They didn't use 380 very much, so I have very little idea how they might have used them. The Germans would have seized all the Dutch pistols they could get their hands on. I don't know how many the Dutch bought, but I wouldn't be surprised if that information could be found online. This makes it a moderately scarce variety. "W" stood for Queen Wilhelmina, who reigned from 1890 until 1948. I think the "W plus Crown" slide stamping on this one indicates it was purchased by the Dutch Army prior to World War II. A lot of them were made in 7.65mm Browning for the Germans during the occupation in World War II, and after the liberation, production continued into the 1950's, I think. It was sold mainly as a police or military pistol, especially to small armies. It is a Model 1910 with a longer grip in order to hold a bigger magazine, an extended barrel, and better sights. This version of the FN Browning Model 1910 is usually called the Model 1922. Like 1895 Mauser rifles, made in Berlin, but with Chile markings stamped on them, since they were made for the Chilean Army. Not a Browning mark, but a mark for whoever the gun was made for. I'm also gonna SWAG that the crown-over-W is probably a mark of the end-user. That narrows it down to a 30-year window.
But only one was prior to 1958, so I'm SWAGing that it was Couchant Louis, from 1923 to 1952.
The N is the code for two different people. That helps a lot, right? The Star over the N is an inspector's mark. Looking at your proof marks, the standing lion over PV means it was proofed for smokeless powder after 1903. Then if some other country wanted 5000 guns for their army, FN would send them out, Serial Numbered 1 through 5000.Īfter 1958 they seemed to get it in one sock, and their numbers kinda make sense, but before that - it's anybody's guess. As I understand it, if you wired FN and told them you wanted to buy 10,000 pistols for your army, they'd send them to you, Serial Numbered 1 though 10000. If anyone knows how to date FN guns, they are doing better than me. Don't confuse it with what is normally called "9mm", because that refers to the 9mm Parabellum (or 9mm Luger - same round), and that one won't work. Those are known, here in the States, as 32 Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP) and 380 ACP. The pistol came in both 7.62 Browning and 9mm Browning Short. You appear to have a Browning Model 1910.Īs you may or may not know, in Europe, Browning guns were made by the National Fabricators of Weapons of War (Fabrique National D'Armes de Guerre), in Belgium.
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