Todays Birthday of Note..............

O.K. this one is VERY special but since there is a bit of confusion as to the true date of his birth, I have decided to celebrate from today until the 23rd.-grin-

John Moses Browning, one of the most prolific firearms designers in history. A partial list of his accomplishments in firearms design would include:

Firearms

* M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun
* Colt Model 1897
* FN Browning M1899/M1900
* Colt Model 1900
* Colt Model 1902
* Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer (.38 ACP)
* Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (.32 ACP)
* Colt Model 1905, the first .45 ACP
* Remington Model 8 (1906), a long recoil semi-automatic rifle
* Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket (.25 ACP)
* Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless (.380 ACP)
* FN Model 1910
* U.S. Model 1911 pistol
* Winchester Model 1885 falling block single shot rifle
* Winchester Model 1886 lever-action repeating rifle
* Winchester Model 1887 lever-action repeating shotgun
* Winchester Model 1890 slide-action repeating rifle (.22)
* Winchester Model 1892 lever-action repeating rifle
* Winchester Model 1894 lever-action repeating rifle
* Winchester Model 1895 lever-action repeating rifle
* Winchester Model 1897 pump-action repeating shotgun
* Browning Auto-5 long recoil semi-automatic shotgun
* U.S. Model 1917 water-cooled machine gun
* Model 1919 air-cooled machine gun
* Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) of 1917
* Browning M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun of 1921
* Remington Model 24 semi-auto rifle (.22) Also produced by Browning Firearms and several others
* The Browning Hi-Power, the last pistol that John Browning developed
* The Browning Superposed over/under shotgun was designed by John Browning in 1922 and entered production in 1931

Cartridges

In addition, the cartridges he developed are still some of the most popular in the world. They include:

* .25 ACP
* .32 ACP
* .38 ACP
* 9mm Browning Long
* .380 ACP
* .45 ACP
* .50 BMG

Heck of a lot of work in just one man's life.........