This pushed Browning into a collaboration with the Belgian gunsmith firm of Fabrique Nationale which accepted the weapon and his terms.ĭespite Browning's work on long guns to this point, it would be the pistol that the Browning name would become synonymous with and his first successful design became the 'Browning Model 1900' produced under the Fabrique Nationale brand. When Browning developed a new shotgun design and requested royalties from its potential sales (Browning was earning one-time fees per design up to this point), the Winchester-Browning partnership formally dissolved. During this time, Browning would be responsible for the design of several well-known rifles including lever-action types popularized by the 'Wild West'. Another rifle design of 1885 was noticed and purchased by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and a new partnership was born. His first personal development became a single-shot falling block rifle. Browning himself was born in 1855 in Ogden, Utah and became learned in the engineering of guns through his father's workshop. 7 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No.The Browning Model 1900 was John Browning's first successful pistol design, further solidifying an already well-respected name in the firearms world. Officers and commanders of several armiesįighting Film Collection No. Generation of Victors (Pokolenie pobediteley)įriends from the Gypsy Camp (Druzya iz tabora)Įngineer Kochin's Mistake (Oshibka inzhenera Kochina)Ĭommandant of the Bird Island (Komendant Ptichyego ostrova) The Last Attraction (Posledniy attraktsion) Three Thieves (Protsess o tryokh millionakh) The Murder of General Gryaznov (Arsena Jorjiashvili) The FN Model 1900 appears in the following: Over 700,000 were produced during its production lifetime.ĭespite not seeing as much military usage as later pistols like the Colt M1911, the Model 1900 is still a landmark design in the history of firearms and heralded the rise of the semi-automatic pistol as we know it today. The Model 1900 saw success on the civilian market owing in part to its small size, low weight, and rounded edges that made it easy to conceal carry. The Model 1900 was also used widely in China, where it was well-received and the design extensively copied. Despite this, the pistol was adopted by the Belgian military and saw limited use in Russia, Germany, France, Greece, and Austria-Hungary. 32 ACP cartridge was seen as under-powered for warfare. The design was adopted for service by few national militaries, as turn-of-the century militaires were, in general, still wary of the emergent semi-automatic pistol and the. The pistol is blowback operated and is notably the first handgun to feature a slide. Designed in 1896, the pistol was manufactured by FN Herstal from 1900 to 1911.

The FN Model 1900 is a Belgian semi-automatic pistol and the first pistol designed by legendary arms designer John Moses Browning.

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