This .30 Caliber lever action rifle was purchased by Winchester. Like many other designs Winchester purchased, they did not manufacture this one.
John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 486272 on November 15th, 1892. He had applied for this patent on June 6th, 1892.
This patent was referenced to a Breech Loading Firearm. The firearm used a stacked magazine that cycles through the use of a lever action mechanism.
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On March 29th, 1892 John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 471784 for a gas operated machine gun.
This Machine Gun Patent was applied for on August 3rd, 1891.
This particular machine gun design is extremely unique. Based on the drawing it is using a rotating cylinder that moves in the opposite direction of what we are used to seeing in revolvers.
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On March 29th, 1892 John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 471783.
This patent for a Machine Gun was applied for on August 3rd, 1891.
It was not long after this that Browning started to roll out what would become some of the most popular and most trusted machine guns the military has ever had. I try to remind people that not only did John Browning revolutionize the firearms industry, but had a big hand in arming our troops with cutting edge firearms that helped to protect our freedoms.
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On March 29th, 1892 John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 471782.
This patent was applied for on January 6th, 1890.
The patent was for an Automatic Magazine Gun.
This was part of a trio that were all approved on March 29th of 1892.
This patent design had a very unique look to it. It was quite a bit different than Browning’s other guns. There is very little information available on this particular patent, but it appears this was his design that harnessed the expanding gas from the end of the barrel and converted that energy into a mechanical cycling system
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On December 15th, 1891 John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 465340.
He had applied for this patent on August 3rd, 1891.
The patent was for a magazine firearm. The patent drawings for 465340 are extremely nice ones.
This design was chambered in .22 and sold to Winchester, but not produced.
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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 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 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 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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