![]() It has full Belgian proofs (no Germans ones) and no "triangle" stamp on the back of the frame or slide. (Code '8' is duplicated for 19. 1958 to 1968 - The last digit of the year was used. Most barrels will interchange with any receiver. 1968 68G Shotguns made 1976 and up were Japanese production. Most early Browning serial numbers contained no date or model information and can not be dated using this system. 442 Posts 2 It's the Browning serial numbering system. Here is an example of a pistol issued to the postwar Berlin Polizei in the American Zone of Occupation with such a serial number. This dating system is for Browning firearms manufactured after 1958. Is this perhaps a special postwar contract serial number run without the prefix letter? So, my question is were the FN 1922 pistols utilized by various postwar German Police agencies made during the war of after? They seem to fall into the 1943 serial number range since they do not have an "A" prefix. My understanding is that when the Belgians continued producing this pistol in late 1944 they used an "A" prefix to distinguish the pistols made after liberation. I know that the Germans re-configured the serial numbers to run in blocks of 100,000 with a letter suffix in late 1943 until the end of production in 1944. I understand that wartime serial numbers continued into aprox 155,000 under German occupation. ![]() I am confused concerning FN 1922 serial numbers.
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