While there are many small bits of nuance from gun to gun, they mostly share a fairly straightforward design that doesn’t have some groundbreaking design possibilities waiting in the wings. The Browning was built to be very reliable, has a lot of spare parts, and is maintained in an environment that stresses consistency. Yeah, they are going be to around for a very, very long time.

It is funny to find out that they were almost dropped by the military early on because they didn’t live up to the niche they were originally designed for. As long as they are useful they will be around.