| Title |
Browning Arms Company Collection, Box 009, Folder 02 |
| Creator |
Browning, John Val; Goddard, Grant F.; Browning, Marriner Bigelow; Frost, G. E.; Comeaux, C. Stewart; Coleman, R. H.; McFarlane, Charles; Browning, Marriner A.; Ormsbee, A. G.; Babson, A. C.; United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Invention Incorporated; Winchester Repeating Arms Company; Browning, Val A., 1895-1994; Ellis, Douglas B.; Browning Arms Company; Askins, Charles; Sheldon, H. P.; Lindsey, Theodore Clay; FN (Firm : Belgium); Woodson, William T.; Prutzman, John M.; Rafter, John R.; Hume, James P.; Pattishall, Beverly W.; Levy, Beatrice; Brearley, J. A.; Russell, John E.; Griffith, G. H.; Browning, Matthew S. |
| Contributors |
J. M. & M. S. Browning Company; Winchester Repeating Arms Company; Browning Arms Company; Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute; Remington Arms Company; Federal Cartridge Corporation; The Poly Choke Company; United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Outdoor Life; Lindsey, Prutzman And Just; Lindsey, Theodore Clay; Rogers and Woodson; Rafter, John R.; Wilkinson, Huxley, Byron & Hume; United States. Department of State. Bureau of Foreign Commerce; Rogers and Reed; United States. Bureau of Customs |
| Description |
Primarily correspondence from Marriner Bigelow Browning to colleagues, such as Val Allen Browning and Douglas B. Ellis, regarding manufacturing and design matters. Additionally it is consistently discussed with Theodore Clay Lindsey in respect to legal matters such as their trademarks. |
| Subject |
Firearms industry and trade--United States; Firearms industry and trade--Utah; Browning Arms Company; Business enterprises--Utah--Ogden--History; Fabrique Nationale automatic rifles; Remington Arms Company; Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute; Winchester Repeating Arms Company; United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Firearms--Design and construction |
| Digital Publisher |
Digitized by Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Date Digital |
2026-04 |
| Date |
1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951 |
| Medium |
correspondence; notes (documents); documents; ephemera; newspaper clippings; publications (documents); financial records; legal records |
| Spatial Coverage |
Belgium; New York City, New York, United States; New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States; Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; St. Louis, Missouri, United States; Washington, D.C., United States; Ames, Major County, Oklahoma, United States; Falls Church, Virginia, United States; Herstal, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium; Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States; Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States; Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| Type |
Text |
| Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 13000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. For further information:  |
| Sponsorship/Funding |
Funding generously provided by the Val A. Browning Charitable Foundation. |
| Source |
Browning Arms Company Collection, MS492, Box 9, Folder 2, Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6c1g19f |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
184764 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6c1g19f |
| Title |
Page 69 |
| OCR Text |
Show “Sports Afield—N ovember, 1940 43 | You want POWER ts =p WHEN YOU GO AFTER DUCKS... One of our various jams. The clip has popped up in front of the bolt and prevented it from closing. try hard to keep cool by surrounding the barrel with water or exposing it to the air as much as possible. The M/1 though has the barrel neatly surrounded by wood, probably to strengthen it. But the wood does hold the heat in and the barrel gets plenty hot even with moderate shooting. One of the nice touches: You’re supposed to run your left hand well out against the sling swivel in most positions. But the swivel is attached to a metal plate that’s in contact with the barrel, consequently the whole thing gets nearly red before the wood has had much of a chance to heat up. We acquired several blisters from this and other parts of the rifle before we began to treat it with considerable respect. SS gas operated weapons have an adjustment to give ’em more power in case the gun gets dirty or the cylinder is carboned. Our Browning auto rifle has three holes, the smallest being the normal adjustment, with the bigger ones for emergency use when it’s important to keep the gun firing, but when there’s no time to clean it up. The M/1 has no such adjustment and if it doesn’t work, it just keeps on not working until you can clean it up. As far as that goes, recoil operated guns don’t have any adjustment to take care of unusual troubles. The rifle is easy to strip and put together for the most part. The trigger mechanism lifts out easily, the stock breaks in two parts and the bolt and magazine mechanism come apart easily— all this without any tools. But to remove the gas cylinder is a bit more of a problem and takes a husky screwdriver or equivalent. It should be removed after the rifle is fired so that it can be cleaned, since the corrosive gas gets in it. We still use the corrosive ammunition in our service, which calls for thorough, careful and complete cleaning of barrel, gas cyl- And POWER in shot shells means V/7RO EXPRESS / T TAKES a real shooter to drop ducks and geese! If you expect to get your quota, you’d better load up with the shell that’s got plenty of speed, power and smash—Nitro Express! Whatever game you're after, you'll find the extra wallop of Nitro Express shells will give you a fuller game bag. These green corrugated shells are loaded with progressive burning powder which not only starts the shot charge on its way, but accelerates the “push” through the barrel. Lubricated wadding prevents leading and makes an ideal gas check that keeps a// the power behind the shot. Shot pellets are screened not once but twce, to in- sure uniform patterns. Only the most perfect, rounded pellets go into.a Nitro Express shell. For more complete detail and literature, write Department 13-E, Rem- ington Arms Co., Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut. Remington, Nitro A clip of shells in the magazine, bolt open. TUNE IN...““CAVALCADE OF AMERICA’’,..NBC RED Express, Kleanbore and Wet-Proof are Reg. Pat. Off. by Remington Arms Co., Inc. NETWORK...EVERY WEDNESDAY U.S. EVENING |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
184833 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6c1g19f/184833 |