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Just like the one Bruce’s grandpa designed about 100 years ago. A product of the inventive genius of Bruce Browning, John M.’s grandson and the 4 th generation of Browning gun designers, today’s sporting BAR is magnum cartridge capable, highly accurate, soft recoiling and relentlessly reliable. The bolt is locked by a rising bolt lock. While original military BARs are few and far between these days, the modern sporting BAR from Browning is readily available at your local Browning dealer. The M1918 is a selective-fire, air-cooled automatic rifle using a gas-operated, long-stroke piston rod actuated by propellant gases bled through a vent in the barrel. 10 The M1 carbine was produced in several variants and was widely used by paramilitary and police forces around the world after World War II. military during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. 30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that was issued in the U.S. Read Bruce Canfield’s entire article on the BAR online. The M1 carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber. From its baptism of fire in the trenches of France in 1918 to the steaming jungles of Guadalcanal or the frozen Chosin Reservoir, the BAR has served this nation with distinction.” military small arms have garnered a better reputation or are looked upon with more respect than John Browning’s automatic rifle. “The BAR’s days as a front line automatic rifle are over,” concludes Canfield a bit wistfully. purchased some 16,000 Chauchats from the French, and our troops quickly discovered that it was extremely unreliable, and found it ineffective and unpopular.” An automatic that could be used by troops moving to the assault was desperately needed…The U.S. “One of the most serious gaps in our armament capability was the lack of a satisfactory light machine gun. “The BAR had its roots in the trenches of France during World War I when both sides were mired in bloody and protracted trench warfare,” Canfield revealed. The BAR proved its worth on countless battlefields around the globe…” military arms elicit as much widespread admiration as does the venerable BAR. “Generally referred to by its initials, the BAR set the standard for automatic rifles from its inception during the First World War and for several decades afterward,” continues Canfield. military arms of the 20th century will forever, fittingly, bear the name of its designer, the Browning Automatic Rifle.” While sometimes overlooked, Browning-designed military arms are even more impressive. The guns he invented for the commercial and sporting market are almost too numerous to list and many of his designs are still made today. “The Utah native’s contributions to the field of small arms development are unparalleled. “Without question, America’s most prolific and revered arms designer was John Moses Browning,” begins Canfield’s article.