SOLD FN MODEL 1900 PISTOL…….EARLY 1904 PRODUCTION……..EARLY STYLE GRIPS…….MINT CRISP!!!

IN 98% ORIGINAL CONDITION, STILL WITH TONS OF FIRE BLUE ON THE SMALL PARTS WE HAVE A TOP EXAMPLE OF A FN MODEL1900 PISTOL IN .32 AUTO. THIS IS AN EARLY PRODUCTION EXAMPLE AND WAS MADE AROUND 1904. THIS PISTOL FEATURES THE EARLY FN SLIDE LOGO AND THE  PRE 1905 FN  PISTOL LOGO TYPE GRIPS. FINDING AN EARLY EXAMPLE THIS CLEAN AND THIS BRIGHT IS IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WAS THE FAVORED PISTOL OF THE FRENCH WW1 TRENCH SWEEPERS AND WAS VERY POPULAR PRIOR TO WW1.  THESE PISTOLS WERE HEAVILY USED BY BOTH SIDES DURING WW1 AND WERE A FAVORITE OF THE RESISTANCE AND UNDERGROUND MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE DURING WW2.  THIS PISTOL WAS WILDLY POPULAR IN THE FAR EAST AS WELL, ACHIEVING AN ALMOST LEGENDARY STATUS.   FN 1900 PISTOLS ARE HARD TO FIND IN ANY KIND OF DECENT CONDITION ALMOST EVERY ONE WE SEE IS WORN WHITE. THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 100 YEARS AND SAW A LOT OF HARD USE. THIS IS A WELCOME CHANCE TO PICK UP THE FIRST REALLY SUCCESSFUL AUTOMATIC PISTOL IN ALMOST THE SAME CONDITION AS IT WOULD HAVE LEFT THE FN FACTORY OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.