John M Browning might have been a sadist...

[Scrumbag]

Well folks,

As above. Just done my first 1892 disassembly and reassembly.

Now I am something of a fan of John Moses Brownings designs. I have / had a few over the years - SA-22, Auto 5, Colt Woodsman, 1892 lever action.

But sometimes I feel the man was a sadist. A genius, sure, but the man must have had something of a sadistic streak in him...

Still, everything now much cleaner and hopefully fewer light strikes.

Scrummy

 

[Dusty Stevens]

All you gotta do is have a friend goofy enough to use an A5 duck hunting and help him clean it to know.

 

[Scrumbag]

All you gotta do is have a friend goofy enough to use an A5 duck hunting and help him clean it to know.

I am that friend… I restored a rusty beater

 

[std7mag]

Yeah, i think that every time i take my 1911 down to the bare frame for cleaning.

 

[Knotwild]

1911? I have several and unfortunately I am not mechanically inclined. Browning designed something pretty good I think. Mine hardly ever malfunction and perhaps my SA22 is the one that malfunctions the most, but I think that is due to the properties of rim-fire ammunition. I just hose them with ether or brake cleaner, re-lubricate them, and they keep on shooting. I always thought that was part of his design theory and simple.

I have to admit that even I can take the SA22 down though.

 

[agr516]

I am that friend… I restored a rusty beater

I am that friend as well. At 120+ years old, the A5 is still my favorite automatic shotgun not only to own and shoot but to take to the field. If I am not hunting with an A5, it is a Superposed or Winchester Model 12.

 

[Scrumbag]

I am that friend as well. At 120+ years old, the A5 is still my favorite automatic shotgun not only to own and shoot but to take to the field. If I am not hunting with an A5, it is a Superposed or Winchester Model 12.

Good man!

I have a Winchester Model 12 Heavy Duck myself. Though it tends to get more outings for clays these days (Non-lead becoming more and more of a thing).

 

[Gun Smith]

Love the A5! Tough gun, hard to kill one!

 

[shortgrass]

Not a sadist, a mechanic. A mechanic with a goal, who could find a simple, reliable way to get there. Over the 30+yrs I've been gunsmithing, I've not found a firearm designed by JMB to be overly complicated. Tough as hell, but not overly complicated.

 

[Adam in WI]

I feel your pain. I stripped down a M71 Winchester once to replace a lever detent spring. What a corksoaker...

 

[Scrumbag]

Not a sadist, a mechanic. A mechanic with a goal, who could find a simple, reliable way to get there. Over the 30+yrs I've been gunsmithing, I've not found a firearm designed by JMB to be overly complicated. Tough as hell, but not overly complicated.

I dunno man, I've stripped and reassembled easier things. Though once I got the knack the 1892 went back together easily enough. Though I must admit, I watched 3 takedown videos:

1) A new, Miroku build
2) A Rossi clone
3) An older, flat spring 1892

It came apart exactly like none of those...

 

[shortgrass]

I dunno man, I've stripped and reassembled easier things. Though once I got the knack the 1892 went back together easily enough. Though I must admit, I watched 3 takedown videos:

1) A new, Miroku build
2) A Rossi clone
3) An older, flat spring 1892

It came apart exactly like none of those...

I started gunsmithing a full 15yrs before there was a YouTube. If you were lucky, there was a good schematic.

 

[Scrumbag]

I started gunsmithing a full 15yrs before there was a YouTube. If you were lucky, there was a good schematic.

Oh there were some schematics looked at as well, grainy, badly reproduced ones...

 

[Scrumbag]

I feel your pain. I stripped down a M71 Winchester once to replace a lever detent spring. What a corksoaker...

Did you want to through the gun around the room...? I kinda did at some points...

 

[Andy Work]

All you gotta do is have a friend goofy enough to use an A5 duck hunting and help him clean it to know.

Who in their right mind would duck hunt with anything else?

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Who in their right mind would duck hunt with anything else?

Folks that bust ice or care about keeping it clean for function

 

[shortgrass]

You fellas need to stay away from the post WW1 to 1980s' European auto pistols if you think JMBs' designs are complicated.

 

[dc.fireman]

You fellas need to stay away from the post WW1 to 1980s' European auto pistols if you think JMBs' designs are complicated.

I picked up a Hammerli 150 Free Pistol last month ( I was bit by the International Pistol bug a few years ago). After a few weeks of shooting/learning it, I decide I need to move the trigger shoe forward slightly. 2 hours later, I had it back together... It will stay where it's at until I occupy the other side of the dirt.

 

[Adam in WI]

How bout that Jap pistol that goes off if you put pressure on that one spot that ain't the trigger

 

[GaryL1959]

Yeah, i think that every time i take my 1911 down to the bare frame for cleaning.

1911's are a cakewalk....Hi-Power's on the other hand..

I always heard that JMB was manic - depressive.
The 1911 was designed on a manic day, Browning Hi-power and the A-5's were on the depressive days