The large gun was intended to be Fabrique Nationale’s military pistol, and has a lever on the right side that locks the slide open when the magazine is empty, while Both these prototypes still exist in theīrowning Museum in Ogden, Utah. The re-designed gun became known as the Model 1900, and manufacture of the original Model 1899 was curtailed within a few years.įN tried to obtain other military contracts for the Model 1900, but the general preference was for a pistol with a longer barrel chambered for a more powerful cartridge, so FN asked Browning to design such a gun,īrowning made two prototypes of this design in 1901: a large gun chambered in a 9x20mm caliber and a much smaller gun chambered in 7.65mm (.32 caliber). Military requested a number of minor changes to the original design. The Browning pistol was chosen by Belgium to be its standard military side-arm, but the Belgian
John Moses Browning’s first pistol design for FN, the Model 1899, was an instant commercial success. ” I refer the reader to his article, as I
Vanderlinden also provides an excellent summary of information about the Model 1903 in an article on the American Rifleman website entitled “ The FN Browning Model 1903. In the book he covers theĬomplete production history of each pistol, including all the various contracts and use-markings. The primary reference for pistols made by Fabrique Nationale (FN) is Anthony Vanderlinden’s excellent book FN Browning Pistols: Side-Arms that Shaped World History.
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