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John Moses Browning (January 21[1] or January 23,[2] 1855 -- November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed many varieties of firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. He is the most important figure in the development of modern automatic and semiautomatic firearms and is credited with 128 gun patents. His first was granted October 7, 1879. Browning influenced nearly all categories of firearms design. He invented or made significant improvements to single-shot rifles, lever action rifles, and slide action firearms. His most significant contributions were in the area of auto-loading firearms. He developed the auto-loading pistol by inventing the slide design found on nearly every modern automatic handgun. He also developed the first gas operated machine gun, the Colt-Browning Model 1895---a system that would surpass recoil operation in popularity. Other successful designs include the M1911 pistol, the Browning .50 caliber machine gun, the Browning Automatic Rifle, and a ground-breaking semi-automatic shotgun, the Browning Auto-5.

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