PICS ADDED. What do Archduke Ferdinand and Huey P. Long have in common?

[sigp220.45]

Too easy, I know. Both were rendered lifeless by guys wielding an FN 1910 pistol. The Archduke and his wife were killed by the .380 version, and the Kingfish was brought down by a .32 ACP (though some insist it was a wayward .38 Super FMJ fired by a bodyguard in a marble hallway).

My local range knows I like old guns, and one of the gun selling guys waved me over and showed a grey old 1910 that had just come in. He wasn’t sure how long it would be before they put it out, but said he’d give me a call when they had a price. “How long” turned out to be two hours. I was taking my dog to the vet for his post-gelding check up. He said 599, and I said thanks but I’ll keep looking. Five minutes later I’m still in the car and he says he misspoke - its $399. I said I’d take it.

I’ll see it again tomorrow and give it a better look but it wasn’t rusty or pitted or reblued, and it is the less common .380 version.

This isn’t it, but in case you don’t know what one looks like I’ll save you the Google.

I’ve had a low-grade yearning for one for a while, and I don’t see them very often.

Thoughts?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

It was a hot summer in Dear Old Louisiana.
A Pig was cooling off in a mud hole.
A drunk New Orleans Times-Picayune reporter tripped and fell in to the mud hole.
The Pig recognized who he was, went to a different mud hole.
Huey didn’t really like the Times-Picayune.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Congrats on landing a keeper. I, too, am a fan of .380s.

Also, what a magnificent face.

 

[dsf]

I take it you're looking for an objective opinion -



I must bow out.

 

[murphydog]

What a dignified looking animal. I may be partial to this breed.

 

[Ameshawki]

Had one. It's a bit of an odd duck. The sights are useless. It points in, it's hard to say exactly, but in an odd way. Mine was reliable, acceptably accurate. I never could get the thing taken apart. I really wanted to like it but just couldn't warm to it.

 

[mikerjf]

Hard to rack, hard to strip (bushing)… but one of the best looking guns ever!

Also one of the few “went off by itself” stories I believe. The owner says it was in a coat pocket hanging in the closet, he was nowhere near it. Put a hole in the closet floor - The striker nub had sheared off.

 

[SteveA]

My brother and I were dividing my Dad's collection of guns the other day. I ended up with among other things, a Spanish Bufalo, a near copy of the FN. This particular one is gold damascened and engraved. My Dad took it off a German paratrooper that didn't need it anymore in France in WWII. Its a .32 ACP.

 

[robertrwalsh]

I bought an FN 1910 .380 some while back just because of the guns historical connection. Plus it shoots really well.

 

[Ameshawki]

My brother and I were dividing my Dad's collection of guns the other day. I ended up with among other things, a Spanish Bufalo, a near copy of the FN. This particular one is gold damascened and engraved. My Dad took it off a German paratrooper that didn't need it anymore in France in WWII. Its a .32 ACP.

I have one of those. A blend of the Colt 1903 and the FN 1910. Hammer fired instead of the striker in the 1910.

 

[murphydog]

Had one. It's a bit of an odd duck. The sights are useless. It points in, it's hard to say exactly, but in an odd way. Mine was reliable, acceptably accurate. I never could get the thing taken apart. I really wanted to like it but just couldn't warm to it.

You’re not supposed to take your Labrador Retriever apart! And they aren’t bred to be pointers.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I take it Randy is no longer randy.

 

[alwslate]

Hard to rack, hard to strip (bushing)… but one of the best looking guns ever!

Also one of the few “went off by itself” stories I believe. The owner says it was in a coat pocket hanging in the closet, he was nowhere near it. Put a hole in the closet floor - The striker nub had sheared off.

Seen this before, I don't believe it if the gun was original and unaltered.

 

[alwslate]

Had one. It's a bit of an odd duck. The sights are useless. It points in, it's hard to say exactly, but in an odd way. Mine was reliable, acceptably accurate. I never could get the thing taken apart. I really wanted to like it but just couldn't warm to it.

Very easy to take apart. There's a trick to it, you have to know how

 

[Greyman50]

You have 2 Very nice things pictured.

 

[sigp220.45]

I couldn’t start the process yesterday because apparently solar flares or some such knocked out the Colorado background check system.

All was well today. Cash changed hands and the little Belgian headed back to gun lockdown til Monday.

I took a couple of mugshots.

It has Browning grips and a magazine that is probably a replacement.

Is it more properly known as a Browning Model 1955?

Can any of you gurus glean any info?

 

[Xfuzz]

I think the model 1910 numbers 400k by WWII.
Gues on yours 1950's.
1910 FN Browning

 

[Echo40]

Too easy, I know. Both were rendered lifeless by guys wielding an FN 1910 pistol. The Archduke and his wife were killed by the .380 version, and the Kingfish was brought down by a .32 ACP (though some insist it was a wayward .38 Super FMJ fired by a bodyguard in a marble hallway).

Thoughts?

That's only because Archduke Fernando and Huey P. Lewis were — like most men of the time — short, skinny, and it wasn't the bullet that killed them, but infection. That's the only reason why .32 ACP or even .380 ACP were ever successful.

In the modern era, men are tall, heavy, have military training, and carry out highly coordinated attacks with four-man squads.

Nowadays, nothing short of a 147gr 9mm +P+ fired from a 12" Barreled AR Pistol like my Tactical Pterodactyl Alpha Romeo X-Ray Niner can reliably incapacitate the new breed of painless, fearless, ex-military street thugs like the Crackerjack Boys.

If you carry a .380 ACP these days then you just don't take your self-defense seriously. It's 2024, drop that zero and get with the hero.

Or so I've been told.

 

[Onomea]

I think the dog is saying, "I endorse this product." (Has a certain gravitas to him, don't he?)

 

[sigp220.45]

That's only because Archduke Fernando and Huey P. Lewis were — like most men of the time — short, skinny, and it wasn't the bullet that killed them, but infection. That's the only reason why .32 ACP or even .380 ACP were ever successful.

Hahaha! I was about to say the Archduke and his bride were DRT, then I caught your drift. (And I’m pretty sure Huey Lewis is still with us!)

How right you are!

I knew two big strapping policemen who were killed outright by a single round of .25 ACP each. I’m fine with a .32 or a .380!