FN M1900 explained

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M1900/Browning No.1
Origin:
  • United States (designed)
  • Belgium (manufactured)
Type:Semi-automatic pistol
Designer:John Browning
Design Date:1896
Production Date:1898-1909
Cartridge:.32 ACP (7.65×17mm Browning SR)
Action:Blowback operated
Weight:625g
Length:17.2cm (06.8inches)
Part Length:10.2cm (04inches)
Feed:7+1
Sights:Fixed
Variants:Modele 1899, Mle. 1900
Number:c. 700,000[1]

The FN Browning M1900 is a single action semi-automatic pistol designed c. 1896 by John Browning for Fabrique Nationale de Herstal (FN) and produced in Belgium at the turn of the 20th century. It was the first production handgun to use a slide.

History

The design was presented to arms manufacturer FN Herstal in 1897, with production commencing the following year (then under the designation Modele 1899). 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). Production ceased only 11 years later, with a total of about 700,000+ units having been produced.

United States President Theodore Roosevelt owned a mother of pearl-gripped Modele 1899, which he regularly kept on his person and in his bedside drawer. It now resides in the NRA Firearms Museum.[2]

Eugen Schauman, a Finnish nationalist activist, assassinated the Governor-General Nikolay Bobrikov (the highest Russian authority in the Grand Duchy of Finland) with a Browning pistol in Helsinki on June 16, 1904. The act was followed by spontaneous anti-Russian celebrations in the streets of Helsinki and after the 1917 independence Schauman was considered to be a national hero of Finland.[3]

An Jung-geun, a Korean-independence activist, assassinated the 1st Prime Minister of Japan and Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi with this type of gun on October 26, 1909 in Harbin railway station.[4] [5]

Socialist revolutionary Fanny Kaplan also used a FN M1900 in her attempted assassination of Lenin on August 30, 1918.[6]

Abelardo Mendoza Leyva, a militant of the Peruvian left-wing APRA party, is also reported to have used an FN1900 to assassinate President Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro in Lima, on April 30, 1933.[7]

The pistol was popular in China from its introduction through World War II and was often copied and used as the basis for other designs.[8] State-run arsenals produced serialized production runs for warlord militias, and local craftsmen produced one-off handmade versions.[9]

The is a copy of the M1900. Specimens examined by western authorities were marked with the date of 1964. A silenced variant was produced that featured a shortened slide to allow the threaded barrel to protrude far enough to attach the silencer.[10]

Ammunition

The weapon is chambered for .32 ACP, also known as 7.65×17mm Browning SR ("SR" denotes semi-rimmed).

Users

Conflicts

Herero Wars

Mexican Revolution[23] [24]

Balkan Wars[25]

World War I

Russian Civil War

Finnish Civil War

Warlord Era[26]

Constitutionalist Revolution[27]

Chaco War

Chinese Civil War

World War II

Synonyms

This model is known by several names, including:

