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  2. Browning Hi-Power - Wikipedia

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    20 or 30 rounds made by Rhodesia ( 9mm) [1] 10 rounds ( .40 S&W) The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol available in the 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W calibers. It was based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at FN Herstal. Browning died in 1926, several years ...

  3. FN HP-DA - Wikipedia

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    Fixed iron sights, front – blade, rear – notch. FN HP-DA ( Hi-Power Double Action) is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol developed by Belgian Fabrique Nationale arms factory in Herstal. In North American markets, it was marketed as the Browning BDA ( Browning Double Action, also BDA9) and is also referred to as Browning DA and Browning Hi-Power ...

  4. FN Baby Browning - Wikipedia

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    Fixed notch and blade. The 1931 Fabrique Nationale (FN) Baby Browning is a small blowback-operated semi-automatic pistol designed by Belgium-born Dieudonné Saive chambered in .25 ACP (6.35x15 mm). The pistol features a six-round magazine capacity and is a striker-fired, single action, blow back mechanism. The manual thumb operated safety locks ...

  5. Browning BDM - Wikipedia

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    The Browning BDM is a semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured by the Browning Arms Company from 1991 until production ceased in 1998. Similar in appearance to Browning's (FN Herstal's P-35 model) "Hi-Power" pistol, the BDM was actually a new design created to compete in service trials for a proposal as a standard issue pistol for the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation ().

  6. Recoil operation - Wikipedia

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    Most common are the John Browning tilting barrel designs based on either the swinging link and locking lugs as used in the M1911 pistol or the linkless cam design used in the Hi Power and CZ 75. Other designs are the locking block design found in the Walther P38 and Beretta 92 , rollers in the MG42 , or a rotating barrel used in the Beretta ...

  7. Smith & Wesson Model 59 - Wikipedia

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    In 1965, the U.S. Navy commissioned a version of the S&W Model 39 that could take the 13-round magazine of the Browning Hi-Power. In early 1970, a dozen experimental all-stainless-steel prototypes were made and were issued to Navy SEAL commandos for evaluation in the field, but it was not adopted. The Model 59 went on the market in 1971.

  8. FN Model 1910 - Wikipedia

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    FN Model 1922 7.65mm. A variant of the Model 1910 was known variously as the Model 1922 or 1910/22. This was a larger model with a longer barrel (113 mm), slide extension, and a longer grip frame to accommodate an extra two rounds. This model was aimed at military and police contracts and many examples were produced for various agencies.

  9. FN Model 1903 - Wikipedia

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    7-round (9mm) box magazine, 9×19mm m/39B (Trials with the m/1907) [5] Sights. Iron sights. 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.