FN Browning model 1903
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| general information | |
| Civil name: | Browning Grand Modèle |
| Country of operation: | Belgium, Netherlands, Paraguay, Russia, Sweden, Turkey |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | John Moses Browning, Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre |
| Manufacturer country: | Belgium |
| Production time: | 1903 to 1939 |
| Weapon Category: | gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 205 mm |
| Total height: | 122 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 0.91 kg |
| Barrel length : | 127 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : |
9 mm Browning Long , 7.65 × 17 mm Browning |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 7 (9 mm), 8 (7.65 mm) cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | single-row bar magazine |
| Number of trains : | 6th |
| Twist : | right |
| Closure : | Mass closure |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
| Lists on the subject | |
The FN Browning Model 1903 is a Belgian self-loading pistol, which was designed by the American designer John Moses Browning at the beginning of the 20th century for mainly military use and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale Herstal .
technology
The pistol had a mass lock . The 9 mm Browning Long ammunition used was not so strong that a rigid lock would have been necessary. By today's standards, the cartridge for military ammunition was rather inefficient. Compared to the army revolvers popular at the time, the Browning was modern, precise and, above all, quick to load.
For a pistol of the time, it was very reliable and robust. The loading mechanism was designed in such a way that even slightly bent magazine lips did not hinder the feeding of the cartridges into the warehouse . Because of this, the weapon found worldwide distribution among police and military formations - mainly in Europe. Sweden acquired the license to replicate the model; there it was produced by Husqvarna and listed as Pistol M / 07 . It was part of the equipment of the Swedish armed forces for more than 70 years; the last copies were not retired until 1988.
Including the licensed models, only around 150,000 units were built; the German occupation of Belgium during the First World War interrupted production. Nonetheless, the Browning M1903 - in addition to the "ancestor" of the pistols with mass lock FN Browning Model 1900 and the Colt Model 1900 , the first locked Browning self-loading pistol - was an important starting point for the development of many of the following orderly pistols. Building on this, Browning designed the Colt M1911 a little later . Both the unlocked M1903 and the locked M1911 were also the inspiration for the development of the Russian military pistol Tokarew TT-33 .
The term Browning had become synonymous with self-loading pistol in Europe as early as the 1920s .
Web links
- Browning Automatic Pistol Caliber 9 mm (English)
- gotavapen.se: Browning pistol M1903 (English)