Patent application was filed on a pump action repeating shotgun. John filed his first patent dealing with gas operation. First marketed as the Winchester Model 1890.īegan development of the first models that were designed to employ the expanding gases behind the bullet to operate the action. It has been called "the most popular 22 caliber pump action rifle ever made." Patent No. Patent was filed on a 22 caliber pump action repeating rifle. John leaves for Georgia to spend two years as a Mormon missionary. Known as the Winchester Model 1887, it was the first successful repeating shotgun. 336,287 was granted on a lever action repeating shotgun. 306,577 was granted on the new repeater and John, together with his brother Matt, traveled to New Haven to deliver what was to become the famous Winchester Model 1886. Patent filed on lever action repeating rifle that employed sliding vertical locks. The Single Shot becomes the Winchester Model 1885. Bennett is assured of first rights on a new repeater. As part of the transaction, the Single Shot is sold to Winchester, and Mr. Bennett, Vice-President and General Manager of Winchester Repeating Arms Company, comes to Ogden, Utah Territory and forms an alliance that is to last nineteen years and is to change the course of firearms development. Patent filed on lever action, exposed hammer, tubular magazine rifle. 261,667 was granted to the bolt action repeater. Patent application was filed on bolt-action repeating rifle with a tubular magazine. With the aid of his brothers, John Browning established his arms factory. 220,271 was granted to the single shot rifle. The application for patent on the single shot rifle was filed. John Moses Browning married Rachel Teresa Child. John Browning begins work on his first single shot rifle. John assembled a slide rifle out of spare parts for his brother's birthday. In the 1990s, it changed brands again and was produced and sold by Winchester, which continues until today.īirth of John Moses Browning in Ogden, Utah. It was then revived under the Browning brand as the B-78 in 1969. Then the rights were sold to Winchester and it was produced as the 1885 Single Shot for many years. However, it was originally sold by the Browning brothers out of Ogden, Utah. Many manufacturers made his designs before the Browning brand was established as a firearms brand on the actual rifles, shotguns, and pistols.Īn excellent example of this is the Single Shot rifle, Browning's first commercial design. Browning were not actually imported under the Browning name for many years. Understanding Browning product history can be confusing. This is not a legal document in any way and in no way is it definitive.
Information below has been compiled from various documents, books, magazine articles, and employee recollections. This timeline is provided for informational purposes only and is not to be considered definitive.
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