Fn Browning Model 1910 Serial Numbers
- 8 Comments!
Mar 27, 2017 The FN 1910 was an extremely common pocket pistol in Europe, and was produced in both.32 ACP and.380 ACP. Around 700,000 were produced over about 70 years, and yet it is little known in the US.
Ok I know the picture quality is bad but have not purchased this yet and just took pics with my phone. This little model 1910 was brought home from Europe in the 50s. It has no serial numbers. I read once of a contract for Germany for approx 3k of these for secret police but now cannot find reference and it was so long ago I might have wrong country.
If anyone knows the story of no serial number FN model 1910 I would greatly appreciate it. He had some other military left to him and I bought all but this one. So if anyone know a value I would also appreciate that. Thank you for your help. Ok I know the picture quality is bad but have not purchased this yet and just took pics with my phone. This little model 1910 was brought home from Europe in the 50s. It has no serial numbers.
I read once of a contract for Germany for approx 3k of these for secret police but now cannot find reference and it was so long ago I might have wrong country. If anyone knows the story of no serial number FN model 1910 I would greatly appreciate it. He had some other military left to him and I bought all but this one.
So if anyone know a value I would also appreciate that. Thank you for your helpNo idea of what they would be doing without S/Ns, but doubt for secret police. Maybe for foreign intelligence who might feel the need for a sterile gun, though better to have ordinary civilian guns from the time between the wars - which would be extremely easy to acquire by a government of one of its agencies.
Close up pictures would be a great help to us. My first thought was that it was made right after the Germans abandon the FN factory near the end of the war.
That would have also been before the Liege proof house was back up and running. However, I don't know that there were any Model 1910 pistol parts made during the war other than what was interchangeable with the Model 1922. Spanish pistol date codes.
Perhaps an early post-war 'lunch box special'? I seriously doubt that FN would manufacture and sell pistols with no serial numbers. Any 'sterilization' would have been done after purchase and would have required refinishing if it was for an organization. If it was done by a criminal there would be evidence of that because criminals wouldn't go to the trouble to finish it. The grip logo looks pre-1950.
You might check the BATF laws about owning a pistol with no serial number before you purchase it. Maybe it's legal & maybe it's not. Regards Dan in Texas.
I have also thought on the legal side of this. Even if I did purchase thos pistol I would be required to give it a serial number I believe. But i I for sure will just bring it home. Already spoke to owner and he said no problem. TonyIf the gun was made before 1968, doesn't have to have an S/N as I understand it. That is IF the maker didn't put one on.