- #BROWNING HIGH POWER SERIAL NUMBER DATE SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #BROWNING HIGH POWER SERIAL NUMBER DATE MANUAL#
Something else caught my attention when organizing this data: I had long heard that serial numbers for this model continued above 1,100,000 in limited post-WWII production. And that's only for this particular model. Even distributed over the course of about 25 years, it staggers the mind. Imagine the hours of machine time that it would take - especially in those days - to produce the components for nine hundred thousand pistols, particularly the complex machining for the slides and frames. 914546 - leaving more than a decade to produce the remaining 170,000 or so.
#BROWNING HIGH POWER SERIAL NUMBER DATE MANUAL#
I have assumed that, given the serial numbers, the manual safeties on all three of the 1905s are of the 2nd style - can you confirm this? It is interesting to note that over 900,000 guns had been made by the year 1929, judging by the proof on pistol no. I have added the 1905s to the list (the Babies will be another project). Finish is blued unless otherwise noted.īruno, thanks very much for your contributions, they are much appreciated. Also, remember that some of the descriptions/notes next to the serial numbers are not my own, so in some cases I may not be prepared to support or interpret them since they are occasionally copied as they were furnished to me in deference to the contributors. Note: In the descriptions, 'no safety' means no manual safety lever - trying to be brief so as to keep most of the entries on one line if possible. The pistol was never at a depot and the finish covers the serial number in the 0T36XX range. Mine is all original, a vet paratrooper bring back from Belgium where he picked it up. Special acknowledgement goes to Anthony Vanderlinden, author of FN Browning Pistols: Sidearms That Shaped World History, whose serial number list of Russian contract marked pistols, police-marked pistols (and others) is incorporated into this master list, and to member Jason (jtshafiz), whose list of observed 1905 serial numbers is also incorporated here. The early Inglis were serial numbered before being finish. These numbers are taken from online auctions, dealer stock, reports from private collectors and various published sources. The FN Browning 1900 was also the first automatic pistol designed by the famous arms maker John Browning.įriends, For those who may be interested, I am posting here a list of the serial numbers of all FN 1905 pistols that I have observed or seen reliable reports of. Colt M1900 FN Model 1903 FN 1900 pistol (Infographic. FN M1900 FN Mle.1900 Browning M1900 Browning No.1 See also.
The FN Browning M1900 is a single action.
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