The 200 was not a Browning design. It does look alike in profile. Different locking system. It was a very, overly so, complex design.
Model 200
Model 530
George S. Lewis and Charles (Sparrow) Young were the designers. Young held the first patent I think and Lewis improved it. There were a lot of patents for guns back then and most never went into production. Young was the first to run 100 from the back yard line in trap.
I think it was in the 1972 or 1973 Gun Digest article I read, back in 1972 or 1973. Might have been 1973. Time frame is based on where I was living, when I was reading the Gun Digest. I loved the articles in those old Gun Digest. Got one every year for Christmas.
Most were covered in drool, looking at all those guns I needed and never could afford. Pythons for under $500.00. Superposed for less than that. And me earning less than that. Problem with the good old days is most of them came when I had no money.
