I carefully filed on each side of the nub. The little nub on the base of the firing pin was about half a human hair too thick for the slot it needed to fit in. I was hopeful that the parts would drop right in. The two new parts are to the left of that. The broken firing pin is right above the frame. I came back in the house and stripped the pistol, Here is a field stripped picture But what do i find? A package from Commemorative Arms. So I go to the mail box today expecting bills and the usual fair of crappola junk mail. I figured I would have at minimum a three week wait. I follow instructions and mailed a check on Dec. He does business the old fashioned way, Send a check by mail he tells me. I ordered the parts, no credit cards or internet purchases.

Apparently he had purchased every spare part for out of manufacture FN pistols in the free world. I figured what did I have to lose to I telephoned him. I was not getting my hopes up as there was no match for the parts needed on his website. One of those links lead me to a parts dealer in St. That fine gentleman provided me with a couple of web links. He turned me onto a guy on another forum. Well he did not know personally but he knew who to turn to. I figured with a name like that he might know something. I appealed to Mousegunner from this forum. My search fu is weak and I was having no luck. Parts for a 100 year old Belguin pistol are not easily attainable. I was not encouraged by what I was finding. I attempted to research replacement parts for this pistol. I was starting to feel like I had purchased a failry expensive paperweight rather than a good deal on a little gun. The small protrusion on the left should also have a pin on it almost 5/16 of an inch in length. I stripped it and found out it was missing a piece called a follower and that the firing pin was broken. I googled instructions for take-down and found instructions to field strip the piece. Took it outside to shoot it and the gun did not go bang. So I brough the pistol home, it appeared good to go. At least according to a knowledgable source I spoke to. This particular pistol is also I believe a WW1 bringback. I do not believe the 1905 was copied by Colt, but rather the 1906 with a thumb safety. The FN was never imported into the US, there was some agreement between FN and Colt who made an identical pistol. I will assume that lower numbers means older guns. Also the serial number is very low, under 2700. Later revisions of the 1906 have a conventional thumb safety. I am leaning towards it being a 1905 or a 1906 Early Model. They were either lost in the world wars or in some other way.Īt any rate this pistol is either a 1905 or 1906 Vest Pocket Pistol in. No way to know for sure as FN has no record of serial numbers. The gun is over 100 years old I estimate.

I was encouraged to post about this pistol.īought it at a gun show.

Fn 1905 assembly instructions