![]() ![]() The adjustable sight does not look like the few pictures I have seen of 1922 adjustables. The left-hand grip panel with thumbrest looks like an FN product, but was probably added later.ģ. The Germans were not allowed to manufacture weapons at that time, so had to purchase weapons from outside the country.Ģ. The serial number, left-side slide legend style, the right-side grip style, and the star marking and letter B on the right-side frame all point to a pistol made in the late 40's or early 50's and supplied after 1948 to the British Sector Berlin Police. Okay, I have dug out some info from Anthony Vanderlinden's "FN Browning Pistols".ġ. Much more than I would give for the condition and alterations. The conventional wisdom was the assassin used a plain 1910 but there is a good deal of contrary opinion that he had the older Browning/FN model of 1900. Pop's going to have to do some 'splainin to tell how a gun designed in 1922 and introduced in 1923 was used to shoot anybody whatsoever in 1914. Not at all original as issued to whoever.Ī FN1910/1922 like this one was used to assassinate Arch Duke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife in 1914 precipitating in World War I Second, it has a simple adjustable rear sight and crude thumb rest left grip panel, probably added to gain BATF import points for surplus sale in the USA after GCA 1968. Maybe so, but there are a lot of things about this particular gun that greatly reduce its dollar value. ![]() The serial numbers are hard to run down, but this is a pre-war gun made sometime before 1941 and valuable in that respect. They held the FN plant in WW I but the Belgians were more stubborn then and would not work for the Boche. The Germans did not get any great number until they invaded Belgium in 1940 and put the FN plant back to work making weapons for the Nazis. Some for army issue, some for police some 7.65/.32, some 9mm Browning Short/.380. The 1910/22 you show was designed for an FN contract with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (now Yugoslavia, pretty much.) Other customers include Holland, Belgium, France, Sweden, and Denmark, and more sales to Yugoslavia. It was then issued to the Military and Police and not available to private citizens The 1910 was not much used by military forces, it was a police and commercial sales model. ![]() Production ran from 1912 till 1983 and was originally designed for the German Luftwaffe (Airforce) issued to their pilots. I doubt Colt was interested, they had the popular 1903. That's JOHN Browning, the best known gun designer in the Free World. Designed by Robert Browning and built in Belgium as Colt refused to produce it. ![]()
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