the gun

John Moses Browning 

•  1855-1926• • Was the greatest inventor in

the history of firearms.

• His field of interest was very wide-from a vest pocket pistol

• 6,35 mm

• 12,7 mm caliber

• it was not (completely) the product of ingenious J.M. Browning.

John Moses Browning

• November 26, 1855,

• Born in Ogden, Utah

• He death in 1926

• With 71 years

The gun• The first guns were

developed in the sixteenth century as weapons of auxiliary cavalry

• The word comes from French pistol

• Until the nineteenth century, the gun uses the same basic mechanisms that shooting muskets and rifles antique wheel mechanism in the XVI / XVII

Evolution• The evolution of the

first gun capable of firing several times before reloading ammunition

• the gun was also

called revolving pistol. • It is known from a

model used by the British army in the XIX century,

legendary models

• All current models are double action or double action only.

• Are made modern versions of legendary models like

• Colt M1911

• Browning High Power • Respecting its original

mechanism of action for simple use as a defensive sport.