A scaled-down version of the 9mm Browning. It was ideal for concealment and there are tales of members of the French Resistance hiding them in cigarette packets during the Second World War. The Browning Model 1906 pistol designed by John M Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale of Belgium. This is a 2nd type pistol, with safety/slide latch, that has matching numbers on the frame and slide, and the metal retaining 90-95 of the original blue finish that. 25 ACP, 2 barrel with a fine, bright bore that has a small amount of mild freckling within the grooves. It created surprisingly substantial recoil and so required a firm grip. FN Browning Model 1905 Vest Pocket Pistol. The Baby had a 6-round magazine and was accurate to eight metres. Models made between 19 bore the name ‘Baby’ on the grip and this example dates to around 1950. There are some other parts dealers, but my lists are on a currently dead puter. If Numrich doesnt have what you need then the hunt will get much tougher. 1 It is virtually identical to the Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket, which was based on the same John Browning prototype, and was the inspiration for FN's later Baby Browning design.
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Most of the purchases were about 19, and that is evident in this example, which is the early pattern of FN 1905 without a thumb safety. NRA-certified rifle (40 years), pistol, home firearms safety, and personal. The FN Model 1905 (from its patent date) or FN Model 1906 (in European countries due to its date of manufacture) was a pistol manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal from 1906 to 1959. Both blued and nickel-plated examples were purchased, although the majority (like this one) were nickeled. Posts: 5,265 Google will turn up lots of info on these. I think I read today they are actually a Copy of a FN 1905 Model Browning Vest Pocket. 25 but I have no idea which (if any) parts will interchange. That is a nice little pistol you have there. Teaming up with the Fabrique Nationale (FN) in Herstal and Liege, Belgium, he went on to design some famous automatic weapons including the FN Model 1910 blowback pistol used by Gavrilo Princip to assassinate the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo in June 1914, the event that sparked the First World War.Īnother well-known Browning blowback pistol was his 1905 6.35mm (.25 ACP) Vest Pocket pistol, intended for self-defence, and the smallest of his designs. The design is very similar to the Baby Browning and 1908 Colt Vest Pocket.
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After falling out with his employers, the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1902, he headed for Europe. The American John Moses Browning made his first firearm at the age of 13 in his father's shop in Utah.