1021031 (extended barrel), which shows an indistinct diamond-shaped marking whose interior detail I cannot make out. 580161 is the earliest pistol I have recorded showing the common "FN-in-oval" marking, and this marking appears on every later pistol I observed up to pistol no. 579410 is the only pistol I have recorded showing the "F.N.-with-no-oval" marking.ģ) serial no. (Photos are blurry but this pistol appears to have the "V in circle" quality control marking in this location, as do many other earlier pistols.)Ģ) serial no. 578490 is the latest gun I have recorded with no "FN" marking of any kind on the trigger guard. So far my data has yielded the following:ġ) serial no. The glass plate method you describe does indeed produce very realistic likenesses.Ībout the trigger guard marking: my observations on this as a whole are rather spotty and I am not surprised to hear that I have missed something. ![]() The term "sketches" didn't feel right when I used it but I didn't know what else to call them not knowing the technique that was used to create these kinds of pictures. Anthony, thanks for explaining the illustrations on page 205 of FN Browning Pistols.
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