Test fire FN 1905
 

Bought this FN last month, got some ammo and tested it yesterday. Browning's design on 1905 had a serious issue -- the grip safety must be hold down tightly all the time when shooting, otherwise, the slide could not recoil to rearest position and the gun had feeding issue. On bigger Brownings, 1910 or 1922, holding the grip safety down all the time is not very hard, but on this tiny one that's not easy so the gun jammed almost every other round. My workaround was wrapping a rubber band around the pistol to disable the grip safety. It's awkward, but it worked well. After installing the band, it worked flawlessly. No wonder this grip safety was cancelled on later "Baby Browning".

still a neat little popper, thanks for posting

I know it's not an option on a 'collector' pistol, but a popular fix in the "old days" was to drill a 1/16" hole through the frame & grip safety (when fully depressed) and install a roll pin...(I read about it in Nonte's book)...

Another way to fix it without changing it's collector value is to install a much lighter spring under the grip safety so that it can be disabled easier when gripping. I did this to a S&W Model 40 "lemon squeezer" revolver with a grip safety. The S&W spring was so strong that it was very difficult to get the revolver to fire correctly.........Just a thought.