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Sir William · January 21, 2005, 03:12 AM

The GI could have been Greek, Dutch, Turkish or French. They all bought military models. These were popular police sidearms too. The Swedes, Belgians, Czechs, Danes, French and Serbo-Croations used them. The 1922 actually came about due to 60,000 being ordered in 380 by the Yugoslavians united kingdom. FN couldn't make 7.65 1910s over, so they produced the 1922s using as many 1910 parts as possible. JMB was alive at this time. Did he have any input? Doubtful. He was busy on the design for the Hi-Powers. The Nazis rolled into Belgium and seized the FN factory in May of 1940. They designated the 1922 as Pistole 626(b). FN produced 363,000 models just during the Nazi occupation. 760,000 1922s were made up until 1959. This is a strikerfired pistol. I think it should have a loaded magazine but, a empty chamber. Just in case.

January 21, 2005, 03:12 AM	#5
Sir William Senior Member Join Date: October 13, 2004 Posts: 3,261	The GI could have been Greek, Dutch, Turkish or French. They all bought military models. These were popular police sidearms too. The Swedes, Belgians, Czechs, Danes, French and Serbo-Croations used them. The 1922 actually came about due to 60,000 being ordered in 380 by the Yugoslavians united kingdom. FN couldn't make 7.65 1910s over, so they produced the 1922s using as many 1910 parts as possible. JMB was alive at this time. Did he have any input? Doubtful. He was busy on the design for the Hi-Powers. The Nazis rolled into Belgium and seized the FN factory in May of 1940. They designated the 1922 as Pistole 626(b). FN produced 363,000 models just during the Nazi occupation. 760,000 1922s were made up until 1959. This is a strikerfired pistol. I think it should have a loaded magazine but, a empty chamber. Just in case.