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Browning's earliest 1895 pistol prototype. John Browning started his work on semi-automatic pistols in 1894, when he mostly finalized the M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun. [2] He initially tried to use the same gas action with a swinging piston, with a prototype ready to be shown to Colt in July 1895, [3] and applied for a patent [4] in ...
The Colt Model 1900 is a short-recoil operated "self-loading", or semi-automatic.38 caliber handgun introduced by Colt's Manufacturing Company at the turn of the 20th century. The M1900 was the first firearm to be chambered in .38 ACP (not to be confused with the shorter-cased .380 ACP ) and was the first handgun to utilize short-recoil operation.
M1911 pistol; M1917 Browning machine gun; M1918 Browning automatic rifle; R. Remington Model 8; Remington Model 17; S. Stevens Model 520/620; W. Winchester Model 1885;
Light machine gun United Kingdom: 202,050 Colt Model 1860 Army: Revolver United States: 200,500 [52] MAB Model D pistol: Semi-automatic pistol France: 200,000+ Škorpion vz. 61: Submachine gun Czechoslovakia: 200,000 FM 24/29 light machine gun: Light machine gun France: 190,400 Rast & Gasser M1898: Revolver Austria-Hungary: 180,000 Colt Model ...
Browning BDA: FN Herstal: 9×19mm Parabellum 9×21mm Belgium: 1983–1987, 1990-1999 Browning BDM: Browning Arms Company: 9×19mm Parabellum United States: 1991-1998 Browning Buck Mark: Browning Arms Company FN Herstal.22 Long Rifle United States: 1985-present Browning Hi-Power: FN Herstal, others 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W Belgium: 1935–2018 ...
The .38 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), also known as the .38 Auto, .38 Automatic, or 9×23mmSR, is a semi-rimmed pistol cartridge that was introduced at the turn of the 20th century for the John Browning-designed Colt M1900. It was first used in Colt's Model 1897 prototype, which he did not produce.
FN 49: Pistol chambered for 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W. FN/Browning Hi-Power: Single-action pistol chambered for 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W. One of the most widely used military pistols of all time, having been used by the armed forces of over 50 nations. [4] [5] High Power: Single-action pistol chambered for 9×19mm Parabellum. Modern ...
Browning Arms Company (originally John Moses and Matthew Sandefur Browning Company) is an American marketer of firearms and fishing gear. The company was founded in Ogden, Utah , in 1878 by brothers John Moses Browning (1855–1926) and Matthew Sandefur Browning (1859–1923).