Unproduced Browning Shotgun Patent

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The Unproduced Browning Shotgun Patent

TheForgottenWar told me
"Thought this might give you Ideas amsoho http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/12/04/unproduced-browning-shotgun-patent-1896/
tfw no Winchester Model 1896"  that it did...

The Historical Firearms blog has a very interesting post on a forgotten John Browning patent for a (then-advanced) pump-action shotgun. The weapon features an enclosed hammer, dual extractors, and a tilting locking block reminiscent of the later M1918 automatic rifle. The gun in many ways foreshadows the “Perfect Repeater” Winchester 1912, but differs in a few tantalizing respects. First, the bolt locks via a separate block, like a BAR or MAG, not via tilting the entire bolt as in a Model 12. Secondly, the firing pin is raked at an angle, apparently to accommodate the low profile rear receiver.