Nathan Gorenstein – The Guns of John Browning

Nathan Gorenstein offers the first major biography of John Moses Browning, “the Thomas Edison of guns,” brings to life a visionary inventor whose astonishing array of firearms have shaped American culture and armed the world’s militaries for more than a century.

BTW in addition to Pete A Turner, Jim DeFelice joins as cohost. Jim has his own work on the history of guns in the US.

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Nathan discusses Browning's genius from his workbench in Utah, where he was born in 1855, Browning invented firearms that ranged from single-shot rifles to five-foot long aerial machine guns. He invented the modern semi-automatic pistol and the first successful pump-action shotgun. His lever-action rifles are legendary. Tens of millions of Browning firearms have been sold world-wide.

Browning died in 1926, yet his inventions from decades earlier proved decisive in World War II, starting at the Battle of Britain and ending with the defeat of Imperial Japan. Browning machine guns armed every American and British fighter plane and bomber. American infantry units in Europe and the Pacific fought with his tripod-mounted machine gun, his Model 1911 pistol and the Browning Automatic Rifle. His firearms are still used in the 21st century.

Gorenstein joins Pete A Turner, on the Break It Down Show...and you're gonna love it.

One more note. the book is really fantastic. A great way to support Nathan Gorenstein and BIDS is by using our link to purchase the book.