Surpassing 2,000,000 Facebook fans does not happen often. So it is a great accomplishment for all the fans that frequent the Browning Facebook page -- each looking forward to the posts, updates, promotions and the crazy, fun stuff posted on the page. When the page was started over six years ago it had a unique mission posted under “About” on the page, which stated “This is the official Facebook page of the Browning Company. But it is really the official page of Browning fans. This is a place to be with other hunters and shooters who love the Browning brand just like you.”

Over the years Browning has used its Facebook page to assist customers with questions, give valuable updates, announce new products and more. But the most important activity seen on the page has been the interaction between Browning Facebook fans as they help each other learn about products, give each other hunting and shooting tips and work tirelessly to clear up confusion that happens so often when you are researching a new purchase.

From our first post (the post shown is one of our earliest and possibly the first) to our most recent, we do our best to give you things you will like, enjoy and share with your family and friends . . . we try to post the kinds of things we share with each other here at Browning. That first post wasn't seen by very many as you can see. Mostly family members of the web team and fellow Browning employees to begin with. With your help, the LIKES have grown and grown. 

Browning’s Facebook page represents Browning customers, so it can be interesting to see how today’s hunters and shooters approach the outdoors. Do you fit into this category?

Today’s Browning Facebook fans have distinct differences in how they approach the outdoors. Browning Facebook fans are more avid, highly engaged and devoted to the outdoor lifestyle. Many don’t live in rural settings so “getting out” and enjoying the outdoors becomes more critical to the enjoyment of life. Staying in touch with others who understand this need and being part of the Browning Facebook family is important. 

On the Browning Facebook page, under the “Company Overview,” it includes a reference to our founder John Moses Browning. What would he have thought of Facebook? As a young man in the 1860s, it would have been impossible to even conceive of something like Facebook, much less understand its profound effect on how people share interests, lifestyles and experiences. Indeed, it has literally changed the way we communicate. But John Browning was a “changer” himself:  his innovations, inventions and design genius changed the hunting and shooting world forever. And it is fair to say, he made key contributions to the cause of freedom across the entire world as well. This is shown in the way that posts about Mr. Browning’s life over the years have been some of the most popular and well “LIKED.

We believe this is the actual first post ever on the Browning Facebook page. Number one!

We've come a long way since that first post, with millions of fans enjoying the page today.  This is the actual counter captured in real time as it happened in 2014. 

Born in 1855, John M. Browning dedicated his life to inventing revolutionary firearms that were desitned to shape the future. Read about him in this riveting biography. Click Here to buy the book.