A List of John Mpses Browning's Patents

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MIKE WILSON NOTES BROWNING PATENTS Updated April 1, 2006

What were John Moses Browning's patent numbers?

Although all patents are available online from the U.S. Patent Office, those before 1976 are not searchable and can only be accessed

by entering their patent numbers.

What are the numbers of John M. Browning's patents?

Number Filed Granted Title & note220271 May 19, 1879 October 7,

1879

IMPROVEMENT IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS

falling block single shot rifle; became the Winchester 1885 High Wall and

Low Wall

261667 March 20,

1882

July 25, 1882 MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM

bolt-action repeating rifle with a tubular magazine [1 BrHT]

282839 September 13,

1882

August 7, 1883 MAGAZINE-GUN

lever action, exposed hammer, tubular magazine rifle [1 BrHT]

306577 May 26, 1884 October 14,

1884

MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM

lever action repeating rifle that employed sliding vertical locks; to become the

famous Winchester Model 1886 [1 BrHT]

324296 March 5, 1885 August 11,

1885

MAGAZINE-GUN

lever action rifle336287 June 15, 1885 February 16,

1886

MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM

lever action repeating shotgun. Known as the Winchester Model 1887, it was the

first successful repeating shotgun. [1 BrHT]

367336 July 12, 1886 July 26, 1887 MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM

lever action rifle

385238 December 13,

1887

June 26, 1888 MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM

22 caliber pump action repeating rifle; First marketed as the Winchester

Model 1890 [1 BrHT]

441390 June 30, 1890 November 25,

1890

MAGAZINE-GUN

Winchester 1893 and 1897 pump action shotguns [10 WP]

465339 August 3, 1891 December 15,

1891

MAGAZINE-GUN

Winchester 1892 lever action rifle [10 WP]471782 January 6,

1890

March 29,

1892

AUTOMATIC MAGAZINE-GUN

cap over barrel(?!), repeating, gas-operated rifle

471783 August 3, 1891 March 29,

1892

MACHINE-GUN

gas-operated machine gun

471784 August 3, 1891 March 29,

1892

MACHINE-GUN

gas-operated machine gun

524702 January 19,

1894

August 21,

1894

MAGAZINE-GUN

Winchester 1894 lever action rifle [10 WP]

544657 November 7,

1892

August 20,

1895

GAS-OPERATED MACHINE-GUN

Colt Model 1895 Automatic Machine Gun. Earned the name Browning Peacemaker

during the Spanish-American War [1 BrHT]

544658 March 15,1893

August 20,1895


544659 June 17, 1893 August 20,

1895



1898

August 20,

1895

GAS-OPERATED BREECH-LOADING GUN

545671 April 29, 1895 September 3,

1895

MAGAZINE-FIREARM

lever action rifle

549345 November 19,

1891

November 5,

1895

BOX-MAGAZINE FIREARM

Winchester 1895 lever action rifle [10 WP]
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550778 April 29, 1895 December 3,

1895

MAGAZINE-FIREARM

shotgun(?)

552864 November 19,

1894

January 7,

1896

MAGAZINE-FIREARM

lever action repeating rifle with a non-detachable box magazine designed for

jacketed sharp-nosed bullets. Marketed as the Winchester Model 1895. [1 BrHT]

577281 March 16,

1896

February 16,

1897

MAGAZINE-FIREARM

pump action shotgun?


1895

April 20, 1897 FIREARM

pistol

580924 October 31,

1896


Colt 1900 automatic pistol [10 WP]

580925 October 31,

1896


pistol

580926 October 31,

1896


632094 February 17,

1899

August 29,

1899

BOLT-GUN

single shot 22 caliber plinking rifle known as the Winchester Model 1900 [1 BrHT]

659507 February 8,

1900

October 9,

1900

RECOIL-OPERATED FIREARM

revolutionary autoloading shotgun. It would be manufactured by Fabrique

Nationale in 1903 and by Remington Arms Company in 1905. (Model 11) [1 BrHT]

FN/Browning Auto 5 shotgun, also Remington Model 11 [10 WP]

659786 June 6, 1900 October 16,

1900

RECOIL-OPERATED FIREARM

first successful autoloading high-power rifle [1 BrHT]; Remington Arms Company

in 1906 as Model 8

660244 November 15,

1899

October 23,

1900

MACHINE FOR LOADING FEED BELTS FOR MACHINE GUNS

678937 June 19, 1900 July 23, 1901 AUTOMATIC GUN

His next design, the Model 1917, US patent #678,937 was a recoil-powered

automatic gun like the Maxims. It was called Model 1917 because in that year, on

the verge of entering the war in Europe, the Army found itself completely lacking in

modern automatic weapons. In February, 1917, Browning performed a

demonstration at Congress Heights for the benefit of the press, members of

Congress, and various foreign representatives. He brought the recoil operated gun

he patented in 1901, and also a gas-operated automatic rifle, the BAR. Bothweapons were successfully demonstrated, and began production shortly before the

war's end. [4 Pulse]

