John Moses Browning & His Impact on Gun Design

While most firearms owners know the iconic Browning brand and the easily recognized Buck Mark deer-head-with-antlers logo, few realize how much the work of the hands of John Moses Browning has impacted the shooting sports—and the firearms they own and shoot.

While Browning is well known as the inventor of the highly-favored M1911 pistol along with the Browning Hi Power pistol, he also designed and brought to production many other popular firearms. These include some of the earliest versions of pocket pistols in the 1890s, numerous models of shotguns such as the 1897 and the world-famous A5 semi-automatic shotgun, and he is credited with creating today’s over/under shotgun that was originally manufactured in Belgium as the Superposed series.

Then there were numerous military rifles and several water-cooled machine guns. Many of the firearms we own, cherish and use today began as a thought in the mind of Browning.

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