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John Browning Patent 441390 – Winchester Model 1893 & Model 1897
John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 441390 on November 25th, 1890.
He had applied for this patent on June 30th, 1890.
This patent was in the category of Magazine Gun.
This pump action repeating shotgun design became the Winchester Model 1893 and even later the Winchester Model 1897.
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John Browning Patent 436965
John Moses Browning was granted an extremely important US Patent on September 23rd, 1890.
It was US Patent 436965 which was his first gas operated firearm patent. Try to imagine where the firearms industry would be without John Browning… It’s honestly impossible to quantify his impact on the design and progression of firearms design.
He applied for this Breech Loading Firearm patent on January 20th, 1890.
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John Browning Patent 428887 – Winchester
John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 428887 back on May 27th, 1890.
He had applied for this patent on November 18th, 1889.
It was a very interesting lever action magazine firearm.
It used a spring loaded magazine and was a change from the cylinder type of magazine.
This patent design was purchased by Winchester, but would not be manufactured. It was chambered for the 45 70.
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John Browning Patent 385238 – Winchester Model 1890
John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 385238 on June 26th, 1888.
He applied for this Patent on December 13th, 1887.
The patent was categorized as a Magazine Firearm, which used a pump action. More specifically it was a .22 Caliber pump action rifle, and may be the most famous .22 pump action repeater ever designed.
This design was for a .22 Caliber pump action rifle.
It was purchased by Winchester and manufactured as the Model 1890.
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Smith & Wesson Governor or Taurus Judge Public Defender
For years the Taurus Judge was in a category of it’s own. This wasn’t because it was so superior to the competition, but instead because there was no competition for shotshell revolvers!
Well a good thing can only last so long for Taurus. Smith & Wesson designed the first competitor for the Judge in the shotshell revolver market.
Smith & Wesson has a history of quality especially in the revolver market, so what do they do when they design a shotshell revolver? Well, simply put, they improve upon the existing options. So what did they do:
1. S&W Governor is .5 inches shorter in length compared to the most compact Judge.
2. S&W Governor provides the additional option of .45 ACP with use of moon clips.
3. S&W Governor most importantly made it a 6 shot revolver rather than Taurus’ 5 shot option.
So should we expect to see everyone buying the Governor from now on? No, the Judge still offers many more models to choose from. They offer the Judge at a lighter weight in ounces and dollars. Their lowest MSRP is over $100 less than the Governor’s. We also expect Taurus to hit the drawing table and come out with a 6 shot option.
Personally, the Governor does win in my book, but that’s solely on the 6 shot capability for now.
Here are a few size comparisons that we did on the Smith & Wesson Governor and Taurus Judge Public Defender:
John Browning Patent 376576 – Winchester
John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 376576 on January 17th, 1888 for this design.
He had applied for this Patent on November 2nd, 1887.
The patent was categorized under Magazine Firearm.
This design was for an absolutely beautiful lever action rifle. The rifle was chambered in .45 caliber and purchased by Winchester. Unfortunately, Winchester would never send this particular design to be manufactured.
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John Browning Patent 367336 – Winchester
It was on July 26th, 1887 that John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 367336.
He applied for this patent on July 12th, 1886.
This patent was categorized as a Magazine Firearm, which was a pump action repeating mechanism.
This .44 caliber pump action rifle design was purchased by Winchester.
Along with quite a few of the patents Winchester purchased around this time from John Browning it was not manufactured, but used for design advancement.
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John Browning Patent 359917
John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 359917 on March 22nd, 1887.
This design was a lever action repeating rifle.
He had applied for this patent on September 6th, 1886.
The patent was categorized as a breech loading firearm.
The lever action functioned with a hammer firing mechanism.
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John Browning Patent 356271 – Winchester
This was another pump action shotgun design that Winchester purchased, but did not manufacture.
This patent was dealing with a 10 gauge shotgun “Magazine Firearm”.
It was on January 18th, 1887 that John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 356271.
He applied for this patent on September 6th, 1886.
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