See also: Browning documents

Country: USA

Browning Component Inc. was based in Bellevue and then on Bainbridge Island both of which are near Seattle.

According to Chester Kyle:

“The basic mechanical system behind the Browning transmission was invented in 1974 by Bruce W. Browning and developed by Bruce and his sons Marc, David, Paul and Chris.”

As Sly Stone would say - it’s a family affair. But there’s more, Bruce W. Browning is the grandson of John Moses Browning, described on Wikipedia as “the most important figure in the development of modern automatic and semi-automatic firearms”. This esteemed gentleman held literally hundreds of patents covering hand guns, machine guns, shot guns etc. etc.. Whether John Moses ever got to say ‘Go ahead - make my day’, to visit a high school open-day in Columbine or to shake Charlton Heston by the cold, dead, hand is not recorded. But then - guns don’t kill people, it’s usually those god-darn-ornery bullets that do the damage. More...