Husqvarna m07/FN 1903/ Colt 1903

[Mumintrollet]

I just bought my self a new Husqvarna m07 pistol in calibre 9mm Browning long.
http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/m07/pist07_3.htm
Reading about it tells me that the FN 1903 and Colt 1903 is practicly the same.
Any one shooting them? Any one got pictures of modyfied Colts,FN or Husqvarnas?
Pictures of stock ones is allover the internet but no customs.
Thank you.

[McCleary.11]

My 1903 functions perfectly in stock form and is fun to shoot.

What would you want to customize on it? I think they look great stock.

[Jim Watson]

Colt 1903 is considerably smaller than the Browning - Husqvarna gun, and was made in .32ACP/7.65 Browning. Same gun as the model of 1908 was .380ACP/9mm Browning Short.

There were a number of the FNs and Husqvarnas sold here after bushing the chamber for .380 to promote sales where the 9mm Browing Long is not known.

I have seen pictures of the Colts customized. Bigger sights and a more prominent thumb safety are the only real improvements to be made.

[Mumintrollet]

What would you want to customize on it? I think they look great stock.

I was not thinking at all, just curius if any one had done some custom job on them?

[Mumintrollet]

Finaly i got the gun to my home.
Shoots great and is in perfect condition.
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z113/qballsweden/m07.jpg

[Jim Watson]

Nice. One of the few odd calibers I would bother with. Keep your .357 SIG, .40 S&W, and .45 GAP; but I would load 9mm Browning Long for one of those.

[Onmilo]

Nobody is modifying 9mm Browning Long caliber pistols here in the states because there just aren't that many of them around.

The 1903/1908 pocket pistols are considered extremely collectable and modifications a akin to the ultimate sin.

The 9mm Browning Long was developed before the .380 acp/9mm Kurtz and was actually a more reliable caliber and design.

Browning developed the .380 acp 1908 pocket pistol because people complained the 1903 9mm Browning Long pistol was too big for comfortable concealed carry and the .32acp lacked 'stopping power'.

[eddief4]

congrats, it's an intresting pistol:wavey:

[DrMaxit]

I thought Husqvarna only made nice ass chainsaws. Good deal.

--Chuck

[Jim Watson]

Nobody is modifying 9mm Browning Long caliber pistols here in the states because there just aren't that many of them around.

The 1903/1908 pocket pistols are considered extremely collectable and modifications a akin to the ultimate sin.

The 9mm Browning Long was developed before the .380 acp/9mm Kurtz and was actually a more reliable caliber and design.

Browning developed the .380 acp 1908 pocket pistol because people complained the 1903 9mm Browning Long pistol was too big for comfortable concealed carry and the .32acp lacked 'stopping power'.

Back in the days when you could mailorder a surplus gun they modified truck loads of them to take .380s. Dean Grennell said it took loads up in the 9mm P pressure range to cycle the action.

Hard to see how the size of a 1903 FN not then sold in the USA affected Colt's decision to make the .380. Took another two years for the .380 to show up in Europe in the 1910 FN Brownings.

The 9mm Browning Long has been dismissed as an underpowered round in a blowback gun. At a rated 110 grains at 1100 fps, it is well ahead of the Makarov that is frequently recommended as a cheap but effective weapon.

[Onmilo]

I wouldn't go so far to say truckloads were modified to .380
An educated guess would make the number no greater than 2000 at most and judging from the actual numbers showing up on the used market my feeling is the number probably did not exceed 500.

The Model 1910 Browning was not produced in .380 until 1914, production of this Model ceased entirely during WW1 and did not fully resume until 1919 with the majority of .380 pistols being produced from 1922, with the introduction of the 1922 running concurrently with 1910 production, until the end of the production in the 1980s.

The 9mm Browning Long and .380 acp were his first attempts with a rimless cartridge case.
It is interesting to note that JMB went with a semi rimmed cartridge case for the longer and more powerful .38 acp and later .38 Super cartridges.

Samco International is still offering Swedish surplus 9mm Browning Long ammunition as these weapons were still being used through the 1980s until enough Glock 17s could be procurred for Military Service requirements.

I am still looking for a Model 1900 Browning .32 acp in good shootable condition for my own collection and have been doing so for better than fifteen years.
Those that are available tend to be priced off the shootable market and into the investment market.
Original spare magazines are even harder and more expensive to find.

[patman]

I thought Husqvarna only made nice ass chainsaws. Good deal.

--Chuck
They also make nice ass motorcycles.



Is it the same company that made the pistols?Or separate companies with the same name?

[Mumintrollet]

They also make nice ass motorcycles.



Is it the same company that made the pistols?Or separate companies with the same name?

Same company different branches.

http://www.hkv-hbf.f.se/husqvarna/st_en.html

[brickboy240]

Husqvarna also built some very fine 6.5x55mm Mauser rifles in the M38.

I have one and its very well made and very accurate. Like my 2 Volvos...a marvel of Swedish engineering!

- brickboy240