I call the manufacture and got the run around but the guy confirmed the year based on the '1'.
FN 1906 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER
If anyone is interested, and can give me some guidance on posting photos here, I'll be happy to upload a few. My FNX-9 serial number is: FX1U0xxxxx and I believe 'FX' is FNX line or 'F' is FN Company and 'X' is FNX line, '1' is the year 2011, 'U' is for USA and the rest is production number and check number or just the production number.The magazine is not original (it looks brand new - triple K?), but hunting down a period magazine is all part of the fun! The only mark I couldn't readily identify was a capital D in a circle, marked on the barrel and slide, but I suspect it is an inspectors mark of some sort.
FN 1906 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS
The proof marks are all Belgian, and the serial numbers (full) are stamped on the barrel, frame and slide. I don't know if the pistol was manufactured/issued at the same time, but the serial number isn't far out of bed with the 1935 date, as far as I can tell from reading this thread. The difference between Hi Power and High Power terminology. FN Chainless, aka shaft-driven or Acatene, 1906 bicycle. New Book by Anthony Vanderlinden: FN Mauser Rifles Arming Belgium and the World. Based on my limited German, and a bit of help from the internet, I believe this is a holster issued to a Railway Protection Officer (literal translation) working for the Essen Division (Ruhr - near Dusseldorf) of the German national railroad. FN, Fabrique Nationale, & Browning topics on this page include: A rare glimpse at an FN automobile in wartime footage. The holster is very interesting (to me anyway). S/N 892238 - 2nd Style safety, Flanged trigger, including holster This licence does not affect your freedom under fair dealing or fair use or any other copyright or database right exceptions and limitations.I picked up an interesting rig yesterday that I thought I would share. The Licensor grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information for Non-Commercial purposes only subject to the conditions below. Using information under this licence Use of copyright and database right material expressly made available under this licence (the Information) indicates your acceptance of the terms and conditions below. Scope This licence applies to information that is the copyright of the Board of Trustees of the Armouries. The Royal Armouries does not guarantee the continued supply of Content. M1906//1899 CONVERTED CARBINE, PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY. The Royal Armouries reserves the right to terminate this licence upon reasonable notice. note: before 1865, serial numbers were not given to National Armory weapons. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters and other Organic. This model is also commonly known as the Vest Pocket model. Serial Number 1098 POILET POWDE 23 DRINK PURE Maier & Zobelein GALIFORNIA W I N E S BREWERY 105. it is known for its first patent year '1905' while in Europe, 1906 refers to FN's first manufacturing year. Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906. This may well be the reason for its lavish decoration maybe by FNs own Master Engraver Felix Funken (died 1965) in the Art Deco style.Ī gold sunburst crowns the pistols slide, and the standard plastic grips have been replaced with mother of pearl versions, displaying FNs monogram in bold. FN Baby Browning: The Model 1905 is often referred to as the Model 1906, generally in the U.S.
If this pistol is serial number 5, then perhaps it is the fifth Baby Browning ever made, and the first to survive proof-testing. This is almost certainly the pistols serial number, dating it to about 1931. Its component parts are stamped with a combination of markings, including the number 5. Its name derives from the nickname given to FNs previous Browning Patent pocket pistol the Browning Model 1906.
Low serial numbers for FN pistols are rare, thanks to the frequency with which the earliest products failed in proof testing. Later changed the font, the letters are now executed with serifs (transverse elements at the ends of the strokes of the letters). The familiar FN slide legend is inlaid in gold on the left side.Į (Auguste Jamart who worked at the FN from 1924-1959) Barrel, right side frame, right side of slide. In any case, this is the marking of the FN Browning 1906 pistol with the 180458 serial number. Grips of mother of pearl, engraved with a bold geometric FN monogram in the foreground, whilst the geometric arches from the body of the pistol are repeated in the background.
The highlight of the decoration is a gold sunburst on the top of the slide.
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