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Yes. John Moses Browning (1855 - 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 semi-automatic firearms and is credited with 128 gun patents-his first was granted October 7, 1879. He had made his first very own firearm at the age of thirteen out of a piece of scrap metal.
Browning belonged to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a two-year mission in Georgia beginning on March 28, 1887. His father Jonathan Browning, who was among the thousands of Mormon pioneers in the mass exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois to Utah, had established a gunsmith shop in Ogden in 1852. John Moses worked in his father's shop and later developed his first rifle, a single-shot falling-block design, in that capacity. He founded his own manufacturing operation and began to produce this firearm.
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When did John Tanner - Mormon - die?
John Tanner - Mormon - died in 1850.
When did John R. Murdock - Mormon - die?
John R. Murdock - Mormon - died in 1913.
When did John Moses Browning die?
John Moses Browning died on November 26, 1926 at the age of 71.
Who was John Moses Browning's wife?
it was Rachel Browning.
Winchester 1886 mfg in 1888 that is stamped with John Browning Ogden UT on the barrel What is the significance of Browning name on rifle?
Browning worked with Winchester in designing several firearms, including the model 1886 rifle. Click on the 'John Browning' link on this page to read a short biography of him and his designs.
