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So i was browsing the EE (a dangerous thing to do) when this popped up. I'm a fan of John Moses Browning and I like historical firearms so it seemed a natural thing to grab it. I don't know much about these guns (other than what I read) but it looks kind of neat and i like the history. It's an occupation gun made around Dec 1942/Jan 1943 with Waffenamps. Has anybody had any experience shooting these? (it's a .380 BTW)

Sorry about the small photos they are from the seller's ad.
 

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Yup, nice little guns. Simple, solid construction. I've got a couple. What do you want to know?


Do I understand that you have purchased the FN?
 
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.325WSM said:
Yup, nice little guns. Simple, solid construction. I've got a couple. What do you want to know?


Do I understand that you have purchased the FN?
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Yep complete impulse buy. Wondering now what I've got. I've done some reading but would like to hear from owners about any quirks they might have.
 
No real quirks. The grip safety can be a little finicky if you aren't used to them. Never had any problems with function, other than failure to load the last round from a mag with one pistol, which was solved by cleaning out 50 years of grime. Easy to strip down. Sights suck ass, but accurate once you get used to them. A pistol with character.

Spare mags can be a bit hard to locate.....
 
.325WSM said:
No real quirks. The grip safety can be a little finicky if you aren't used to them. Never had any problems with function, other than failure to load the last round from a mag with one pistol, which was solved by cleaning out 50 years of grime. Easy to strip down. Sights suck ass, but accurate once you get used to them. A pistol with character.

Spare mags can be a bit hard to locate.....
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I didn't even realize they had a grip safety :d. Same as 1911?

Located some spare mags at Triple K ($38 US)
 
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I didn't even realize they had a grip safety :d. Same as 1911?

Located some spare mags at Triple K ($38 US)
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Yup, only smaller ;) (it is a fairly small pistol)
If you're used to 1911's, you'll be fine.
Get more spare mags than you think you'll need! You can often see WTB ads in the EE, so they aren't always available.

Also, start picking up any .380 ammo you can find at a decent rate!
 
Nice acquisition. I have one in the original 7.65mm thanks to 12.7. Not a bad little shooter. As mentioned, sights back then weren't what they are now, but enjoy it for the piece of history it is.

Bruno38 is a fair seller, and I'm sure it'll be a fine piece.
 
Make sure you decock it before taking down. Or there is a high chance of losing firing pin spring and spring guide. The problem is that you dont see if it cocked or not, so sometimes you forget and start disassembling. While pistol do fine without spring guide (I saw and shoot several without guide), spring itself is still needed.
Small pistol, too small for me to be comfortable, very light recoil, but great history behind them. Tons of variations and contracts if you decide to collect. Unfortunately most of them are in prohib caliber.
 
Great little guns. Mine's surprisingly accurate. Only thing I don't like is the fact that the slide doesn't lock back after the last round is fired. Also an FYI, if you use the safety to manually lock back the slide, be aware that when you then release it, the slide isn't far enough back to chamber a round. Not sure why it was designed that way.
 
I bought a replacement recoil spring from Brownells, the old one was a little spongy. It is worth checking that the striker is in good shape, if it cracks you can have an empty mag in a short time. Unlike the 1911, it has a mag safety, but if you remove a mag with the grip safety depressed, you can still fire a shot. The mag safety only kicks in when you let go of the grip safety. I wouldn't dry fire it.
 
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I've read "don't dry fire it" and I've also read "dry fire it before field stripping it for cleaning" (So the striker and spring doesn't go flying I expect) :confused::confused:
 
I've got a few 1910's and 1922's. Classic steel guns. Mine are 100% reliable. As mentioned , easy to drop the striker spring assembly during a field strip.
 
I would not expect any issues if you single dry fire military grade handgun once in a while. It's not like you're prepping yourself for IPSC competition with hundreds of dry-fire exercises.
 
So the FN 1922 arrived today. i'm very pleased with the condition but do have a question for owners. Can you not lock the slide back on these?

Mine won't stay open but I have read one site that said the second notch was just for take down (after the recoil spring was out) and was not intended to hold the slide open with the gun assembled . Is this true?
 
The second notch can be used to lock it open, but it's kind of pointless, as it doesn't lock it all the way to the rear. Helps ROs see that it's empty on the bench at the range, but that's about it.
 
Mine will "sort of" lock open using the safety lever in the second notch but it's pretty tenuous...the slightest bump or nudge (often even just setting it down) and the slide slams shut. I've invested in some plastic chamber safety flags from Amazon to keep the RO's happy

Had it to the range for the first time today. Good working little gun and quite accurate but the sights are pretty rudimentary. I can't do much with it outside about 15 yards.
 
sailor723 said:
Mine will "sort of" lock open using the safety lever in the second notch but it's pretty tenuous...the slightest bump or nudge (often even just setting it down) and the slide slams shut. I've invested in some plastic chamber safety flags from Amazon to keep the RO's happy

Had it to the range for the first time today. Good working little gun and quite accurate but the sights are pretty rudimentary. I can't do much with it outside about 15 yards.
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Shouldn't do that. Sounds like a little wear or chipping of the notch maybe?
 
From a discussion about this issue on another forum....

"You've probably noticed that the thumb safety doubles as a slide stop on this gun. However, it should NEVER be used as a slide release lever because this will round off the notch in the slide. Many FN 1910 and 1922 slides are "pre-rounded" and either slam closed when the pistol is shaken or simply won't stay open at all. :( The solution? Clean up the notch in the slide with a small triangular file and, you guessed it, NEVER use the thumb safety as a slide release- pull the slide back with the support hand to take the pressure off the thumb safety, disengage the thumb safety, THEN release the slide."
 
sailor723 said:
From a discussion about this issue on another forum....

"You've probably noticed that the thumb safety doubles as a slide stop on this gun. However, it should NEVER be used as a slide release lever because this will round off the notch in the slide. Many FN 1910 and 1922 slides are "pre-rounded" and either slam closed when the pistol is shaken or simply won't stay open at all. :( The solution? Clean up the notch in the slide with a small triangular file and, you guessed it, NEVER use the thumb safety as a slide release- pull the slide back with the support hand to take the pressure off the thumb safety, disengage the thumb safety, THEN release the slide."
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This is good to know both my step fathers and my 1922's have this same issue.

Steve
 
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