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U.S. Winchester Model 1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, Class III/NFA C&R Fully
Transferable Machine Gun - Serial no. 83684, 30-06 Springfield cal., 24 inch round bbl., blue
finish, walnut stock. Developed and introduced in 1917 (and designated the 1918 to prevent
confusion with the Model 1917 machine gun), the Browning Automatic Rifle became a signature American weapon for generations, seeing limited action in World War I, on both sides of the law during the “Public Enemy” era of crime, and heavy use in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Blade front and folding ladder rear sights, with a plain tubular flash hider threaded to the muzzle, “W/(flaming bomb)/11- 18” marked on the top front of the barrel with eagle and flaming bomb Ordnance proofs at the breech. A
232 British crown proof is stamped on the right of the receiver.
