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Originally Posted by postino
I've owned two Browning model 1910's, one dating back to the 40's (IIRC), and the other a 1970 import...I liked them...They were "improved" versions of the 1900...
Recent references to the 1900 has piqued my interest...
Has anyone owned one??? What were your experiences with it???
I bid on a rather worn example on GB but the Reserve is too high, IMO...(no, not the one below!)...
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I own a FN Browning 1900 pistol. They are pretty cool little guns...
I got interested in these whan a coworker asked if I could take one apart..his fathers gun. He brought it to work..and I found a disassembly diagram for it..and we scattered it and cleaned it up.
His father's pistol was pretty rough..as in about zero original finish.
Not long after that...I bought one on Auction Arms for $62 or $65! A new seller had it..nobody bid against me..I paid and he duly sent the pea-shooter.
The mainspring was a replacement..and it had no mag..but otherwise is in credible shape..with maybe 70% original blue.
Wolff Gunsprings had a mainspring...Gun Parts Corp had a reproduction mag..I stuck it all together..and it works great.
These only hold 7 shots in the mag..triggerpull is quite heavy..reliability is excellent...mine has two different style of 'FN' grips (not the 'pistol' style grips).
They are good little pistols..and about all the info I could find was that Belgum issued these for awhile...that they were quite popular in Europe..popular enough in China and other Aisian countries that 'Kyber pass' style handmade copies show up about as frequently as original FN made guns...somewhat scarce in the US as the pistol was never marketed here.
An interesting website used to exist with some info on these..and their use in Belgium...shows different style grips..types of markings and such.
Some difference of opinions on just how long they made the 1900..some sources stating made until 1910..other's claim made until 1914.
Supposidly the style of peashooter used to start WWI..But I've found that's probably not so..Most sources state it was an FN Browning 1910 used to assassinate the Arch Duke Ferdinand and Sophie..May have been the style gun used by old west assassin Tom Horn in his failed escape, recaptured because he did not understand how it worked..but again..sources differ..unlucky Tom may have had a Luger..
That's all I know about the FN Browning 1900. Hard to see the 'Browning' in it...but mine works like a champ.