Browning's pre-A5 autoloader.

[G-MAN]

Browning's first prototype for an auto loading shotgun was quite a bit different from what would eventually become the Auto-5:

 

[chubbs1]

Probably one of the most important and sadly under recognized inventors of the 19th-20th century. I'm talking Edison, Einstein level.

 

[G-MAN]

Originally Posted By: chubbs1
Probably one of the most important and sadly under recognized inventors of the 19th-20th century. I'm talking Edison, Einstein level.


Mozart supposedly composed everything in his head, could hear it in his head, before he ever wrote a note on the paper. John Browning was the same way. He could conceive and design a working firearm in his head, see how all the parts would interact and function, and then build a prototype from only rudimentary sketches, not real blueprints. He was a true genius.

 

[greenaccord02]

That is a really interesting action. I bet it would have very little recoil.

 

[nwjones18]

Looks like someone made a trip to Fairfax, VA?

 

[G-MAN]

Originally Posted By: nwjones18
Looks like someone made a trip to Fairfax, VA?


???

 

[mrsilv04]

I'm proud of the fact that my first shotgun was (and still is) a Browning A5...

 

[TurboLuver]

Originally Posted By: G-MAN
Originally Posted By: nwjones18
Looks like someone made a trip to Fairfax, VA?


???


NRA National Firearms Museum.

 

[G-MAN]

Originally Posted By: TurboLuver
Originally Posted By: G-MAN
Originally Posted By: nwjones18
Looks like someone made a trip to Fairfax, VA?


???


NRA National Firearms Museum.


Ah...the photo of the shotgun is actually from the Browning Museum in Ogden, UT.

 

[nwjones18]

Oh ok. The picture just reminded me of the national firearms museum. If you haven't been its a must see!