tac, thanks for the info. Regarding the upside down pix, one of my "light box" light falled to the ground and broke. Now I am operating on a single light. The gun was put in upside down position to focus the single light source on the slide, then use Windows to rotate the picture.... but I forgot to rotate this time.
Page 236 of "Central Power Pistols" (Still, 2007) mentioned
About 725,000 1900 Brownings were manufactured by Fabrique Nationale d'Armes deGuerre, in Herstal Belgium from 1900-1914.
The book focused on military guns. I have to find another book to cover commercial Brownings.
The piece came from a gentleman whose grandfather was a U.S. diplomat assigned to England before and during WWI. The gun was bought new in Europe around 1910 and he carried it back. It came with a leather holster of that era, which fits this gun perfectly.
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