Happy birthday, John Moses. You gave me the guns. Cooper taught me how to use them. Mike Dillon allows me to afford to practice and use them.
I stand on the shoulders of giants.
Posted on 01/22/2009 9:14:44 PM PST by JRandomFreeper
Happy birthday, John Moses. You gave me the guns. Cooper taught me how to use them. Mike Dillon allows me to afford to practice and use them.
I stand on the shoulders of giants.
Thank you Mr. Browning.
L
Thanks for the pic I just purchased one like it only it has Walnut grips, I haven’t had a chance yet to shoot it.
Story: My friend bought a 1911-type handgun made by Sig Sauer at the last gun show. It was very attractive, in a desert beige, and has all the bells and whistles. He was/is proud of it, and made the comment that in his hand "was the very latest technology blah blah blah..."
when I informed him that his gun was merely the latest iteration of a platform perfected over 100 years ago he was floored. He had no idea, and had never heard of Browning, so I gave him a quick history lesson re the Moro Islanders and the need for a large round to kill them. (I'm a little fuzzy on the specifics of that; it had something to do with them wearing bark armor or sumfin.)
On that cold, sunny day in Houston one more patriot was freed from his ignorance!
Happy Bday to a great man.
Slim's Half Dozen.
Just shot my Browning Medallist yesterday in commemoration. This wasn’t one of his designs but it is definitely a tribute to his name.
As I’ve always said, ‘If John Browning didn’t invent it, it probably didn’t need inventing’. (With the exception of John Garand.)
I like it !!
What the heck is that a 20mm necked down to 50 ?!?!?
Now I got to go find one of those .32 H&R wildcat rounds necked down for ya....I think they are called squirrel’s or needle rounds ....ya ever see one of those ?? When ya fire it they sound like a high pressure air leak versus a gunshot !
Weird little caliber........like you !........:o)
Stay Safe goober !
Charles Heller of Liberty Watch Radio always plays a clip from the Hallelujah Chorus when JMB's name is mentioned.
That picture was taken from your deck, no doubt.
Best to you my friend.
L
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Browning
The Colt 1911, Browning 1917, and the BAR saw action in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, with the 1911 going on to serve as the U.S.'s standard military side arm until 1986; a variant is still used by special operations units of the United States Marine Corps and the design remains very popular amongst civilian shooters. The Browning Hi-Power would have a similarly lengthy period of service outside the United States, and remains the standard sidearm of the United Kingdom's, Australian and Canadian armed forces. The M2 heavy machine gun is still in widespread use throughout the world.
As a trivia note You can go see his dad's shop in Nauvoo, Illinois. The Mormon church has a tourist village their where you can participate in pioneer type activites and shows. The Browning Gunshop museum with some of Jonathan Brownings original guns is a cool tour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Browning
John Moses' dad's invention of the Harmonica gun presaged the sons later inventions. Though his dad mostly repaired guns. His son John Moses recalled, "We ridiculed some of the guns we fixed, and I damned some of them when Pappy wasn't near, but it never occurred to us to make better ones. He was too old, and I was too young."
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