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NotMeNotYou · March 9, 2014, 01:45 AM

Boy, I never thought this thread would go on for so long...the FN marked .25 I had in the 80's had no grip safety, no external safety at all. The Browning marked piece I have now looks much the same but in much nicer shape and has the an external safety in front of the left grip panel. Nothing like the Colt's.It has a mag marked FN, matching blue. I can't speak to how a Belgian made Browning so much smaller than my '66 W.German PPK made it into the US after 03/68. I got the manufacture date from a list of serial #'s on a web-site after Googling "Baby Browning" 10 years ago. This same site gave the starting manufacture date as 1904 with serial numbers continuing into the early '70's. My apologies to any & all I may have offended through my ignorance. I suppose I should have referred to my "FN .25" in my earlier post.

She's a Browning & she's my baby. Maybe this should go in the "Guns You Love But Have No Purpose For thread".(Not My Words)

March 9, 2014, 01:45 AM	#13
NotMeNotYou Member Join Date: February 27, 2014 Posts: 73	Boy, I never thought this thread would go on for so long...the FN marked .25 I had in the 80's had no grip safety, no external safety at all. The Browning marked piece I have now looks much the same but in much nicer shape and has the an external safety in front of the left grip panel. Nothing like the Colt's.It has a mag marked FN, matching blue. I can't speak to how a Belgian made Browning so much smaller than my '66 W.German PPK made it into the US after 03/68. I got the manufacture date from a list of serial #'s on a web-site after Googling "Baby Browning" 10 years ago. This same site gave the starting manufacture date as 1904 with serial numbers continuing into the early '70's. My apologies to any & all I may have offended through my ignorance. I suppose I should have referred to my "FN .25" in my earlier post. She's a Browning & she's my baby. Maybe this should go in the "Guns You Love But Have No Purpose For thread".(Not My Words) Last edited by NotMeNotYou; March 9, 2014 at 02:52 AM. Reason: correct