Tag: John Browning

John Moses Browning was born in January 23, 1855 in Ogden, Utah. He died on November 26, 1926 in Liege, Belgium at the age of 71. John married Rachel Child, to whom he has a child named Val.

John’s father, Jonathan Browning, was a gun smith and had a gun shop in Ogden, Utah. He started working on guns at the tender age of 7, when he learned how to engineer and manufacture firearms from his gunsmith father. Jonathan Browning also encouraged his son to be more creative, and to experiment more in making firearms.

When John was 13, he made his first gun. He was awarded his first gun patent when he was only 24 years old. Considered as one of the most prolific and best firearms designer of the 20^th century, throughout his life, John Browning has amassed over 120 gun patents to his name.

From pistols to shotguns, from to rifles and to machine guns, John Browning designed, developed and manufactured a vast array of different weapons, both for civilian and military use. Most of his innovations in the weapons industry with regards to gun mechanisms, cartridges and the like are still used today.

Among his most notable creations are the Browning Hi Powered pistol, the M1911, the Browning .50 caliber machine gun, the Browning semi-automatic shotgun, and the Browning automatic rifle. Throughout his life, he has designed weapons for both his own company and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The company Browning Arms Company was established in 1927, 1 year after Browning’s death.