industry firearms sporting goods founded 1878 ; 138 years ago 1878 headquarters morgan utah united states products firearms sporting goods parent groupe herstal s.a. website http www.browning.com browning arms company originally john moses and matthew sandifer browning company is an american maker of firearms and fishing gear . founded in morgan utah the company offers a wide variety of firearms including shotguns rifles and pistols . other manufactured sporting goods include sport bows knives fishing rods and reels . the company was founded to market the sporting non military designs of john browning one of the world s most prolific firearms inventors . nearly all of john browning s innovative designs have been manufactured under license by other companies including winchester colt remington fabrique nationale d herstal of belgium and miroku . browning is currently a fully owned subsidiary of fn herstal . browning arms company is best known for the browning bps shotgun the a bolt rifle x bolt rifle the auto 5 semi automatic shotgun the bar semi automatic rifle and the hi power 9mm pistol . browning also manufactures a set of trap shotguns in the cynergy series . browning sells a wide variety of non firearms outdoors products such as gun safes knives shooting accessories and clothing . 1 browning is the sponsor of hunting show goin country hosted by kristy lee cook which used to air on the versus channel before it became the nbc sports network . the relationship between cook and browning started after she was shown on american idol wearing a browning hat . 2 contents 1 in popular culture 2 firearms products 2.1 pistols 2.2 rifles 2.3 shotguns 3 footwear 4 knives 5 see also 6 references 7 external links in popular culture edit browning was the make of pistol originally depicted in the nazi propaganda play schlageter from which the quote when i hear the word culture i reach for my gun often associated with nazi leaders originates . the actual line from the play is slightly different wenn ich kultur h re ... entsichere ich meinen browning whenever i hear of culture ... i unlock my browning act 1 scene 1 . firearms products edit browning hi power browning bda 45 browning buck mark .22 lr baby browning .25 6.35 mm browning safari model made in belgium in .270 winchester browning auto 5 20g mag pistols edit browning bdm browning hi power browning hi power bda browning buck mark browning bda handguns browning bda 380 rifles edit browning x bolt browning a bolt browning blr browning bar browning bl 22 browning semi auto 22 sa 22 browning t bolt in .22 lr .22 wmr and .17 hmr browning m 92 lever action browning t bolt .22 long rifle shotguns edit browning auto 5 recoil operated browning b 2000 browning silver browning maxus browning bps cynergy browning citori browning superposed bt 99 bt 100 browning recoilless gold b 80 a 500 lightning footwear edit browning introduced a line of hunting boots in 1968 and continued to design and manufacture footwear through outside vendors until 2001 . in that year a license agreement was reached with connecticut based h.h. brown shoe company a subsidiary of berkshire hathaway to manufacture browning footwear . the product line included the john m. browning collection field and game series and sporting and waterfowl lines . the line has grown to include kangaroo leather boots rubber boots and waders and upland game boots . 3 knives edit in 1968 browning introduced a line of cutlery in the form of 3 fixed blade hunting knives and a folding knife designed by custom knifemaker gil hibben . over the years the lineup has grown and browning has teamed up with other knifemakers such as jerry fisk bailey bradshaw john fitch joseph keeslar and james crowell of the american bladesmith society . 4 in 2004 browning partnered with several custom knifemakers to produce a series of living history knives honoring famous american generals and battles . the lineup included a liberty tree knife made by larry harley ; a robert e. lee knife and an alamo knife honoring jim bowie designed by jerry fisk ; an ike knife honoring dwight david eisenhower designed by jim crowell and a crazy horse knife by brent evans . 5 browning has recently partnered with big game hunter russ kommer as their knife designer . 6 see also edit fn model 1910 designed by john browning built by fn m1918 browning automatic rifle references edit browning product lines freeman mark aug 26 2010 . kristy lee cook is on the hunt . retrieved 16 december 2015 . browningfootwear.com browning introduces master knifemaker series collection for 2006 press release . 2006 01 01 . retrieved 2011 03 12 . miller david 2008 . the history of browning firearms . globe pequot . pp. 124 125 . isbn 978 1 59228 910 3 . russ kommer builds a custom knife for browning tv show host stephen leblanc press release . 2011 02 22 . retrieved 2011 03 12 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to browning arms company . official website v t e herstal group browning arms company browning bda .380 caliber browning bdm browning buck mark fn herstal alexandre galopin dieudonn saive u.s. repeating arms company oliver winchester winchester repeating arms company winchester repeating arms company historic district winchester rifle v t e john browning semi automatic pistols fn m1900 colt m1900 colt m1902 fn model 1903 m1903 pocket hammer m1903 pocket hammerless fn m1905 m1908 vest pocket fn model 1910 m1911 colt woodsman baby browning hi power rifles winchester model 1885 winchester model 1886 winchester 1892 winchester model 1894 winchester model 1895 remington model 8 remington model 24 fn trombone shotguns winchester model 1887 winchester model 1897 browning auto 5 remington model 11 remington model 17 stevens model 520 620 browning superposed ithaca 37 machine guns colt browning m1895 browning m1917 browning automatic rifle browning m1919 m2 machine gun cartridges .25 acp .32 acp .38 acp .380 acp 9mm browning long .45 acp .50 bmg retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title browning arms company & oldid 743896512 categories browning arms companyfirearm manufacturers of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in utahcompanies established in 18781878 establishments in the united stateshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa ol fran aisbahasa indonesianederlands norsk bokm lnorsk nynorskpolskiportugu s svenskat rk e edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 22 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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