This one is marked ''Moscow Police'' which seems to the most common marking of known specimens.Īnyone interested in shooting them? Here's how Russian contract 1903 Browning.jpg (29.41 KiB) Viewed 3795 times Besides that, any further information about these guns (as well period pictures showing them in use) is more than welcome. To confirm or deny my assumption, I would like to know if this "Russian contract" really exists and, if so, what is the serial numbers range of these pistols. I think that this pistol was probably part of this batch. After the war, most of these pistols were sold by the Russia to a war surplus dealer in Hamburg, who sold part of this batch to the Brazilian District Federal's Police. However, one thing triggered my curiosity: I was reading an old isue (1997) of a local Magazine where it is stated that a number of such pistols (5,000) were bought by the Russians during the war with Japan (1904-05). 9 X 20mm) was made between 19 (with some interuptions) totalling something about 58,000 pistols enjoying only a limited commercial success. I did some reasearch on Internet and in some of my old magazines and books but didn't find much information about this pistols, besides the common one.Īs far as I could understand, the FN1903 (caliber 9mm Browning Long a.k.a. ![]() I recently got a FN Browning 1903, serial number 23xxx (with the holster rail) showing wear but still with a fair amount of its original blue retained.
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