#FN BROWNING M1922 SERIAL NUMBERS FULL#
During WWII, with the Germans moving into Belgium and taking over the FN factory for their own use, they kept the production line going full steam.ĭesignated the Pistole 641b (with the letter for “Belgian”) in the. The concept won the day and the Kingdom ordered nearly 60,000 guns right off the bat.Īdding the FN 1922 to their catalog, the pistol, offered in a 9+1 shot 7.65 Browning (that’s 32.ACP on this side of the pond) or a 8+1 shot 9mm Short (.380ACP), won additional contracts in Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Mexico, the Netherlands, Romania, and Turkey through the 1930s.
This led FN to add a slightly longer barrel, shrouded by front cap and raised sight post, to the pistol, making it 6-inches long due to its 4.5-inch barrel. While Belgrade liked the FN 1910, which had a 3.5-inch barrel, they wanted something with a tad more accuracy.
#FN BROWNING M1922 SERIAL NUMBERS UPGRADE#
SEE THESE AMAZING FN 1922 PISTOLS AT GUNS.COMĭesigned on the outset for military and police contracts in Europe just after the Great War, the FN 1922 went on to serve several flags in WWII.Īn upgrade of John Browning’s FN Model 1910, the pistol that went on to become the Model 1922 was originally developed for a contract with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes– the Balkan country whose name would be shortened to Yugoslavia after 1929. A single-stack semi-auto with a 4.5-inch barrel and weight of just 24-ounces, the FN Model 1922 was a popular gun with European armies and gendarmes in the 1930s and 40s.
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