pop quiz... least respected JMB ?

Browning Auto 5?

1894 winchester

Well, the BHP isn't attributable soley to JMB I don't think. Maybe you mean the M1919A4?

Ma Deuce (or for the purist, "Mod Deuce" ... but I always thought of her as my second Ma when she was on top of my M113).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun

My vote is for the BAR....

Lever Action Shotgun?? The 1887 I think is the model.

.22 auto rifle

The 1885 Breech Loading Firearm?

The least respected JMB design is the .25 ACP cartridge.

That was my guess, but didnt want to post and be wrong.

At least I wont be the first.

the 30 caliber M1919 machinegun but thats just a guess

yet less often copied than any other in the genre

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I got i got it.... 1911 duh.

Stevens model 520 shotgun?

standard 1911 GI came to mind first

True, Browning gave us the Colt and the Browning .25 semiauto. But these pistols were extremely popular in the day and were widely copied. Today, we don't have much respect for the .25acp, but the pistol designs were very successful.

I'd have to go with Acera. The 1887 Winchester shotgun was not copied until just a few years ago. It was not very popular in its time although it did work, but it was not nearly as user friendly as the pump action which came along five years later. It was briefly popular in cowboy action shooting, but that didn't last long. And it was like a bull dog - so ugly that it was sort of attractive.

I have two of these shotguns, an original and a Chinese copy. I give them a lot of use. I like them. But for general utility I'd take a good double or a pump.

Assuming it's not the Hi-power maybe the FN M1910?

Edit as I reread the requirements... I don't think the M1910 has been built for sometime. What about the o/u shotgun? Superposed, I think?

I would hate to fight a war without some M2s on my side.

Well if these are the criteria, the makes/models eliminated are:

- Invention attributed solely to John M. Browning.
(Eliminates Browning Hi Power?)

- Least discussed and far too infrequently admired on most gun forums.
(Eliminates Browning 50 Cal Machingine (MW), Colt 1911 pistol, 1894 Winchester)

- Been in continuous production almost twice as many years as any other in the same genre

- Less often copied than any other in the genre (note the original post says LESS copied, not more.)
(Eliminates Colt 1911 pistol, 25 ACP Pistol (question if for firearms not ammo) Browning Superposed (o/u shotgun) and 1894 Winchester rifle (didn’t Marlin copy it the very next year?))


The leaves these possibilities (among others):

30 caliber M1919 machinegun (In production 1919–1945 according to Wikipedia, although some may say the M2 BMG is a upsized improves copy of the M1919.)

Winchester 1887 Lever Action Shotgun (Wikipedia says in production from 1887–1920.)

M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) In production 1917–1950s, although I’m not sure how long other examples in the genre have been in production.)

So I’m going to guess the Original Poster was thinking of the BAR.

37mm automatic cannon?

Edit as I reread the requirements... I don't think the M1910 has been built for sometime

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tbe 1910 was imported until 1968 when some new import restrictions were brought about. A slightly altered 1910 (adjustable sights, 'target grip' aka thumbrest, etc)

So I think that is a good guess.

However, I am also tempted to guess the 1885 High Wall and/or Low Wall single shot rifle. That single shot design has been going for a lot longer than most other 'cowboy era' single shots (who have been revived now thanks to Cowboy Action Shooting...whereas the High Wall was going steady but sure on it's own merits long after Sharpes and similar makers had closed down)

Also, Browning approached Winchester with the 1885 fully designed. After that you cannot say for certain his designs were absolutely fully his with absolutely zero collaboration with other engineers and designers working for the same big gun company

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some of the answeres puzzel me are they jokes.
the 1919MG went thru 3/4 wars the BAR the same even the colt/browning was succesful,marlin made it for air craft and it went thru into the 30s/40s.
I dont know of any that were unsuccesful.many were very well thought of from inception to ww2 and beyond.

A couple of his designs were less than successful and faded into quick obsolescence. These were the machine gun from the Spanish-American War era nicknamed "posthole digger" or something, and the .38 ACP (itself quickly obsoleted) pistols that looked like T-squares.

Winchester 1895? Only copied by a couple of companies (Browning, Miroku), and it's been around a long time...

My vote for "least liked" (though not exactly the subject of the original post) is the 94 Winchester. I think Browning went on vacation and hired Rube Goldberg as a temp to design it...