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.... The United States military tested the design against other semiautomatic pistols by European makers, and adopted some versions for trial use. The M1900 and Unlike the designs of other early automatic pistols, Browning's design used a full length slide that covered the full length of

...1900]], and would transition from the 1900 into three distinct but related pistols with the same action and cartridge, the 1902 Sporting Model, the 1902 Mili ...e U.S. military enough to lead to the purchase of a few hundred Model 1900 pistols for testing, evaluation and limited field trial issue, however, the limitat

...is in no way related to the [[Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless]] or the [[FN Model 1903]] pistol (other than that they were all designed by John Brownin ... Therefore the rounded hammer Colt 1903 pocket hammers can help date those pistols at a glance to 1903-1907.

...s for much of their life, and also served as United States General Officer pistols from the 1940s until their replacement by the [[M15 pistol|M15 General Offi ...Pocket Hammer]] pistol in [[.38 ACP]], but this design is unrelated. The [[FN Model 1903]] pistol design is related to the Colt Pocket Hammerless, but it

|image= Henri Guisan FN Browning model 1906 IMG 3267.jpg |caption= The FN modèle 1906 that was the personal weapon of Swiss general Henri Guisan, on

...igned ca. 1896 by [[John Browning]] for [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal]] (FN) and produced in [[Belgium]] at the turn of the century. It was the first p The design was presented to arms manufacturer [[FN Herstal]] in 1898, with production commencing the following year (then unde

|name= FN Model 1903 ...le]]. The design was a serious improvement over the older Browning No.1 ([[FN M1900]]) pistol.

|name= FN Model 1910 |image= FN Model 1910 IMG 3065.jpg

...Herstal Group includes Herstal, parent company and two main subsidiaries , FN HERSTAL, active in the Defense and Law Enforcement fields, and Browning / U FN originated in the small city of Herstal, near Liège. The ''Fabrique Nation

...her [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "guns" in the restricted sense ... chamber in the cylinder is loaded with a single cartridge. Semi-automatic pistols have a single fixed firing chamber machined into the rear of the barrel, an

...earms/dwcl/12050.htm California Penal Code § 12050 — Licenses to Carry Pistols and Revolvers]</ref> No license or permit is required to openly carry a loa ...il/title8offensesaffectingpublicpeacemorals/chapter8-20weapons?f=templates$fn=altmain-nf.htm$3.0#JD_ch08_020.x1-8-20-050 Municipal Code of Chicago, secti

...ast 100mm (3.94") long for revolvers, and 120mm (4.72") for semi-automatic pistols, and magazines are restricted to 10 rounds. Handgun collectors are exempt f Australia is unusual in restricting air pistols and [[airsoft]] pistols extremely heavily. All airsoft firearms must have a unique Serial number th

...ifle_070715/ M4 to face new rifles in dust-chamber test]</ref> The XM8 and FN SCAR had the fewest failures in the test, closely followed by the HK416, wh ...Homeland Security (DHS) , worth a potential $26.2 million for up to 65,000 pistols. This contract ranks as the single largest handgun procurement contract i

... the G1 had previously fallen through over [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal|FN's]] refusal to grant such a license. In the case of the G3, the Dutch firm ...ced by the [[AK 5|Ak 5]] (''Automatkarbin 5''; a modified version of the [[FN FNC]]) in the regular army. It is still in use in ''Hemvärnet'' ("Swedish

...e Greek state did not support [[Pyrkal]] which was already producing the [[FN FAL]] rifle under license. Subsequently, EBO was founded by the state in Ai ...f thousands of rifles (military and civilian) and machine guns, as well as pistols, mortars, ammunition&expolsives, rocket launchers, landmines, grenades, ant

...st verify that all pistols are unloaded and all magazines are empty before pistols are cased for removal from the firing points. ===Standard Pistols===

...APD Special Investigation Section was added to their line of M1911-pattern pistols. * The US Army announced a limited competition between the [[M4 Carbine]], FN SCAR, [[HK416]], and the previously-shelved [[XM8 rifle|HK XM8]]. Ten examp

...pistol before World War II, has become one of the most popular collectors' pistols. * '''[[FN Model 1910]]''': Developed before World War I, many M1910s were in service

*[[FN M1903|FN Browning M1903]] *[[FN Browning M1910]]

*[[AAI SBR]] (US - Assault Rifle - 4.32 x 45 mm: Serial Bullet Rifle) *[[FN MINIMI|ADI F89]] (Australia - LMG - 5.56 mm NATO: Licensed Production FN MINIMI)