![]() After the war, most of these pistols were sold by the Russia to a war surplus dealer in Hamburg, who sold part of this batch to the Brazilian District Federal's Police. However, one thing triggered my curiosity: I was reading an old isue (1997) of a local Magazine where it is stated that a number of such pistols (5,000) were bought by the Russians during the war with Japan (1904-05). 9 X 20mm) was made between 19 (with some interuptions) totalling something about 58,000 pistols enjoying only a limited commercial success. I did some reasearch on Internet and in some of my old magazines and books but didn't find much information about this pistols, besides the common one.Īs far as I could understand, the FN1903 (caliber 9mm Browning Long a.k.a. I recently got a FN Browning 1903, serial number 23xxx (with the holster rail) showing wear but still with a fair amount of its original blue retained. ![]()
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