Browning began to develop pistols at the end of 19th century, and its products were mainly manufactured by FN State-owned Arsenal in Belgium, Colt Weapons Company and Remington Weapons Company in the United States. This paper mainly introduces the Browning pistol made in Belgium.
There are many kinds of Browning pistols manufactured by Belgian FN State Arsenal, including military pistols, police pistol and pocket pistols, with calibers of 6．35mm, 7.65mm and 9mm. The automatic modes of pistols are free bolt type and short recoil type.
in p>1899, John and Moses Browning designed a pistol with a caliber of 7.65mm (below)
Belgian Browning M19 7．65mm pistol, and obtained a patent for it, which is the first pistol with a free bolt automatic mode in the world. In 19, the FN State-owned Arsenal in Belgium was granted a production concession and began to manufacture. The pistol was listed as a standard pistol by the Belgian army, and the full name of the gun was Browning M19 7．65mm pistol. This kind of pistol was widely used in China before liberation, and it was called "gun brand pistol" in China.
The Browning M19 pistol consists of a barrel, a sleeve, a grip and a magazine, and fires a 7．65mm semi-flanged Browning pistol. The barrel has six rifles with a lead of about 23 mm. The front end of the sleeve is provided with a sight, and the rear end is provided with a V-shaped notch. There are parallel upper and lower holes in the front of the sleeve. The upper hole accommodates the recoil spring, and the lower hole accommodates the barrel, the striking needle and other parts at the back of the sleeve.
the automatic process of p>M19 is: after firing, the gunpowder gas pushes the warhead forward, and at the same time pushes the sleeve backward, so as to complete the actions of shell extraction and shell throwing, and compress the recoil spring. After the sleeve is seated, the re-entry spring is extended, and the sleeve is re-entered, pushing the secondary bullet into the chamber, and the tail end of the firing pin is stopped by the firing iron, so that the pistol is in a state of waiting to be fired.
In 193, Belgian FN State-owned Arsenal produced a 9mm pistol designed by Browning, and the model was named M193, which appeared in the European market in the same year. The automatic mode of M193 is free bolt type, and the launching mechanism has a control link to prevent premature firing. The magazine has a capacity of 7 rounds. This pistol fires a 9mm Browning pistol bullet designed by Browning.
fig. 2 Belgian Browning M193 9mm pistol
Browning powerful pistol is widely used in the world. The automatic mode of the gun is short barrel recoil. After firing, the barrel and sleeve are locked together and sit for a certain distance, and then the barrel and sleeve are released, and the barrel is restricted from moving backwards a little, while the sleeve continues to recoil. The lock of the gun bore is realized by the rise and fall of the barrel in the vertical plane; The firing mechanism adopts exposed hammer type; The launching mechanism has a push rod, which only works when the magazine is inserted and can only shoot semi-automatically. The gun is equipped with accident-proof and early-hair-proof insurance mechanisms.
A major feature of Browning's powerful pistol is its magazine structure, with double rows of bullets staggered, and its capacity is as high as 13 rounds. The aiming device consists of a sight and a scale, and the scale is an arc movable scale with ***1 divisions, and each division is 5m, and the sight is dovetail-shaped. There is a groove in the handle of the pistol to connect the butt of the gun and shoot against the shoulder, which can improve the shooting accuracy and increase the range. The gun fired a 9mm Baraberum pistol.