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John Moses Browning
Browning, c. 1915
Born	(1855-01-23)January 23, 1855 Ogden, Utah Territory, U.S. (Present day, Ogden, Utah, U.S.)
Died	November 26, 1926(1926-11-26) (aged 71) Li\u00e8ge, Belgium
Occupation(s)	Gunsmith, founder of Browning Arms Company
Spouse	Rachel Theresa Child
Children	10, including Val A. Browning
Father	Jonathan Browning
Awards	John Scott Medal (1905) Order of L\u00e9opold (1914)
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John Moses Browning (January 23, 1855^[1] \u2013 November 26, 1926) was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world.^[2] He made his first firearm at age 13 in his father's gun shop and was awarded the first of his 128 firearm patents on October 7, 1879, at the age of 24.^[3] He is regarded as one of the most successful firearms designers of the 19th and 20th centuries and a pioneer of modern repeating, semi-automatic, and automatic firearms.^[4]\n

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\u2013Browning Model 1895 machine gun – a 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.\n

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-5 – the 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.^[5]^[6]\n

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v t e John Browning
Semi-automatic pistols	\n FN M1900 \n Colt M1900 \n Colt M1902 \n FN Model 1903 \n M1903 Pocket Hammer \n M1903 Pocket Hammerless \n FN M1905 \n M1908 Vest Pocket \n FN Model 1910 \n M1911 \n Colt Woodsman \n Baby Browning \n Hi-Power \n
Rifles	\n Winchester Model 1885 \n Winchester Model 1886 \n Winchester 1892 \n Winchester Model 1894 \n Winchester Model 1895 \n Remington Model 8 \n Remington Model 24 \n FN Trombone \n
Shotguns	\n Winchester Model 1887 \n Winchester Model 1897 \n Browning Auto-5/Remington Model 11 \n Remington Model 17 \n Stevens Model 520/620 \n Browning Superposed \n Ithaca 37 \n
Machine guns	\n Colt\u2013Browning M1895 \n Browning M1917 \n Browning M1918 automatic rifle \n Browning M1919 \n Browning M2 machine gun \n
Cartridges	\n .25 ACP \n .32 ACP \n .38 ACP \n .380 ACP \n 9mm Browning Long \n .45 ACP \n .50 BMG \n
Family	\n Jonathan Browning (father) \n Val A. Browning (son) \n

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