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John Browning Patent 409599

| John Browning | July 27, 2011

On August 20th, 1889 John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 409599.
He had applied for this patent on May 21st, 1888.

This patent was dealing with a Magazine Firearm.
The particular magazine firearm is a shotgun with a tube magazine and a hammer firing mechanism.

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John Browning Patent 356271 – Winchester

| John Browning | July 26, 2011

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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John Browning Patent 345882 – Winchester

| History, John Browning | July 26, 2011

John Browning US Patent 345882 #1

On July 20th, 1886 John Browning was granted US Patent 345882.
He had applied for this patent on May 3rd, 1886. The design was for a Magazine Firearm, more specifically this patent was of a shotgun with a hammer firing mechanism.

Winchester purchased the rights to this Patent, but never manufactured this pump action shotgun design. The Patent Drawings below are absolutely beautiful.

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John Browning Patent 345881

| History, John Browning | July 22, 2011

John Browning US Patent 345881 #1

On July 20th, 1886 John Moses Browning was granted US Patent 345881.
He had applied for the patent on December 28th, 1885.

The first of many pump action shotgun designs John Moses Browning would receive a patent for.

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John Browning Patent 336287 – Winchester Model 1887 & Model 1901

| History, John Browning | July 22, 2011

John Browning Winchester Model 1887/1901 US Patent 336287 #1

On June 15th, 1885 John Moses Browning applied for the patent on this design.
It was approved on February 16th, 1886 and granted US Patent 336287.

The design became the Winchester Model 1887 lever action repeating shotgun available in 12 gauge. The Model 1887 was the first fully functioning repeating shotgun and it’s design would be the foundation to the Winchester Model 1901, a 10 gauge.

The historical importance of this design is the fact that it was the first successful repeating shotgun.

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