A Gas Operated Machine Gun.
John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 544658 on August 20th, 1895.
He had applied for this patent on March 15th, 1893.
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John Browning Patent 544657 – Colt-Browning M1895, The Potato Digger
The Colt M1895 Automatic Machine Gun was a gas operated machine gun. This was one of John Browning’s first Automatic Firearm Designs.
Reviewing his patents it is technically his second Automatic design, but the first to be produced and used in service.
The Colt M1895 was also known as The Potato Digger and the Browning Peacemaker.
John Browning was granted US Patent 544657 on August 20th, 1895 for the Model 1895.
He had applied for this patent on November 7th, 1892.
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John Browning Patent 524702 – Winchester Model 1894
The Winchester Model 1894 or Model 94 Lever Action Rifle was a product of US Patent 524702, which was designed by the great John Browning.
The major advancement with this firearm was that it was the first repeating rifle to handle smokeless powder cartridges. This made for a more reliable, dependable and quick rifle. To this very day, the Model 94 is one of the most popular firearms in the world. There are more than seven million Model 94 rifles out there.
US Patent 524702 for the Winchester Model 1894 was applied for by John Moses Browning on January 19th, 1894 and granted that same year on August 21st, 1894.
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John Browning Patent 499007
John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 499007, a Magazine Firearm, on June 6th, 1893.
He had applied for this patent on October 15th, 1892.
Like many of his patents right around this time period he was using the stacked clip he patented a few patents earlier.
This clip was inserted completely into the firearm.
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John Browning Patent 492459 – Winchester
This design for a .30 caliber lever action rifle was not manufactured, but Winchester did purchase the rights to the design.
You can see US Patent 487660, which was granted just prior to this one, being used within this patent design.
This US Patent, number 492459, was granted to John Moses Browning on February 28th, 1893.
It had been applied for on March 22nd, 1892, which is the same application date as US Patent 487660.
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John Browning Patent 487660
This Holder for Cartridge Packs design was very similar to what we would recognize as stripper clips today.
It was used in conjunction with his box magazine firearm designs.
On December 6th, 1892 John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 487660.
He had applied for this patent on March 22nd, 1892.
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