![]() ![]() Ron, As nobody else has provided you with a response, let me try. I've been collecting 1922's for 30 years now and can say that it is almost impossible to date a 1922 from the serial number. If its commercial and with out any other marks which indicate a contract, there is very little to guess a date. However, there are a couple of indicators. If it has the Perron proof, (looks like an arrow and will be next to the lion over PV and * over a letter on the frame, slide, and barrel) its a 1924 or first year production. Next, you can look to at the inscription on the left side of the slide and see if the script is San Serif or Serif. Look for the upper or lower case (de or DE) in the inscription. If its lower case (de) then its Serif and pre 1931 or 1934/5 depending upon who you believe as to when the inscription was changed. The last thing you can do is count the number of groves in the slide. Generally, and I have found exceptions, 17 groves is pre-war, 18 is war production, and 16 is post war production. My guess without knowing the above is that it is pre-war as it is 380 cal. I have a copy of the yearly production figures and over 80% of the pre-war production was 380 where over 80% of the post war was 32. Hope this helps. Gentlemen, I am confused concerning FN 1922 serial numbers. I understand that wartime serial numbers continued into aprox 155,000 under German occupation. I know that the Germans re-configured the serial numbers to run in blocks of 100,000 with a letter suffix in late 1943 until the end of production in 1944. My understanding is that when the Belgians continued producing this pistol in late 1944 they used an 'A' prefix to distinguish the pistols made after liberation. So, my question is were the FN 1922 pistols utilized by various postwar German Police agencies made during the war of after? They seem to fall into the 1943 serial number range since they do not have an 'A' prefix. Is this perhaps a special postwar contract serial number run without the prefix letter? Here is an example of a pistol issued to the postwar Berlin Polizei in the American Zone of Occupation with such a serial number. It has full Belgian proofs (no Germans ones) and no 'triangle' stamp on the back of the frame or slide. More Fn Browning 1922 Serial Numbers videos. FN Browning 1922 Curios and Relics. If anyone has Browning research material I would be willing to give the serial number to get a definative answer. This FN Model 1922 is a bring-back that was acquired from the son of a World War II soldier. The serial number is not. FN has produced many non-Browning. FN Browning Model 1922 in 7.65 Browning Discussion in '. I have dug out some info from Anthony Vanderlinden's 'FN Browning Pistols'. The serial number. When was it made? According to Anthony Vanderlinden's book, all Berlin's police FN 1922 pistols were purchased during the 1950s. The same source (p. 254) also states that 'no specific contract numbers were used for any of the German contracts, all pistols had standard postwar FN serial numbers.' The book depicts several guns in same range as yours, for instance, 129912, 130532, 134257 and 140788. In addition, my guess is the '2' stamped on the trigger bar means '1952' - the manufacturing date. This is the system adopted by FN after the war. Hope it helps.
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