Happy birthday to the Mozart of the Machinegun, the Rembrandt of the Rifle, the Picasso of the Pistol, the Chopin of the Shotgun, John Moses Browning. With 128 firearms patents to his name and having single-handedly invented half of everything to do with modern firearms, we'll never see his like again.
Were he alive today, he'd be 153. And we'd have frickin' death rays.
"And we'd have frickin' death rays."
ReplyDeleteThanks, I needed that.
Got a little bit of beverage up my nose when I read that, myself. =)
ReplyDeleteI happily join the salute to the man who gave us the .25 ACP and .32 ACP cartridges!
Happy Birthday Tam
ReplyDeleteKeith
Because you never know when you will need to dissolve 7/9ths of an African Elephant in 10 seconds.
ReplyDelete"And we'd have frickin' death rays."
ReplyDeleteWith sharks on their heads.
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ReplyDeleteAnd you so close to ORNL...
... he truly was a genius...
ReplyDeleteEric
Well I missed making the pilgrimage, (across town) to the JMB museum for his b-day, darn. When I tried to explain to the spousal unit his significance, her response was how many people did his inventions kill?
ReplyDeleteI reminded her that John's inventions had been used to end two World Wars, not start them.
"her response was how many people did his inventions kill?"
ReplyDeleteThe answer is "Not nearly enough."
"I happily join the salute to the man who gave us the .25 ACP and .32 ACP cartridges!"
ReplyDeleteTo which I add my favorite, the .45ACP... JMB invented it too. And he may not have invented the 12guage, but he certainly changed the way we look at it with the FN Browning Auto-5 and Remington Model 11.
Death Rays with a Real Walnut Stock too.
ReplyDeleteHey now, don't leave out the 50 Cal BMG. Both the Beloved Ma Deuce and it's cartridge!
ReplyDeleteLots of cool kids were born that day. Happy belated one, Tam, and many, many more!
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