I’m 40, and it’s time my life had a goal. When I was 10, I wanted to be a lawyer. When I was 20, I wanted to be the youngest Command Sergeant Major in history. When I was 30, I wanted to take a nap.
I have about 20 to 30 years to knock this one out, so there’s no need to rush out and start knocking it out. But I will do everything I can to do this one step at a time
I want to shoot every weapon that John Moses Browning ever designed and that went into mass production, preferably in the original caliber. If it’s legal to own without an additional tax stamp, I want to own it.
According to Wikipedia, this is the list of guns that Browning designed that went into production:
- U.S. M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun
- FN Browning M1899/M1900
- Colt Model 1900
- Colt Model 1902
- Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer (.38 ACP)
- Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (.32 ACP)
- Colt Model 1905
- Remington Model 8 (1906), a long recoil semi-automatic rifle
- Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket (.25 ACP)
- Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless (.380 ACP)
- FN Model 1910
- U.S. M1911 pistol (.45 ACP)
- Colt Woodsman pistol
- Winchester Model 1885 falling-block single shot rifle
- Winchester Model 1886 lever-action repeating rifle
- Winchester Model 1887 lever-action repeating shotgun
- Winchester Model 1890 slide-action repeating rifle (.22)
- Winchester Model 1892 lever-action repeating rifle
- Winchester Model 1894 lever-action repeating rifle
- Winchester Model 1895 lever-action repeating rifle
- Winchester Model 1897 pump-action repeating shotgun
- Browning Auto-5 long recoil semi-automatic shotgun
- U.S. M1917 water-cooled machine gun
- U.S. M1919 air-cooled machine gun
- U.S. M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
- U.S. M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun of 1921 (the famed “Ma-Deuce” weapon)
- Remington Model 8 semi-auto rifle
- Remington Model 24 semi-auto rifle (.22) Also produced by Browning Firearms (as the SA-22) and several others
- Browning Hi-Power (Grand Puissance or GP), the standard sidearm of many military and police forces
- The Browning Superposed over/under shotgun was designed by John Browning in 1922 and entered production in 1931
- Ithaca Model 37 pump-action repeating shotgun
I highlighted the ones I’ve already pulled a trigger on. I’ve got a good start, but still have a long way to go. Some of these won’t be too difficult, some will be hard as heck, and this isn’t going to be an inexpensive endeavor, but I’ve got a little less than half a lifetime to do it.
DaddyBear’s Den 
Lokidude
/ September 29, 2011We end up in the same place and I have advance notice, I have a 1903 Hammerless you're more than welcome to shoot. Goals are important, and I wholeheartedly support this one.
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Borepatch
/ September 29, 2011Awesome
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Wilson
/ September 29, 2011A very worthy goal! But you’ve never shot a Hi-Power?Really?????????
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DaddyBear
/ September 29, 2011Never had a chance, Wilson. It's probably going to be on my list of guns to acquire in the next few years.
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McThag
/ September 30, 2011This comment has been removed by the author.
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McThag
/ September 30, 2011Take Two:
Find yourself near Tampa and I have the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless, Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless, Colt 1908 Vest Pocket and FN 1905 Depose available.
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Jay G
/ September 30, 2011DaddyBear,
Come Northeast for the next bloggershoot amd I'll bring the Winchester 1906 (1890), the Winchester 1897, and the Browning Hi-power with me…
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DaddyBear
/ September 30, 2011Jay, that's also on my bucket list.
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Tam
/ October 3, 2011You're welcome to shoot my Colt M1902 Military and FN 1910…
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DaddyBear
/ October 3, 2011Thanks Tam. When I finally make it up to Indy for a blogmeet, I might take you up on that.
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Stretch
/ October 5, 2011If you're in the Northern Virginia area I can offer my Winchester 1985 in .30-06, Auto-5 and Woodsman.
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