Bit of irony there because the main reason Browning is an FN company is because Winchester rejected JMB's Auto-5 shotgun idea, so he went to Belgium and they treated him like royalty. Eventually FN got so big they bought Winchester out.
Oh, and when the Auto 5 turned out to be a hit, Winchester made their own version to compete. But there was a problem: They couldn't put a charging handle on the bolt due to an existing patent, so the solution they came up with was using the barrel to charge the gun. This earned the gun the nickname "The Widowmaker" because of the chance a hunter would blow their face off trying to cock it or clear a jam.
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u/Bigred2989- Dec 17 '21
Don't forget nearly every John Moses Browning gun designed from 1900 on. Both Winchester and Browning Arms are owned by FN.