Browning 1900 self-loading pistol 7.65mm

posted 09 November 2021, 12:49 am
01. Original name Browning Model 1900  
02. Other official names FN Mle 1900, Browning No. 1, FN Browning M1900, Pistolet Browning  
03. Popular names   
04. Chamberings 7.65mm x 17mm SR  
05. Designed by John Browning  
06. Design date 1898  
07. In service date(s) Production ceased in 1914, no other data found  
08. Adopted by Belgium, Russia, Germany, Austria, Greece and France  
09. Production quantities 724,550  
10. Mechanism Blowback – semi automatic  
11. Weight Blowback – semi automatic  
12. Mountings Holster  
13. Practicality in action same as any other semi auto pistol – round was deemed to be of lower power  
14. Comments / Other information It was the first production handgun to use a slide