ligonierbill
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On the off chance that someone is familiar with these pistols, I recently acquired an early model D. The bushing that retains the recoil spring has a slot on the bottom that locks with a spring-loaded tab on the bottom of the frame. On later ones, you just push the bushing in to rotate it.
The problem is that the pistol will cock, but the sear will not release. This can get exciting when field stripping the pistol. (Don't worry, I found all the parts.) The pistol has a mag safety, a small block that bears against the magazine and the sear block. With no mag, this block moves when the trigger is pulled rather than the sear block. Doesn't work on mine. I tried two different mags, both of which appear to be sound and correct. Note that I can feel a small movement in the mag when I press the trigger.
Replacements for the sear assembly are available, but before I tear the gun down, I wonder if there is something I'm missing, a quirk in this model. For the casual reader, Manufacture d'Armes de Bayonne was a French arms maker, and the pistols are FN Browning 1910 clones with enough changes to get around the patents.
Well, I might have to...file the sear. Saints preserve us!
The problem is that the pistol will cock, but the sear will not release. This can get exciting when field stripping the pistol. (Don't worry, I found all the parts.) The pistol has a mag safety, a small block that bears against the magazine and the sear block. With no mag, this block moves when the trigger is pulled rather than the sear block. Doesn't work on mine. I tried two different mags, both of which appear to be sound and correct. Note that I can feel a small movement in the mag when I press the trigger.
Replacements for the sear assembly are available, but before I tear the gun down, I wonder if there is something I'm missing, a quirk in this model. For the casual reader, Manufacture d'Armes de Bayonne was a French arms maker, and the pistols are FN Browning 1910 clones with enough changes to get around the patents.
Well, I might have to...file the sear. Saints preserve us!
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