February 27 in Firearms History

2 dates for gun owners on February 27

  • Law or Ruling 1
  • Military 1
  1. Law or Ruling1997 · 29 years ago

    England’s Handgun Ban

    Feb. 27, 1997
    Never here

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  2. Military

    Browning BAR Demonstrated to U.S. Army

    Browning BAR adopted by U.S. Army
    Feb 27, 1917

    Adopted by the U.S. Army as the "Model 1918" - or M1918.

    “On May 1, 1917, the Secretary of War convened an ordnance panel to test and recommend for adoption a light machine gun or automatic rifle. Browning’s was quickly adopted. It was known as the Browning Automatic Rifle’ and was soon referred to primarily by its initials ‘B-A-R.’ The BAR was chambered for the standard M1906 (.30-’06) cartridge and was capable of semi-automatic or fully automatic operation at the rate of some 550 rounds per minute.”

    John Browning invented the "Browning Automatic Rifle" ("BAR")