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I do not forsee this gun being a range gun. I am going to hang on to the old broken piece though I doubt it will need replacing again. Returning those parts to Numrich tomorrow. The actual pin is the same length, but the body of the piece is too short, which does not allow the little nub to grab hold of the sear(?). The firing pin spring and what they call a cocking indicator would have worked in place of my spring and the missing follower. Originally I ordered some parts for a Baby Browning. I had thought they would be close enough that some parts would interchange. Is it the same as the baby browning parts wise? But I ended up with a nice old beater that is a fine shooter.Īnd even with having to buy parts I still ended up with a pretty good deal on the pistol cost wise. So the moral of the story is be very careful when buying a used gun at a gun show. The rapid fire was about large frisbee sized, one flier in that bunch. The grouping on aimed shots fired slowly was real good. 6 rounds about as fast as I could and still stay on target. I also put one mag through it in rapid fire. These two mags were aimed shots taking my time. I had one fail to exit, it was on the last round in a magazine, and one fail to feed, the last round on another magazine load.īoth of these I attribute to me not firmly holding the gun. I then went out to where I shoot and put three magazines though the gun. Went outside, charged the pistol, aimed carefully towards a safe spot and pulled the trigger. Checked the fit and sure enough it slipped right in.
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I carefully filed on each side of the nub. The little nub on the base of the firing pin was about half a human hair too thick for the slot it needed to fit in. I was hopeful that the parts would drop right in. The two new parts are to the left of that. The broken firing pin is right above the frame. I came back in the house and stripped the pistol, Here is a field stripped picture But what do i find? A package from Commemorative Arms. So I go to the mail box today expecting bills and the usual fair of crappola junk mail. I figured I would have at minimum a three week wait. I follow instructions and mailed a check on Dec. He does business the old fashioned way, Send a check by mail he tells me. I ordered the parts, no credit cards or internet purchases.
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Apparently he had purchased every spare part for out of manufacture FN pistols in the free world. I figured what did I have to lose to I telephoned him. I was not getting my hopes up as there was no match for the parts needed on his website. One of those links lead me to a parts dealer in St. That fine gentleman provided me with a couple of web links. He turned me onto a guy on another forum. Well he did not know personally but he knew who to turn to. I figured with a name like that he might know something. I appealed to Mousegunner from this forum. My search fu is weak and I was having no luck. Parts for a 100 year old Belguin pistol are not easily attainable. I was not encouraged by what I was finding. I attempted to research replacement parts for this pistol. I was starting to feel like I had purchased a failry expensive paperweight rather than a good deal on a little gun. The small protrusion on the left should also have a pin on it almost 5/16 of an inch in length.
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I stripped it and found out it was missing a piece called a follower and that the firing pin was broken. I googled instructions for take-down and found instructions to field strip the piece. Took it outside to shoot it and the gun did not go bang. So I brough the pistol home, it appeared good to go. At least according to a knowledgable source I spoke to. This particular pistol is also I believe a WW1 bringback. I do not believe the 1905 was copied by Colt, but rather the 1906 with a thumb safety. The FN was never imported into the US, there was some agreement between FN and Colt who made an identical pistol. I will assume that lower numbers means older guns.
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Also the serial number is very low, under 2700. Later revisions of the 1906 have a conventional thumb safety. I am leaning towards it being a 1905 or a 1906 Early Model. They were either lost in the world wars or in some other way.Īt any rate this pistol is either a 1905 or 1906 Vest Pocket Pistol in. No way to know for sure as FN has no record of serial numbers. The gun is over 100 years old I estimate. I was encouraged to post about this pistol.īought it at a gun show.