See also

Underbarrel pistols

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FN / Browning M.1900 (Browning No.1) pistol (Belgium). 21 October 2010 . Modern Firearms. 20 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20181218075919/http://modernfirearms.net/en/handguns/handguns-en/belgium-semi-automatic-pistols/fn-browning-m1900-eng/. December 18, 2018.
  2. Book: Jim Supica. Doug Wicklund. Philip Schreier. The Illustrated History of Firearms. 2012. BOOKSALES Incorporated . 978-0-7858-2989-8. 88.
  3. Book: Zetterberg, Seppo. Viisi laukausta senaatissa – Eugen Schaumanin elämä ja teko . Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. 1988. 951-1-09266-9. 246–247, 268, 281.
  4. Book: Lee, Sung Joo. 안중근, 사라진 총의 비밀 : 이토 히로부미를 저격하고 빼앗긴 M1900을 찾아서. 청림출판. 2019. 9791155401569. 우라웍스.
  5. Web site: Lee. Jeong Hyun. October 24, 2019. 안중근은 이토 히로부미를 어떻게 완벽히 저격했나. live. July 10, 2021. YTN. https://web.archive.org/web/20220128090011/https://m.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20191024122800005. January 28, 2022.
  6. Web site: Pistols in the land of ten thousand guns: China was awash in firearms of all kinds in the 1920s and '30s, but these six pistols were coveted above all others as Communists, Nationalists and warlords squared off.. Vlander. John. Shotgun News. March 20, 2015. A mainstream Soviet movie from the 1940s, once famous in China, called Lenin in 1918 shows Lenin's bodyguard Wassily using an FN 1900. Also interestingly, in the same movie, the female agent from the Kerensky government named Fanny Kaplan tried to kill Lenin using the same pistol. https://web.archive.org/web/20221216173345/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Pistols+in+the+land+of+ten+thousand+guns%3a+China+was+awash+in+firearms...-a0405924095. December 16, 2022.
  7. Book: 1993. Lima, Perú. 254. Milla Batres. Compendio histórico del Perú. La República (siglo XX). VI.
  8. Web site: 2014-10-03. Browning 1900. 2021-06-29. Forgotten Weapons. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210710202815/https://www.forgottenweapons.com/chinese-oddball-pistols/browning-1900/. July 10, 2021.
  9. Book: McCollum, Ian. Forgotten Weapons. Pistols of the Warlords: Chinese Domestic Handguns, 1911 - 1949. FN 1900 Copies. 334–461. 9781733424639. 2021. Headstamp Publishing.
  10. Book: Hobart, Frank. Jane's Infantry Weapons: 1975 (First Year of Issue). Jane's Information Group. 1974. 0-3540-0516-2. 37.
  11. Web site: Association . National Rifle . An Official Journal Of The NRA This Old Gun: FN Browning Model 1900 . 2023-11-25 . An Official Journal Of The NRA . en.
  12. Book: Urrisk, Rolf M. . Die Bewaffnung des österreichischen Bundesheeres, 1918-1990 . 1990 . H. Weishaupt Verlag . 978-3-900310-53-0 . 1. Aufl . Graz.
  13. Web site: The military and police handgun cartridges of Belgium: from 9.4mm to 5.7mm. - Free Online Library . 2022-12-16 . www.thefreelibrary.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20221216173344/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+military+and+police+handgun+cartridges+of+Belgium%3a+from+9.4mm+to...-a0274791465. December 16, 2022.
  14. Web site: Military and police handgun cartridges of Brazil. - Free Online Library . 2022-12-17 . www.thefreelibrary.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20221217122245/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Military+and+police+handgun+cartridges+of+Brazil.-a0248661694. December 17, 2022.
  15. Ian McCollum (2021) Pistols of the Warlords: Chinese Domestic Handguns, 1911 - 1949, Chapter 1: Domestic Chinese Designs, pp. 30-39
  16. Web site: FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: REVOLVERS & PISTOLS PART 4 . 2022-12-24 . www.jaegerplatoon.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405233951/http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/PISTOLS4.htm. April 5, 2023.
  17. Web site: Polices : armes de service. Quelques repères historiques . 2023-12-17 . IHEMI . fr.
  18. Web site: Pistols of the Schutztruppe and Overseas Forces . 2024-01-22 . www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk.
  19. Web site: Oddball German 7.65mm pistols of WWI and WWII: Taschenpistolen/Behelfspistolen im militarischen dienst: Part 1. - Free Online Library . 2022-12-16 . www.thefreelibrary.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20221216173345/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oddball+German+7.65mm+pistols+of+WWI+and+WWII%3a...-a0444913560. December 16, 2022.
  20. Web site: 2019-03-16 . Norwegian POLITI Pistols – Collectible or Defaced? . 2023-11-26 . RJK Ventures LLC . en.
  21. Web site: La guerra del Chaco: the bloodiest Latin American war of the 20th century: Part I. - Free Online Library . 2022-12-23 . www.thefreelibrary.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20221225055004/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/La+guerra+del+Chaco%3a+the+bloodiest+Latin+American+war+of+the+20th...-a0371284356. December 25, 2022.
  22. Web site: Russian/Soviet: military handguns part 1 from Lefaucheux to Luger. - Free Online Library . 2022-12-16 . www.thefreelibrary.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20230612231607/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Russian/Soviet:+military+handguns+part+1+from+Lefaucheux+to+Luger.-a0323975952. June 12, 2023.
  23. Web site: Guns of the Mexican revolution: revolutions devour their own, and nowhere was that more true than in Mexico. Being a leader tended to be very bad for your health. - Free Online Library . 2022-12-23 . www.thefreelibrary.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20221224010306/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Guns+of+the+Mexican+revolution%3a+revolutions+devour+their+own%2c+and...-a0240623175. December 24, 2022.
  24. Book: Jowett, Philip S. . The Mexican Revolution, 1910-20. . 2006 . Osprey Publishing . A. M. De Quesada, Stephen Walsh . 978-1-4728-0718-2 . Oxford . 881164009.
  25. Book: Jowett, Philip . Armies of the Balkan Wars 1912-13 : the priming charge for the Great War. . 2012 . Osprey Publishing . 1-299-58155-2 . 842879929.
  26. Ian McCollum (2021) Pistols of the Warlords: Chinese Domestic Handguns, 1911 - 1949, Chapter 1: Domestic Chinese Designs, pp. 82-111
  27. Web site: 2017-06-25 . O Museu de Polícia Militar de São Paulo . 2023-07-09 . Armas On-Line . pt-BR.

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