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Inventor of the BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle)
BROWNING, John Moses (1855-1926). Inventor, born in Ogden, Utah of Mormon parents. He constructed his first gun from scrap at the age of thirteen. In 1879, he patented a breech-loading single-shot rifle and sold it for a substantial royalty to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Browning went on to design numerous other firearms for various manufacturers, among them was a repeating rifle patented in 1884, a repeating shotgun for Winchester, the Remington automatic-loading shotguns and rifles, the Stevens rifles, and the Colt automatic pistols. His guns were also manufactured by his own company. In 1890, the U.S. Army adopted his Colt made machine gun and later, during the Spanish-American War, used his “Peacemaker” machine gun. His Colt automatic pistol, introduced in 1911, was also bought by the Army for use during WWI. Along with a heavy water-cooled machine gun. The machine gun, in a .50 caliber model was also adapted for use in aircraft. Introduced too late for WWI, but a standard army shoulder weapon for 40 years thereafter was the 1918 model .30 caliber Browning Automatic Rifle, the famed BAR. No Browning design ever failed, an astounding record. Browning was much honored for his inventions
Bank check, Georgetown, DC, April 21, 1891, accomplished in Browning’s hand, made payable to “Cash” for ten Dollars. Boldly signed “John M. Browning”. A very scarce signature ...................................SOLD
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