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The Browning Double Automatic Shotgun is a short-recoil operated [2] semi-automatic (auto-loading) 12-gauge shotgun with a 2 + 3 ⁄ 4-inch chamber. The firearm was produced between 1952 and 1971, with production volume of approximately 67,000. Production date amended from 1955 to 1952 according to direct information from manufacturer.
Inspired by the success of the Spencer-Bannerman pump-action shotguns, John Browning convinced Thomas Grey Bennett of the Winchester company that there was a market demand for pump-action shotguns. Prior to Model 1893, John Browning had developed the Winchester Model 1887, which was a lever-action shotgun. Indeed, Model 1893 would be Winchester ...
Browning BSS: Browning Arms Company: 10 gauge 20 gauge Belgium: 1971 Browning BPS: Browning Arms Company: 10 gauge 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge 28 gauge.410 bore Japan: 1977 Browning Citori: Miroku Corporation: 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge 28 gauge.410 bore Japan: 1973 Browning Double Automatic Shotgun: Browning Arms Company FN Herstal: 12 gauge ...
Total wartime production of all Model 520-30 shotguns was 33,306 and all Model 620 shotguns were 12,174. [20] After the war, the US military standardized both the Model 520-30 and the Model 620 and kept them in the inventory. They were used in the Korean War and as late as the Vietnam War. [21] Stevens World War II M520-30 trench gun with M1917 ...
The Browning Auto-5 is a long-recoil operated semi-automatic shotgun. Shells are stored in a tubular magazine under the barrel. Shells are stored in a tubular magazine under the barrel. When a chambered shell is fired, the barrel and bolt recoil together (for a distance greater than the shell length) and re-cock the hammer.
Low numbers: 00000001 is most prized, but 00000002 to 00000100 are considered valuable. "Ladders": A sequential serial number, like 12345678 or 32109876. Palindromes: Say, 45288254 or 02100120 ...
A gun serial number is a unique identifier assigned to a singular firearm. [A] There is no international uniformity in gun serial numbers. Besides a widespread numerical base, they may contain letters and other typographical symbols, or may consist entirely of a character string; positioning and form of such identifiers is idiosyncratic. [1] [3]
Browning Brothers gun shop, Ogden, Utah Territory, 1882. From left to right: Thomas Samuel Browning, George Emmett Browning, John Moses Browning, Matthew Sandefur Browning, Jonathan Edmund Browning, and Frank Rushton. Browning Arms Company (originally John Moses and Matthew Sandefur Browning Company) is an American marketer of firearms and ...