Browning uses a hot caustic blue on steel firearms- steel parts are immersed in a hot bath of bluing salts, resulting in the outer layer of steel changing to black iron oxide. Aluminum cannot be blued, and is anodized.
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If we are talking about a browning model BAR?There is a book published by J.B.Wood entitled the gun digest book of firearms assembly/disassembly Part IV.This book is invaluable to the home gunsmith,firearms owner for the proper care of your rifle.On page 19 you will find the complete step by step disassembly of the browning BAR.I have used it many times and have copied the pages for others that own a browning BAR.It also covers the tools needed.Good luck.
What information did you want? The Browning website has date of manufacture for many firearms under customer service- or call and ask them. For used values, check gunbroker or auctionarms. For an owner's manual, check with Browning. well made, accurate rilfes.
The Name Fabrique Nationale D'armrmes de Guerre is the name of a gun maker located in Herstal,Belgium.They have made firearms for Browning since 1909.The firm also makes many firearms for themselves also with the name you have used marked on the side of their firearms.
These shotguns were made from 1940-1945.During this time frame the belgium factory that produced Browning shotguns was overrun by the Nazi forces of Germany,and used to make firearms for the Third Reich.
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It still is being used
Browning had the safety in front of the trigger in the trigger guard primarily on its early designs, specifically the Browning Hi-Power pistol introduced in 1935. This design feature was used in various models until the late 1970s, as newer designs moved towards other safety mechanisms. The safety placement was a distinctive characteristic of many Browning firearms during this period.
John Moses Browning. Created the 1894 Winchester for the then new 30-30 cartridge. The first to bo loaded with "new" somkeless powder. He is responsible for maybe 80% of American Firearm designs. The most famous the 1911 .45acp used by the Americam Military from 1911 to 1984-85. The Browning .50cal Heavy machinegun, still in service. He was so adept that Winchester hired him to protect their own business by keeping many of his designs off the market. He was to Firearms what Henry Ford was to cars. And yes he is the Browning of Browning Firearms and Clothing etc.
Research indicates there is no reason to suspect John Moses Browning did not die in full fellowship in the "Mormon Church" (which is a nickname for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). He served a mission for the LDS Church in Georgia from 1887-1889.John Moses Browning was an inventor of firearms in the United States. He developed myriad varieties of both military and civilian firearms. He also held patents for many cartridges and gun mechanisms, many of which are still used today.
I would like to start out with I have never seen a Browning serial number as described by you.Are we sure that you have a Browning 16ga shotgun,or another made shotgun that may have used Browning,s patent?I must admit that I have never seen a straight stocked Browning shotgun or heard of one in my many years of collecting firearms.
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