

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. Fn Model 1900ĩ14546 - leaving more than a decade to produce the remaining 170,000 or so.
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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). Bruno, thanks very much for your contributions, they are much appreciated.
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Fn 1910 Serial Number LookupĪlso, 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. 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. These numbers are taken from online auctions, dealer stock, reports from private collectors and various published sources. Serial numbers are stamped on the right side of the frame, just in front of the ejection port, and are also stamped on the right.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 Model 1900 Sight Safety Serial Number 318 - The Colt Model 1900 is the first. FN Browning 1899/1900, the first production handgun to use a slide.
