Browning Arms Company
Parent Groupe Herstal S.A. | | |
Website | browning |
---|
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Browning_Gun_Shop%2C_Ogden.jpg/220px-Browning_Gun_Shop%2C_Ogden.jpg)
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). The company offers a wide variety of firearms, including shotguns, rifles, and pistols. Other products include fishing rods and reels, gun safes, sport bows, knives and bicycles.[1]
Initially, the company marketed the sporting (non-military) designs of John Browning, one of the world's most influential and prolific firearms inventors. Nearly all of John Browning's innovative designs have been manufactured under license by other companies, including Winchester, Colt, Remington, FN Herstal, and Miroku. Browning is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of FN Herstal.
Browning Arms Company is best known for the A-Bolt and X-Bolt bolt-action rifles, the BAR semi-automatic rifle, the BPR pump-action rifle, the BPS pump-action shotgun, the Auto-5 semi-automatic shotgun, and the Hi-Power pistol. Browning also manufactures a set of trap shotguns such as the 725 Pro Trap, Citori CX series, and the Cynergy series.
Archives
The company's factory collection is owned by the Browning Firearms Museum at Union Station in Ogden, Utah.[2]
Products
Firearms
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Browning_BDA_45.jpg/220px-Browning_BDA_45.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Browning-1911-22-A1.jpg/220px-Browning-1911-22-A1.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Browning_270_Safari.jpg/220px-Browning_270_Safari.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Browning_Auto-5_20g_Mag.jpg/220px-Browning_Auto-5_20g_Mag.jpg)
Pistols
- Browning BDM
- Browning Hi-Power
- Browning Buck Mark
- Browning 1911-22
- Browning 1911-380
- Browning BDA 45 (SIG-Sauer P220)
- Browning BDA 380 (manufactured by Beretta)[3][4][5]
- Browning BDA9 (FN HP-DA)
Rifles
- Browning X-Bolt
- Browning A-Bolt
- Browning BLR
- Browning BAR
- Browning BPR
- Browning BBR
- Browning BL-22
- Browning Semi Auto 22 (SA-22)
- Browning T-Bolt in .22LR, .22 WMR and .17 HMR (introduced in 1965 and discontinued in 1975, reintroduced in 2006)[6]
- Browning B-92 lever-action
Shotguns
- Browning A-Bolt Shotgun
- Browning Auto-5
- Browning A5
- Browning A5 20 gauge [7]
- Browning B-2000
- Browning Silver
- Browning Maxus
- Browning Maxus 2
- Browning BPS
- Browning BSS
- Browning Cynergy
- Browning Citori
- Browning Superposed
- BT-99
- BT-100
- Browning Recoilless
- Browning Gold
- B-80
- A-500
- Lightning
Footwear
Browning introduced a line of
The product line included the
Knives
In 1968, Browning introduced a line of cutlery in the form of three fixed-blade
In popular culture
Browning was the make of pistol initially depicted in the Nazi propaganda play Schlageter, from which the quote "when I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun", often associated with Nazi leaders, originates. The actual line from the play is slightly different: "Wenn ich Kultur höre ... entsichere ich meinen Browning!" "Whenever I hear of culture... I unlock my Browning!" (Act 1, Scene 1).[citation needed]
Browning is the sponsor of the hunting show
A Browning shotgun appears in the Turnpike Troubadours song "The Housefire"[13] and "The Bird Hunters".[14] The latter specifies that the gun was manufactured in Belgium.
See also
- FN Model 1910 (designed by John Browning, built by FN)
- M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
References
- ^ "Outdoor Gear - Browning". www.browning.com. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Nicholson, Ben. "21. John M. Browning Firearms Museum, Ogden, UT". Ben Nicholson. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Browning BDA 380" (JPG). Flickr. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ISBN 83-7167-181-4
- ISBN 978-0-00-470979-6)
- ^ New Left-Hand Browning T-Bolt Rimfires - Rifle Shooter
- ^ "It's Finally Here: Browning A5 Shotgun in 20 Gauge". Game & Fish. 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Browningfootwear.com". Archived from the original on 16 February 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Browning Introduces Master Knifemaker Series Collection for 2006" (Press release). 1 January 2006. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-59228-910-3.
- ^ "Russ Kommer Builds a Custom Knife for Browning TV Show Host, Stephen LeBlanc" (Press release). 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ Freeman, Mark (26 August 2010). "Kristy Lee Cook is on the Hunt". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Turnpike Troubadours – The Housefire, retrieved 13 April 2021
- ^ Turnpike Troubadours – The Bird Hunters, retrieved 13 April 2021
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)