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More info and pictures here.

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The house also features a tilting basement and gas-operated fire escape.

[xkaydet65]

The German Army tried to outlaw the ‘97 shotgun in WWI. So effective was it in clearing trenches that Germany threatened to execute those captured while using it.

[JoeProBono]

John Moses Browning

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[Daffynition]

What a great post!

I would be remiss if it didn't remind me of the relationship Sam Colt had with Browning.

No other U.S. company produced as many fully automatic rifles, perhaps best known as machine guns. As early as 1891, Colt Firearms worked with John Browning in the production of his gas-operated, air-cooled (later water-cooled) machine gun, first delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1897 and destined to play a major role in both the Boxer Rebellion and the Spanish-American War.

Colt Firearms had a long and profitable relationship with John Browning, which included his machine guns and the well-known Browning automatic rifles (BAR) as well as the world-famous Colt .45 semiautomatic pistol.

Armsmear

[Slings and Arrows]

I’ve visited his daddy’s (restored) gun shop in Nauvoo, IL. JMB was definitely a chip off the old block.

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More on John Moses Browning:

http://everything2.com/?node_id=1325292