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SCW
January 23rd, 2008, 14:00
Creator of MANY of the best designs the firearms world has ever known-

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91Woody
January 23rd, 2008, 14:12
......indeed a Happy Birthday wish is in order.
Lowrange2
January 23rd, 2008, 14:26
It should be a holiday... Everyone seems to get a holiday these days! Why not this fella? :)
DrMoab
January 23rd, 2008, 19:29
It should be a holiday... Everyone seems to get a holiday these days! Why not this fella? :)
Still waiting for my Rosie O'Donnel day off but what the hell....John deserves some too. :D
ZacSquatch
January 23rd, 2008, 19:37
As Doc says... WWJMBD.... What would John Moses Browning Do?
5-90
January 23rd, 2008, 19:39
It should be a holiday... Everyone seems to get a holiday these days! Why not this fella? :)

Let's see - we just had MLK day. He got a holiday because he'd worked to advance civil rights.

JMB designed some small arms that were (some still are!) used by our military to defend those civil rights. The 1918 BAR was around until, what, 1950 or so? The 1919 series until the later 1950's, the 1911 until 1988 or so (general issue,) and I think the M2 is still being used. Don't forget the Browning Hi-Power (used in a good chunk of Europe, as I recall - both military & police) and quite a few of the FN machine guns (isn't the Minimi based on a lot of Browning principles?)

Day, Hell! If we get one day off for MLK, we should get a week off for JMB. He's done more anyhow (if it weren't for JMB, MLK wouldn't have had a cause to advance. Think about that...)
sjkimmel99
January 23rd, 2008, 19:42
Don't forget to visit the John M. Browning Firearm Museum in the Union Station, Downtown Ogden, Utah next time you pass by that way.

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JohnX
January 24th, 2008, 12:38
Don't forget to visit the John M. Browning Firearm Museum in the Union Station, Downtown Ogden, Utah next time you pass by that way.

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Thanks for the heads up...I will make sure to allow time next time I travel up that way.
5-90
January 24th, 2008, 13:01
Don't forget to visit the John M. Browning Firearm Museum in the Union Station, Downtown Ogden, Utah next time you pass by that way.

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I just might have to do that next time I drive cross-country...