Offered in both.380 ACP (6-round magazine) and.32 ACP (7-round magazine) calibers, it remained in production until 1983.An FN M1910 chambered in 9x17mm Browning Short (.380 ACP) (serial numbers 19074, 19075, 1916 were purchased for the Black Hand members the specific one used was not identified) was the handgun used by Gavrilo Princip to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, precipitating the First World War. It incorporated the standard Browning striker-firing mechanism and a grip safety along with a magazine safety and an external safety lever (known as the triple safety) in a compact package.
This location became the standard in such future weapons as the Walther PPK and Russian Makarov. Introduced in 1910, this pistol used a novel operating spring location surrounding the barrel.
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(Note: All prewar Model 1922's with serial numbers below 200,000 show contract serial number ranges, while those with serial numbers above 200,000 display. FN M1910 Pistol Image Credit: Vanderlinden, Anthony, The Belgian Browning Pistols, Wet Dog Publications, Greensboro, North Carolina, 2001. FN 1910 serial numbers had reached well into the 400,000's by the end of WW II.
I recently acquired a shootable example of Browning's svelte little police pistol.
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