Only about 100 of the estimated 600 rifles manufactured by the famed Browning Brothers in Ogden, Utah, have survived. The vast majority have plain, straight grip stocks, but this example has a checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with an ebony grip insert. The checkering is multi-point patterned and has diamond shaped accents. It also has the ribs on the receiver flats seen on a few Browning rifles. These rifles were manufactured based on designs patented in 1879 by John Moses Browning when he was in his early 20s. Each of the rifles was manufactured in the Browning Brothers shop in Ogden. Most of the employees were also members of the extended family. This example has a low German silver blade front sight with unusual heart shaped base, a full buckhorn rear sight with elevation adjustment screw on the right and heart shaped "horns," thin trigger with checkering, and an unusual, nearly straight hammer spur. The barrel is marked with "BROWNING BROS. OGDEN, UTAH, U.S.A./PAT. OCT. 7.79" and "45 120" ahead of the rear sight and "411" at the breech. The serial number is also marked on the underside of the forearm. The reputation of these early Browning rifles set Browning on a path for greatness, and the design was so popular that Winchester was still manufacturing it in the later years of his life, and it is still manufactured by other firms today. Many Browning designed firearms including the Winchester Model 1894 (the highest selling rifle in American history with more than 7 million sold), Browning Hi-Power, Colt Model 1911, and the Browning Auto-5 remain incredibly popular even after more than a century. Browning's 128 firearm patents highly influenced nearly every category of firearms in the last century aside from revolvers and bolt action rifles. He even designed anti-aircraft cannons that were used on some U.S. planes and PT boats during WWII.