FN mod. 1922 late production with bakelite grips and holster

[BROBS]

I'm not super sure about when it was produced.. but I believe 1944. Apparently before they ran out of bakelite grips, and the finish was still pretty darn good. We have two of the later war examples with wood grips and worse finish.

it has a black holster that goes with.. I didn't snap a pic but will tomorrow. It is unmarked but looks good to me.

the FN:










any comments welcome!

[JUNGCO]

The FN gripes were used on the early occupation guns. After they ran out, the checked wood grips were used.

[BROBS]

These seem to be original bakelite from what I can tell?
Not sure what the deal is...

[nolle47]

Helo there,
Late pistols that are WaA 140 marked in no prefix, a,b and c prefix normally have wooden grips.
I have them in my collection.
WaA 613 and WaA 103 marked pistols mostly have bakelite grips.
That does not mean there are none with wooden grips.
As it is a late b serial number maybe they found some bakelite grips in the factory they used up.
Do de grips have a space for a lanyard ring?
The grips look original to me.
Regards,
Nolle

[BROBS]

Helo there,
Late pistols that are WaA 140 marked in no prefix, a,b and c prefix normally have wooden grips.
I have them in my collection.
WaA 613 and WaA 103 marked pistols mostly have bakelite grips.
That does not mean there are none with wooden grips.
As it is a late b serial number maybe they found some bakelite grips in the factory they used up.
Do de grips have a space for a lanyard ring?
The grips look original to me.
Regards,
Nolle

no there is no place for lanyard ring.

they look bakelite to me.. on the back I can see the "flecks" of bakelite. they do not look or feel like modern (even semi-modern) plastic.

one side is marked "1" and one side is marked "2"

[nolle47]

Hello,

They look ok to me.
Nice pistol by the way.

nolle

[BROBS]

Thank you Nolle.. I will try to remember to take a photo of the holster tonight.

[BROBS]

still need to take a pic of the holster.. have been very busy re-doing our whole house

one thing I noticed that is odd about this pistol: it DOES NOT have a magazine safety. and it's not as if someone removed it... it doesn't even have the hole for the pin in the frame.

I thought all of these 1922's had a magazine safety??

has anyone seen one without this safety?

[Douglas Jr.]

I thought all of these 1922's had a magazine safety??

has anyone seen one without this safety?

It looks like a nice example of a late FN 1922.
They are a favourite of mine. Regarding the lack of mag safety, the Germans abandoned it in the middle of the "a" suffix serial block,in 1943 (see Vanderlinden's "FN Browning Pistols", p. 247).

All the best,
Douglas

[BROBS]

thank you for the info! right now I can't afford every book I wish I had.

what are your opinions on the grips? seems odd that they are bakelite.. although as suggested earlier it's possibly factory, or perhaps the soldier traded them out for bakelite?

here are pics of the holster.. I thought it was black it has been so long since I've had it out of the safe. it's unmarked.