'To restore or not restore, that is the question.' The finish on that 100 year old pistol looks to be pretty good. I would leave it be. I once refinished a 1908 Colt (.380) that was rusty and pitted and had doubts about doing that. That said, I am pleased with the results and I think many would have a hard time discerning if it was refinished without a close inspection.

I did not chase out all the pitting. Collectors want original finish. Somewhre I have a copy from a gun magazine about refinishing or restoring. A salty old Colt SAA with plenty of wear tells a certain story.

A refinished or restored SAA does not have any story other than it was refinished. Sorry, I didn't look at the photo's close enough. This is off another site on the web and should give you an idea of the year of production. It's not exact but should help get you close. Planirovanie logopeda. 1900-1901 10,000 FN 1900 pistols serial # 1 to 10,000 1901-1902 21,700 pistols produced 10,001 to 31,700 1902- 1903 40,000 produced serial # 31,701 to 71,700 Aug 4, 1904 serial number 100,000 1903-1907 328,300 produced serial # 71,701 to 400,000 1907-1910 275,000 produced serial # 400,001 to 675,000 1910-1914 49,550 produced serial # 675,000 to 724,550.

Jan 26, 2018  The Model 1900 was manufactured from 1900 to 1912, it was the first pistol ever to use the 7.65mm cartridge (known in the U.S. As.32 ACP), which had been designed for it by Browning. Aug 08, 2017 Browning Serial Lookup Browning Model 1900 browning All For Sale.

Browning 1900.32 ACP S/n 330049 The design was presented to arms manufacturer in 1898, with production commencing the following year (then under the designation Modele 1899). In 1900, an improved design featuring primarily a shorter barrel and wider grips was introduced as the M1900. These designations were applied retroactively after FN began manufacture of other Browning pistol designs; initially the M1900 was marketed as simply the 'Pistolet Browning' (Browning Pistol). Production ceased only 11 years later, with a total of about 700,000+ units having been produced.

Owned a mother of pearl-gripped M1900, which he regularly kept on his person and in his bedside drawer., a Finnish nationalist activist, assassinated the Governor-General (the highest Russian authority in the ) with a Browning pistol on June 16, 1904, in. The act was followed by spontaneous anti-Russian celebrations in the streets of Helsinki and after the Schauman was considered to be a national hero of Finland. Cutaway view The Type 64 pistol is a copy of the M1900. Specimens examined by western authorities were marked with the date of 1964. A variant was produced that featured a shortened slide to allow the threaded barrel to protrude far enough to attach the silencer. Reshebnik sbornik zadachi po obschej fizike barkov.

Ammunition [ ] The weapon is chambered for the, also known as 7.65×17mm Browning SR, 'SR' denotes semi-rimmed. Synonyms [ ] This model is known by several names, including: • FN M1900 • FN Mle.1900 • Browning M1900 • Browning No.1 See also [ ] • • • References [ ].