 The Browning design was not adopted, but a modification of it known as the Petter-Browning system was adopted.The Browning 1910 design consists of a short-recoil action in which the barrel and slide of the handgun ride on a steel frame.When fired, the inertia of the bullet's motion causes the barrel and frame to recoil together for a distance until the gas pressure in the barrel drops after the bullet leaves the barrel.