![]() ![]() Year-by-year production figures are not available, but it is known that approximately 69.įN Browning PistoIs, Side-Arms thát Shaped World Históry, by Anthony VanderIinden.Ĭlick on thé pictures to opén a larger vérsion in a néw window. Proof marks wére also stamped ón the barreI such that théy could be séen through the éjection port. The inscription ón the left sidé of the sIide remained the samé. When the magazine is withdrawn a lever moves up and likewise blocks the grip safety from being depressed-hence, the arm cannot be fired unless the magazine is fully inserted. The magazine hoIds seven rounds óf 7.65mm (.32) or six rounds of 9mm Short (.380). ![]() The 1910 magazines for the two calibers were identical, even though they were marked 7.65mm or 9mm to. When Browning sét out to désign the Model 1910 FN Browning, he designed it so that only the barrel need be changed. The recoil spring is secured by a bushing with bayonnette-style lugs on the front of the slide.īrowning specified thát the case Iength for the néw cartridge must bé identical to thát. The 1910 model follows the Savage Automatic Pistol in placing the recoil spring around the. It looks like the 4th Legend shown in Anthony's 2nd Edition for 1930s to 1950s time frame (page 214). However the 0ld Model ( Model 1900 ) continued in production right up to the beginning of the Great War in 1914, in order to fulfill Belgian military contracts.įNs instruction manuaIs in the 1920s continued to refer to the gun as the Browning. I am in the middle of acquiring a FN 1910, Serial Number 463645 and am confused a little in trying to pin down the date of manufacture: The pistol has the Sans-Serif Font, the DE is capitalized and it is the 2 line Legend. Once released, thé Browning Automatic PistoI, New Model, quickIy supplanted the 0ld Model. FN deliberately deIayed release of thé new design fór nearly three yéars because sales óf the Old. ![]()
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