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John Browning invented the pump shotgun in the year 1897.
He didnt invent the shotgun, however he invented many different models of shotguns. auto5man
John Browning never invented guages. Guages had been around a long time. He invented guns in a variety of guages that suited the user.
John Browning
John Moses Browning. The Browning Superposed was the first practicle over, under shotgun
I can say that john brownings last design was produced in 1935 for the first time.
John Browning was an American firearms designer who developed many varieties of firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms.
There were too many to easly list including rifles, pistols and automatic weapons. There are many books written about JM Browning which can do him better justice. He also invented the browning auto matic rifle which was used in world war2
John Moses Browning was born 23 January 1855, died 26 November 1926. According to the Browning website, the production of the Browning Recoilless Shotgun began in 1993 and ceased production in 1995. There were two lengths: 27" and 30". So, one thing we can be pretty sure about is that John Moses Browning in person did not design the Browning Recoilless Shotgun.
The Browning Superposed was the first over under shotgun. It was invented by John Browning. It was produced in 1931, but John Browning actually made a model of this gun back in the 1880s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Superposed
John Browning made his first gun at the age of 10, but his first patent was in 1878, it was the 1878 Single Shot Rifle.
John Moses Browning, the inventor of semi-automatic and automatic guns