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Andy,

You are correct, that is the man.

Not to try and change the topic, but Old JMB was a busy boy-

A few of the arms that he did design, not all though. The mighty "Ma Duce", the M2 is still being used today all over the world.

Firearms

• M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun
• FN Browning M1899/M1900
• Colt Model 1900
• Colt Model 1902
• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer (.38 ACP)
• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (.32 ACP)
• Colt Model 1905
• Remington Model 8 (1906), a long recoil semi-automatic rifle
• Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket (.25 ACP)
• Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless (.380 ACP)
• FN Model 1910
• U.S. Model 1911 pistol
• Winchester Model 1885 falling block single shot rifle
• Winchester Model 1886 lever-action repeating rifle
• Winchester Model 1887 lever-action repeating shotgun
• Winchester Model 1890 slide-action repeating rifle (.22)
• Winchester Model 1892 lever-action repeating rifle
• Winchester Model 1894 lever-action repeating rifle
• Winchester Model 1895 lever-action repeating rifle
• Winchester Model 1897 pump-action repeating shotgun
• Browning Auto-5 long recoil semi-automatic shotgun
• U.S. Model 1917 water-cooled machine gun
• Model 1919 air-cooled machine gun
• Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) of 1917
• Browning M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun of 1921
• Remington Model 8 semi-auto rifle
• Remington Model 24 semi-auto rifle (.22) Also produced by Browning Firearms and several others
• The Browning Hi-Power, the last pistol that John Browning developed
• The Browning Superposed over/under shotgun was designed by John Browning in 1922 and entered production in 1931

Cartridges
In addition, the cartridges he developed are still some of the most popular in the world. They include:
• .25 ACP
• .32 ACP
• .38 ACP
• 9mm Browning Long
• .380 ACP
• .45 ACP
• .50 BMG

marksiwel wrote-

"John Browning designed the 1911, then he figured out what he did wrong and designed the Browning Hi Power ."

Hate to burst your bubble here, but JMB did not do the complete design of the P35, he died before completing the design. I can never remember the name of the guy who was working with him at FN at the time, but that is who finished the design and completed the pistol. JMB would have never designed a trigger like what ended up in the P35. He was also adamantly opposed to the double-stack magazine that was the first commercial double-stack made. Browning thought that the magazine would prove to be unreliable for a military weapon. One of the very few times Browning was wrong on a firearm design feature.

What JMB did do was rough out the basic shape of the pistol as well as design the new locking system for the barrel, the system that is used in almost all pistols today, even 75 years later. The P35 feels better in my hand than any other pistol. He got that part very right.

The P35 is a great pistol, one of the best ever made. So is the 1911.