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Browning 1910/22 in .380. It's all factory.
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FWIW the Browning 1910/22 is an alternate name for the FN Model 1922 I mentioned earlier. The 1910 was one of John Browning's earlier designs and IIRC was the first mass-produced automatic with the recoil spring around the barrel rather than around a separate guide rod. That's why the pistol's lines are so slender.
This pistol and the Remington Model 51 (re: dogtown tom's post) are fun to show off to Glock fanboys who believe that striker-fired pistols are a recent innovation.
Actually, speaking of which, another nifty C&R pistol is the J.P. Sauer & Sohn (usually referred to simply as "Sauer") 38H. It's a DA/SA concealed-hammer automatic with a nifty and unique feature- it has a grip-mounted lever that resembles the decocking lever on modern SIG Sauer pistols, except that in addition to decocking, it will also
cock the pistol.
IIRC it's also one of the first pistols with a tactile loaded chamber indicator.