689283 March 18,

1901

December 17,

1901

AUTOMATIC FIREARM

shotgun

708794 November 7,

1901

September 9,

1902

AUTOMATIC FIREARM

pistol

710094 January 11,

1902

September 30,

1902

MAGAZINE-GUN

rifle or shotgun

730870 May 6, 1899 June 16, 1903 RECOIL-OPERATED FIREARM

shotgun

747585 April 3, 1902 December 22,

1903

AUTOMATIC FIREARMS

Colt 1903 automatic pistol [10 WP]781765 July 10, 1903 February 7,

1905

MAGAZINE-GUN

pump action shotgun that would become the Stevens Model 520 [1 BrHT]

808003 May 25, 1905 December 19,

1905

FIREARMS

Colt Model 1905 in 45 ACP (predecessor to the M1911) [10 WP]

812326 June 30, 1904 February 13,

1906

RECOIL-BRAKE FOR AUTOMATIC GUNS

818739 August 18,

1905


pistol

947478 June 21, 1909 January 25,

1910

SAFETY DEVICE FOR FIREARMS

FN Model 1905 and Colt Vest Pocket in 25 ACP [10 WP]


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984519 February 17,

1910

February 14,

1911

FIREARM

Model 1911 .45 caliber pistol

1065341 March 20,

1913

June 24, 1913 TAKE-DOWN CONSTRUCTION FOR FIREARMS

Browning .22 Automatic Rifle [10 WP]

1083384 November 19,

1912

January 6,

1914

FIREARM

semi-automatic 22 caliber rifle. Remington also produced this rifle as the

Model 24. [1 BrHT]

1143170 November 26,

1913

June 15, 1915 FIREARM

pump shotgun that would be marketed as the Remington Model 17. It was John M.

Browning's last repeater-type shotgun. [1 BrHT]

1202024 August 18,

1914

October 24,

1916

FIREARM

rifle

1276716 March 30,

1917

August 27,

1918

FIREARM

Colt Woodsman [10 WP]

1293022 August 1, 1917 February 4,

1919

AUTOMATIC MACHINE-RIFLE

Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)

1372336 April 27, 1920 March 22,

1921

FIREARM

rifle

1424553 July 26, 1919 August 1, 1922 FIREARM

FN "Trombone" pump action .22 cal repeater (Rare in USA) [10 WP]

1464864September 27,

1921

August 14,

1923

FIREARM

rifle

1525065 December 15,

1923

February 3,

1925

AUTOMATIC FIREARM

37mm automatic cannon [10 WP]

1533966 December 6,

1922

April 14, 1925 AUTOMATIC RIFLE

1533967 December 29,

1922


1533968 January 6,

1923


1578638 October 15,

1923

March 30,

1926

FIREARM

Browning Superposed over/under shotgun [10 WP]

1618510 June 28, 1923 February 22,1927

AUTOMATIC FIREARMled to the Browning Hi-Power

9mm short-recoil, locked-breech, exposed-hammer semi-automatic pistol. This was

John M. Browning's last pistol development. [1 BrHT]

1628226 July 31, 1923 May 10, 1927 AUTOMATIC FIREARM

M2 machine gun in 50 caliber [10 WP]

He obtained 128 patents [5 L/DD].220271, 261667, 306577, 336287, and 385238 came from [1 BrHT]. 580923 was found in [2 Syd]. 678937 came from [4 Pulse].

1293022 came from [3 RKM]. 660244 is thanks to Mr. Pinto; he got it from [9 DLG]. 441390, 465339, 524702, 549345, 747585,

808003, 947478, 1065341, 1424553, 1525065, 1578638, and 1628226 came from [10 WP]. The rest came from digging through the

Patent Office image collection. See also [6 AM] and [7 Stempel].

Val A. Browning was John M. Browning's son. Among other things, he was president of Browning Arms Company and created

several patents of his own, including 2788714, 3018694, 3105411, and 3115063. [8 UMFA]

[1 BrHT] Browning. Historical Timeline 1855-2002.Browning [2 Syd] Weedon, Syd. Syd's 1911 Notebook[PDF].M1911.org. October 22, 1999 [3 RKM] Tosinski, Bolek. RKM Browning wz. 28.Strona Glowna [4 Pulse] The PTO Pulse, September 1997.The PTO Pulse. September 1997 [5 L/DD] John Moses Browning (352) quoting The Desert Dispatch, February 20, 1996.Liebrich/Leebrick Families in

America

[6 AM] Ayoob, Massad. The browning hi-power today: dominant high-capacity pistol no longer, the hi-power offers othervirtues.Guns Magazine. February, 2004
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[7 Stempel] Stempel, P. R. A review of the Ayoob article on Hi Powers in GUNS magazine, Feb 2004. FNHiPower.com.January 11, 2004

[8 UMFA] Val A. Browning Biography.The Utah Museum of Fine Arts. August 1, 1997 [9 DLG] Goldsmith, Dolf L. The Browning Machine Gun Volume 1.Collector Grade Publications. 2005 [10 WP] John Browning.Wikipedia. viewed April 1, 2006
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A List of John Mpses Browning's Patents