Good morning gentleman it's one of my my first posts here in this forum, so let me say hello to all of you. I'm collecting parabellums and rifles (german an austrian ordonance). A friend asked me if i have any connections to determine a production date of his fn. Reading you forum for years, i thought, maybe gunboards could help first information i have, the serial number is 5230xx second, i found an proofing, ELG with crown, with is according my documents, not a nitro proof. Can you gentleman help to determine the production date and solve the riddle about the blackpowderproof. Best regards from austria, wolfganggo.

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Crown over ELG/* in oval is the definitive black powder proof for breech-loading guns, small bore guns and handguns, since July 1893 according to my reference. Lion over PV is nitro proof for rifled barrel & parabellum pistols, in use since 1924 per my references. Almost all (in my experience, all) Belgian arms will show the ELG/* in oval proof (with or without crown, depending on date), with additional marks indicative of other proofing.

This one is nitro proofed, as shown by the Lion over PV proof, and (if my refereces are correct) sometime after 1924. Look on pg 91 of the FN book by Anthony Vanderlinden 'FN Browning Pistols: Side-Arms that Shaped World History'. There are three entries for the letter A and 2 of them are postwar.

Besides that I have a FN 1900 that has the Lion/PV, *H and the 'Perron' tower proof. The only H listed in the book is Christophe Woit 1938-1968. According to the book the 'Perron' proof was used until 1924 so how could these two proofs be on the same gun when they come from two different time periods? The only logical conclusion I could come up with is that they reused the letters. Look on pg 91 of the FN book by Anthony Vanderlinden 'FN Browning Pistols: Side-Arms that Shaped World History'. There are three entries for the letter A and 2 of them are postwar. Besides that I have a FN 1900 that has the Lion/PV, *H and the 'Perron' tower proof.

The only H listed in the book is Christophe Woit 1938-1968. According to the book the 'Perron' proof was used until 1924 so how could these two proofs be on the same gun when they come from two different time periods? The only logical conclusion I could come up with is that they reused the letters.There is only one entry for letter R.

Oct 03, 2009  FN 1910 serial numbers had reached well into the 400,000's by the end of WW II. I owned a Japanese private purchase rig (Jap. Marked holster, 2 mags) a while back that was a GI bringback (with 'paper') and was well into the 400,000 range. The Model 1910 FN Browning was manufactured from 1912 through 1975. Production was halted during the two World Wars, though a few were assembled from parts during the German occupation in World War II. There was no interruption in serial numbers.