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The first one ?
« on: October 06, 2013, 07:34:58 PM »
Was this the first Colt auto?

M1895 "Potato Digger"

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Re: The first one ?
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2013, 06:53:42 AM »


  Or, is that a Browning design made by Colt?
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Re: The first one ?
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2013, 08:30:04 AM »
I like the "Bicycle Seat".  ;) 
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Re: The first one ?
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2013, 09:11:49 AM »
Quote from: Saranac Sam on October 07, 2013, 06:53:42 AM


  Or, is that a Browning design made by Colt?

I believe that's correct..... of course, that's only one of the Browning designs manufactured by Colt.

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Re: The first one ?
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2013, 08:39:19 PM »
John M Browning was a freakin' genius! (7&
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« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2013, 09:28:35 PM »


  Didja know he was a Mormon from Ogden, Utah 1855-1926?  His father was a gunsmith and John did some early apprentice work with him.  And then he did some Mormon missionary work in Georgia for a couple of years.  And then he decided he wanted to design his own guns, probably the most successful gun designer in the world.  Thank God for John Moses Browning and the 1911!
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Re: The first one ?
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2013, 10:20:17 PM »
Quote from: Saranac Sam on October 12, 2013, 09:28:35 PM


  Didja know he was a Mormon from Ogden, Utah 1855-1926?  His father was a gunsmith and John did some early apprentice work with him.  And then he did some Mormon missionary work in Georgia for a couple of years.  And then he decided he wanted to design his own guns, probably the most successful gun designer in the world.  Thank God for John Moses Browning and the 1911!

I didn't know that. I do know that this was one of his first designs, and my favorite of all. My 1885 High Wall

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Re: The first one ?
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2013, 05:13:11 AM »
Quote from: Captainkirk on October 12, 2013, 10:20:17 PM
Quote from: Saranac Sam on October 12, 2013, 09:28:35 PM


  Didja know he was a Mormon from Ogden, Utah 1855-1926?  His father was a gunsmith and John did some early apprentice work with him.  And then he did some Mormon missionary work in Georgia for a couple of years.  And then he decided he wanted to design his own guns, probably the most successful gun designer in the world.  Thank God for John Moses Browning and the 1911!

I didn't know that. I do know that this was one of his first designs, and my favorite of all. My 1885 High Wall



That is nice, beautiful stock!
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Re: The first one ?
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2013, 08:41:41 AM »
A few years back I saw a video of the M1895 machinegun firing - I read that the "potato-digging" swinging lever on the bottom of the gun is a carry-over from Browning's early experiments with a gas-operated Winchester -

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« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2013, 01:26:38 PM »


  Whoa!  That looks like something I want to keep my fingers away from!  I guess everything had to start somewhere.   :)
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« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2013, 05:23:32 PM »
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Re: The first one ?
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2013, 08:57:32 PM »
That guy sure burned a lot of ammo in a very short time! What caliber is that....30-06?
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« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2013, 09:03:12 PM »
I just noticed it is a model 1895 so couldn't be 30-06!  30-40 Krag?
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Re: The first one ?
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2013, 09:12:26 PM »
I swear the ammo cans are stenciled "50 Cal" :D
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« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2013, 08:10:19 AM »
Yep, you're right....but I didn't think the brass looked long enough for 50s.
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