GoBrush
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John Moses Browning is often quoted on The Highroad but how many of you have actually read his book "John M Browning American Gunmaker" Very interesting reading.
"His accomplishments are remarkable whether they are measured by their innovations, their number, their duration, or their popularity. During those forty seven inventive years, John M. Browning was issued 128 different patents, to cover a total of some eighty complete and distinct firearm models. They include practically every caliber from the 22 short cartridge throught the 37mm projectile; they embrace automatic actions, semi-automatic actions, lever actions, and pump actions; they include guns that operate by gas pressure, by both the short and long recoil principle, and the blowback principle; they include models utilizing sliding locks, rotating locks and vertical locks.........It is estimated that well over thirty million Browning designed guns have been produced to date, by Browning, Winchester, Colt, Fabrique Nationale, Remington, Savage, and others."
John M Browning American Gunmaker Page #219
A worthy read if you can find one!
Oh and mine is not for sale