The ‘Tiffany Guns’ of the Spanish-American War President Joe Biden has repeatedly suggested when it was first drafted there were restrictions to the Second Amendment. He pressed the point by stating that “you couldn’t own a cannon,” while more recently he’s made the argument that the Second Amendment isn’t absolute in that Americans today…
Tag: John Moses Browning
Know Your Weapons: Browning’s Hammerless 1911
John Browning’s Hammerless 1911 Last year I had the opportunity to visit the John M. Browning Museum in Ogden, Utah and I was thrilled to see Browning’s hammerless 1911 prototype on display. Very little has been written about the development of this particular pistol. The pistol is briefly mentioned in John Browning and Curt Gentry’s 1964 biography of John…
Know Your Firearms History: Dieudonné Saive – The Browning of Belgium
Dieudonné Saive – The Browning of Belgium In the long list of WHITE MALE firearm inventors, Dieudonne Saive (a John Moses Browning contemporary) is right up there with Mikhail Kalashnikov and Hiram Maxim.
Know Your Weapons: Remington Model 8 (.35 Remington)
Beautiful Example of the true Genius of John Moses Browning
Know Your Weapons: The Complex History of the Browning Hi-Power
NAZIS, NOMS DE GEURRE AND THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF THE HI-POWER Very often the genius of John Moses Browning’s design of the 1911 overshadows the amazing accomplishment of the Hi-Power. The Wermacht and the SS knew a Good Firearm when they saw it and a very limited number were issued to front line units in…
Know Your Weapons: Colt 1903 Hammerless
COLT’S 1903 HAMMERLESS Very informative piece on one of the coolest looking handguns Mr. John Moses Browning ever designed. One of the most fantastic periods for firearm development and innovation was the early 20th century hands down!