Milos Nikolic, Jay A. Barth, Hjalmar Lagast, Eva Krusinska, Allen Reha, on behalf of the ESSENCE Study GroupGet full text
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7by Amy S. Paller, John Browning, Milos Nikolic, Christine Bodemer, Dedee F. Murrell, Willistine Lenon, Eva Krusinska, Allen Reha, Hjalmar Lagast, Jay A. Barth, on behalf of the ESSENCE Study GroupGet full text
Published 2020-06-01
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8by Patrick I. Bennett, Patrick I. Bennett, Patrick I. Bennett, Javier F. Tabima, Javier F. Tabima, Anna L. Leon, John Browning, Michael J. Wingfield, Jared M. LeBoldus, Jared M. LeBoldusGet full text
Published 2021-07-01
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