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Browning Arms Company
Subsidiary
Industry
Founded 1878; 146 years ago (1878) in Ogden, Utah, United States
Headquarters
Morgan, Utah
,
United States
Products
  • Firearms
  • Sports equipment
Parent Groupe Herstal S.A.
Browning Gun Shop, Ogden
Browning Brothers gun shop, Ogden, Utah Territory, 1882. From left to right: Thomas Samuel Browning, George Emmett Browning, John Moses Browning, Matthew Sandefur Browning, Jonathan Edmund Browning, and Frank Rushton

Browning Arms Company (originally John Moses and Matthew Sandefur Browning Company) is an American marketer of firearms and fishing gear. The company was founded in Ogden, Utah, in 1878 by brothers John Moses Browning (1855–1926) and Matthew Sandefur Browning (1859–1923). The company offers a wide variety of firearms, including shotguns, rifles, and pistols. Other products include fishing rods and reels, gun safes, sport bows, knives and bicycles.

Initially, the company marketed the sporting (non-military) designs of John Browning, one of the world's most influential and prolific firearms inventors. Nearly all of John Browning's innovative designs have been manufactured under license by other companies, including Winchester, Colt, Remington, FN Herstal, and Miroku. Browning is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of FN Herstal.

Browning Arms Company is best known for the A-Bolt and X-Bolt bolt-action rifles, the BAR semi-automatic rifle, the BPR pump-action rifle, the BPS pump-action shotgun, the Auto-5 semi-automatic shotgun, and the Hi-Power pistol. Browning also manufactures a set of trap shotguns such as the 725 Pro Trap, Citori CX series, and the Cynergy series.

Archives

The company's factory collection is owned by the Browning Firearms Museum at Union Station in Ogden, Utah.

Products

Firearms

Browning Auto-5 20g Mag
Browning Auto-5 20g Mag

Pistols

  • Browning BDM
  • Browning Hi-Power
  • Browning Buck Mark
  • Browning 1911-22
  • Browning 1911-380
  • Browning BDA 45 (SIG-Sauer P220)
  • Browning BDA 380 (manufactured by Beretta)
  • Browning BDA9 (FN HP-DA)

Rifles

  • Browning X-Bolt
  • Browning A-Bolt
  • Browning BLR
  • Browning BAR
  • Browning BPR
  • Browning BBR
  • Browning BL-22
  • Browning Semi Auto 22 (SA-22)
  • Browning T-Bolt in .22LR, .22 WMR and .17 HMR (introduced in 1965 and discontinued in 1975, reintroduced in 2006)
  • Browning B-92 lever-action

Shotguns

  • Browning A-Bolt Shotgun
  • Browning Auto-5
  • Browning A5
  • Browning A5 20 gauge
  • Browning B-2000
  • Browning Silver
  • Browning Maxus
  • Browning Maxus 2
  • Browning BPS
  • Browning BSS
  • Browning Cynergy
  • Browning Citori
  • Browning Superposed
  • BT-99
  • BT-100
  • Browning Recoilless
  • Browning Gold
  • B-80
  • A-500
  • Lightning

Footwear

Browning introduced a line of hunting boots in 1968 and continued to design and manufacture footwear through outside vendors until 2001. In that year, Browning reached a license agreement with Connecticut-based H.H. Brown Shoe Company, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, to manufacture Browning Footwear.

The product line included the John M. Browning collection, Field and Game series, and sporting and waterfowl lines. The line has grown to include kangaroo leather boots, rubber boots and waders, and upland game boots.

Knives

In 1968, Browning introduced a line of cutlery in the form of three fixed-blade hunting knives and a folding knife designed by the custom knifemaker Gil Hibben. Over the years, the lineup has grown, and Browning has teamed up with other knifemakers such as Jerry Fisk, Bailey Bradshaw, John Fitch, Joseph Keeslar, and James Crowell of the American Bladesmith Society. In 2004 Browning partnered with several custom knifemakers to produce a series of "Living History Knives" honoring famous American generals and battles. The lineup included a Liberty Tree Knife made by Larry Harley; a Robert E. Lee Knife and an Alamo Knife honoring Jim Bowie designed by Jerry Fisk; an Ike Knife honoring Dwight David Eisenhower designed by Jim Crowell; and a Crazy Horse Knife by Brent Evans. Browning has recently partnered with big-game hunter, Russ Kommer as their knife designer.

See also

  • FN Model 1910 (designed by John Browning, built by FN)
  • M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
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