30 September 2011

A nit, or two...

John Moses Browning was a prodigiously talented firearms designer.

His work overshadows one of his protege's very dramatically.

Dieudonnè Saive.

Saive is the guy who finished the work begun on the Browning High Power.  He took the notes from the design of the Vest Pocket and created the Baby Browning.

He fathered the FAL, after plunking out the SAFN.  The SAFN might have been as widely issued as the Garand had the Germans not invaded Belgium and put the project on hold and Saive in England.

Only the 1911 and Ma Duece are as ubiquitous as the FAL in western designs.  Two people who knew each other account for a lot of guns that are found everywhere.  The AK has caught up, the AR is getting there.
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1 comment:

  1. Weer'd Beard03 October, 2011 13:11

    Don't forget the Winchester 94 rifle. It never got much use in the military (tho it wasn't for lack of trying) but its many a person's go-to-rifle for hunting and defense.

    But indeed Dieudonnè Saive was a brilliant weapon designer and he doesn't get the credit he deserves.

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