M1900/Browning No.1 | |
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Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
Place of origin |
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Production history | |
Designer | John Browning[1] |
Designed | 1896 |
Produced | 1898-1909 |
No. built | c. 700,000[1] |
Variants | Modele 1899, Mle. 1900 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 625 g (1.378 lb)[1] |
Length | 17.2 cm (6.8 in)[1] |
Barrel length | 10.2 cm (4.0 in)[1] |
Cartridge | .32 ACP (7.65×17mm Browning SR)[1] |
Action | Blowback operated |
Feed system | 7+1[1] |
Sights | Fixed |
The FN Browning M1900 (known at the time in Europe just as Browning pistol) 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.