IN 96% VERY SHARP ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE A TOP EXAMPLE OF A FN MODEL 1900 PISTOL IN .32 AUTO WITH A VERY RARE JAPANESE ARMY OFFICER ISSUED HOLSTER. THIS IS AN EARLY PRODUCTION EXAMPLE AND WAS MADE AROUND 1905. THIS PISTOL FEATURES THE EARLY FN SLIDE LOGO AND THE 1905 FN LOGO TYPE GRIPS. FINDING AN EARLY EXAMPLE THIS CLEAN AND THIS BRIGHT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS WAS THE FAVORED PISTOL OF THE FRENCH WWI TRENCH SWEEPERS AND WAS VERY POPULAR PRIOR TO WWI AND WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN CIVILIAN, POLICE AND MILITARY USE. IT WAS ESPECIALLY POPULAR IN ASIA AND IS OFTEN SEEN IN A CHINESE CONTEXT. AN EXAMPLE WITH JAPANESE CONTEXT SUCH AS THIS ONE IS EXTREMELY UNCOMMON. FN 1900 PISTOLS ARE HARD TO FIND IN ANY KIND OF DECENT CONDITION ALMOST EVERY ONE WE SEE IS VERY WELL WORN. THESE PISTOLS 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 REMARKABLE CONDITION AS IT WOULD HAVE LEFT THE FN FACTORY OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
RECENTLY, THESE PISTOLS HAVE SEEN A HUGE RESURGENCE IN INTEREST AND WE HAVE GOTTEN MANY REQUESTS FOR THEM. CERTAINLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOP 5 20th CENTURY HANDGUNS.
