This design was for a .30 caliber rifle. Knowing the time period this was in and knowing that the design was sold to Winchester I assume you could guess the mechanics of the firearm. Like his other dealings with Winchester this design of John Browning’s was for a lever action rifle. Like the Winchester Model 1895 this used a box magazine. The design is more compact than the 1885, but the same movement away from the tube magazines, which was due to an increase in the size and power of the rounds to be used. Unfortunately, Winchester did not manufacture this design. Regardless, the design earned John Moses Browning US Patent 619132 on February 7th, 1899, almost one year after applying for it on February 21st, 1898.

This Lever Action rifle was designed by John Browning and purchased by Winchester. It was designed around a .236 caliber round. Unfortunately, Winchester never produced this design. Regardless, it did receive US Patent 599595 on February 22nd, 1898. John Moses Browning had applied for this patent on May 5th, 1897.

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.

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.

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.

John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 465339 on December 15th, 1891.
He applied for this patent on August 3rd, 1891.

The patent category was for a Magazine Gun.

This lever action rifle design became the Winchester Model 1892.