browning 25 auto?
Have a 25 auto pistol that has this on it: Belgium 25 auto and Herstal.
There is no serial number on it. I was told that it is a protype for a browning 25 auto that was later adopted by the military. Any help would be appreciated. Value of pistol?
There is no serial number on it. I was told that it is a protype for a browning 25 auto that was later adopted by the military. Any help would be appreciated. Value of pistol?
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can tell ya ppl are goin to ask for pics to verify and value the gun 0 -
i'm not aware of any fn/browning .25acp being issued to any military.
fn did produce a .32acp that the german military issued, along with the P08 luger, during ww1.
of course, i could be wrong.......
tom
EDIT #1: quote:The pistol does have FN on it, sorry I missed that earlier. I will get pics as soon as I can.
so, it's the browning "baby" or model 1906 (i think it actually started production in 1905)
colt licensed the design from browning and produced the model 1908 "vest pocket".
a number of european gun makers copied the design as well.
i think it was the browning model 1900 in .32 the germans issued.0 -
Pictures are a must, along with the EXACT markings (all of them.)
No Browning or FN was ever standard military issue.0 -
Herstal is a city in Belgium, which back in the day was widely known for it's gun manufacturers producing knock-off's of other manufacturer's designs.
If it were a Browning manufactured in Belgium I'd expect it to also be marked Fabrique Nationale or FN.0 -
The pistol does have FN on it, sorry I missed that earlier. I will get pics as soon as I can. 0 -
FN's factories, some of them anyway, are in Herstal. FN produced firearms were marked Browning for Browning sales channels and FN otherwise; probably there are exceptions to that too. Ownership of FN has changed several times over the years; Belgian, French, a consortium or two, and the Germans "owned" in in the early '40s. 0
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