FN Browning M1910 and M1922
Browning model 1910
Browning model 1922
Length: 153 mm (6″) / 178 mm (7″)
Weight: 0,58 kg (in 7,65 cal.) or 0,59 kg (in 9 mm Short cal.) / 0 ,705 kg ( 25 oz)(in 7,65 cal.) or 0,685 (in 9 mm Short cal.)
Barrel: 87,5 mm (3,5″) / 113 mm (4,5 “)
Caliber: 7,65×17 mm (.32 ACP) or 9×17 mm (.380 ACP)
Rifling: 6 groove, r/hand
Capacity: seven (7,65 mm) or six (9 mm Short) / nine (7,65 mm) or eight (9 mm Short)
Date of birth: 1910/1922
Constructor: J. M. Browning
Made in Belgium by FN
note: 9×17 mm, .380 ACP , 9 mm Short, 9 mm Kurtz are the same cartridge
About the pistol
- recoil spring fitted around the barrel (it was a Fritz Walther’s idea from 1908), under the front part of the slide, and was held in place by a nosecap with a bayonet fastening (M 1922 only);
- manual (left side of the frame), grip and magazine safety;
- sights are fixed;
- 9×17 mm caliber (.380 ACP) also known as 9 mm Short designed by Browning;
- magazine safety-cartridge can’t be fired without magazine in the butt;
- model 1910 was used by the Serb student Gavrilo Princip who assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajevo in June, 1914;
- until 1935 sold over a million (M 1910).
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