Browning Model 1900 Serial Numbers

I sold a model 1900 with the stock, both mags and cleaning rod (all matching numbers, if I remember correctly only one mag was numbered but the rod and long mag were numbered). One scratch otherwise 98%+. Sold it to a guy from Illinois who was at the little Michigan farm town gun show. Kind of miss the rig but it paid for part of my wedding back in 2001, still married so making some correct decisions. (I kept the KU luger that came with the Browning, still one of my prized possesions.

Both came back with the same vet, he died and the family sold them. In retrospect I would have asked for more of the vets details to help with the KU story) Jim.

The FN / Browning model 1900 pistol was a first of a long and extremely successful series of the Belgian-made. FN - Browning M1900 was widely copied in many. How old is a browning model 1900 with serial. Constance cumbey. 1900-1901 10,000 FN 1900 pistols serial # 1 to 10,000. In 1900, an improved design featuring primarily a shorter barrel and wider grips was introduced as the M1900. These designations were applied retroactively after FN began manufacture of other Browning pistol designs; initially the M1900 was marketed as simply the 'Pistolet Browning' (Browning Pistol).

Today I had the opportunity to examine #12317, the earliest recorded example of a police-marked M1900, which I have added to the list. This and the following three pistols on the list strongly suggest that the Prussian and Saxon police purchased trial quantities of M1900s that were taken from normal production. The Prussian and Bavarian police proceeded to contract for larger quantities while the Saxon police chose to go with the Dreyse M1907. The text in the lead post has been revised accordingly. Don you stated above: “In addition, I would like to correct the statement in the book about the reason for the “1920” marking stamped on the left side of the slides of many of these pistols.

The marking was stamped in advance of the disarming of the German people to identify weapons belonging to government agencies such as the Army and the police. This stamp exempted these weapons from the forthcoming disarmament of private citizens. It did not signify compliance with the Treaty of Versailles, ownership by the Reichswehror that the weapon was reworked in any manner.” Based on the August 1, 1920 Reichswehrministerium directive shown on page 21 of Weimar Lugers the 1920 property stamp indicated Reichswehr property (Courtesy J. Please correct me if I misread or misunderstood yours or the Reichswehrministerium directive shown on page 21 of Weimar Lugers. Are there additional documenys concerning the marking of police pistols by the Reichswehrministerium or police?