US patent No. 409599 is one of only two patented rifle designs by John Browning that Winchester did not purchase during their twenty year relationship.
This rifle features a right-side ejection typical of Marlin rifles. Its most unique feature is the use of a tilting bolt which rotates horizontally rather than vertically. The movement of the breech-block is effected by a modified carrier, or slide, similar to that used in Browning’s pump shotgun designs.
Inventor: John Browning, Matthew Browning
Patent Attorney: John Earle
Assigned: retained by inventor