#FN FAL BROWNING SERIAL NUMBERS PSP#
North American–based production – FN-sponsored įN issued an order to PSP for 40,000, with all to be exported to Austria under the Browning logo for onward distribution by FN to its non-USA customers. 1931 Baby Browning pistol production ceased in Europe at that time. Based in Bayonne, France, MAB produced the pistol from 1979 until 1983 when bankruptcy forced it to discontinue production. FN transferred production of the 1931 Baby Browning pistol to Manufacture d'armes de Bayonne ('MAB') during 1979. This piece of legislation was signed into law by then President Lyndon Johnson, it forbade the importation of certain firearms, among them the 1931 Baby Browning pistol - but it didn't forbid the domestic production of these same weapons. The halt to exports to the US in 1968 was mandated by the Gun Control Act of 1968 - which was precipitated by Robert Kennedy's assassination involving an Iver Johnson manufactured revolver. With the exception of special order nickel-plated units and the above-mentioned versions, all of the 1931 Baby Browning pistols were finished in chemical hot blue. The Lightweight utilized a 6061 T6 aluminum frame and hexavalent chrome-plated (over electro-less nickel) slide and external detail parts. About 550,000 units were produced, including the hand chiseled engraved 'Renaissance' and the 'Lightweight' version. It protrudes through a pin hole in the rear of the frame when the pistol is loaded.įN manufactured and marketed the Baby Browning pistol from 1931 until 1979, though exports to the US only took place between 1953-1968. A cocking indicator mechanism was also incorporated and is attached to the firing pin spring opposite the firing pin. The Dieudonne Saive design also introduced an auto-safety mechanism similar to the one utilized on the Colt Vest Pocket pistol of similar vintage which prevented the pistol from being firing (even if a cartridge was chambered) if the magazine was removed from the frame of the pistol. The frame has a full-length dust guard extending to the end of the slide and an area behind the trigger is relieved to allow a user to maintain a more substantial grip on the pistol then was the case with the 1905 version. This feature enabled a user to manipulate the safety lever mechanism without having to release one's grip on the pistol.
For example, the palm-of-hand activated rear-of-frame safety mechanism was eliminated and the small safety lever on the left side of the frame was extended under the grip plate toward the trigger so that the thumb of a right-handed shooter could easily engage and disengage it through flicking the safety lever knob using pressure applied to the side of the safety lever knob. His design was smaller, lighter, and incorporated several refinements and improvements to the 1905 Vest Pocket version.
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