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John M. Browning: American Gunmaker
Record Added: 10/12/2018
Author 
Setting United States
Topic Biography
Publisher The Browning Company
ISBN B0013RB8HS   Year 1991
Age Adult   Pages 390
Description Green printed dustjacket
  
Known in many circles as "the world's greatest gun inventor," John M. Browning made his first firearm at the age of 13 but didn't stop there, eventually receiving 128 gun patents in his lifetime.  John M. Browning: American Gunmaker is the authentic biography of the man who invented pistols, rifles, and shotguns for Winchester, Remington, Colt, Fabrique Nationale, and others.

Browning's most successful firearms included the M1911 pistol, the Browning .50-caliber machine gun, the Browning automatic rifle, and the groundbreaking Browning Auto-5 semiautomatic machine gun. His Colt 1911, Browning 1917/19, and BAR were popular among the U.S. forces during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, while some of his other military weapons, such as the Browning Hi-Power M2 Browning machine gun, are still in use today around the world.