Videos tagged with FN Belgium

This review of the Browning Auto-5 highlights its iconic status and unique long recoil action designed by John Moses Browning. While acknowledging its robust Belgian FN construction and innovative auto-cartridge pickup, the speaker finds its ergonomics and harsh recoil personally uncomfortable. The video details the gun's mechanical complexity, including friction ring tuning for different loads, and its historical significance as a classic American shotgun.

This video showcases a customized FN Belgium Hi Power, specifically a lightweight Detective model. The firearm features a previously done front slide work and stippling, with the addition of a Trijicon RMR optic. The description highlights that this is not an FM Argentina model and emphasizes the custom gunsmithing services offered by MK3 Firearms, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contact information for quotes and custom builds is provided.

This video explores the FN Mauser rifles and carbines supplied to Ethiopia under Haile Selassie I. It details FN's post-WWI recovery and their contract with Ethiopia between 1933-1936, supplying 17,500 rifles and 7,500 carbines. Unique features like the Lion of Judah property mark replacing the serial number and specific sling arrangements on carbines are highlighted, alongside Belgian proof marks indicating foreign inspection.