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The FN Model 1903 (M1903, FN Mle 1903), or Browning No.2 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and manufactured by Belgian arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale (FN). It was introduced in 1903 and fired the 9×20mmSR Browning Long cartridge .
The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is a .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless is a variant introduced five years later in .380 ACP caliber. Despite the title "hammerless", the Model ...
M1903 (1903): developed for the .30-03 (also known as the .30-45) cartridge. Used original Type S stock. M1903 bullpup (1903): experimental bullpup conversion for the USMC. [43] [failed verification] M1903 (1905): changed from a rod type bayonet to the knife type Model 1905 bayonet and to the improved Model 1905 sight.
As horrible as the Second World War may have been, ... Browning M1918 BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) ... Remington Model 1903 (Springfield) ©simonov / Flickr ...
HP-DA: 9×19mm Parabellum pistol, double-action variant of the Browning Hi-Power. Model 1900: .32 ACP blowback semi-automatic pistol. Model 1903: Blowback semi-automatic pistol chambered for .32 ACP and 9×20mm Long Browning. Model 1905: .25 ACP vest pocket blowback semi-automatic pistol. Model 1910: Single-action pistol chambered for .32 ACP ...
The Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, was the standard light machine gun of the U.S. military throughout WWII. Typically chambered for .30-06 ammunition and weighing between 13 and 24 pounds, BARs ...
After the war, the semi-automatic concept started to gain currency in the U.S. Army. By the late 1920s, the Army was experimenting with several new semi-automatic rifle designs, including the Pedersen rifle firing a new .276 (7 mm) rifle cartridge. However, the Pedersen rifle lost to a new semi-automatic rifle designed by John C. Garand. The ...
In 1914, just before the start of the First World War, Gabilondo started manufacture of a sturdy self-loading pistol based on the Browning Model 1903 and chambered for the 7.65mm Browning/.32 ACP cartridge. Unusual for the time, the magazine capacity was nine shots instead of the usual six or seven.