Monday, February 1, 2010

One Hundred Years Ago Today

John Browning signed the application for what would become patent 984,519.



h/t Maddened Fowl.

5 comments:

Old NFO said...

Woo Hoo :-) A toast to Mr. Browning!!! :-)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing that fact about this Americona of firearms. Nothing says God Bles America like J. Brownings 1911.

jselvy said...

I the gods of war keep saints, St. John Moses Browning has got to be somewhere near the top.

Borepatch said...

In the beginning was the 1911, and the 1911 was THE pistol, and it was good. And behold the Lord said, "Thou shalt not muck with my disciple John's design for it is good and it workith. For John made the 1911, and lo all of his weapons, from the designs which I, the Lord, gave him upon the mountain."

drjim said...

A genuine American Classic!