We have another video for you today, this time on the FN FNC carbine. These were developed in the 70s and 80s, and saw some limited military and commercial success. We have a civilian US-imported one, and we’ll take a look at how it functions and disassembles.
Prototype
Before the High Power was the FN Grand Rendement
The Browning High Power story begins with a French 1921 request for a new military pistol. FN engineer Dieudonné Saive developed a double stack, single feed magazine and John Browning adapted a Browning 1903 pistol […]
Submachine Guns
FN P90 at the Range
Having taken a look at the history and mechanics of the P90 yesterday, I’m taking it out to the range today. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about the progressive trigger…
Book review
Book Review: Browning Auto-5 Shotguns
I am normally more interested in military small arms than sporting ones, but the Browning Auto-5 is such an important firearm that it deserves the recognition of and proper small arms enthusiast. It was not […]
Thanx !
I have two .. I sure haven’t forgot this weapon!! At auctions they sell for $3000 to $4000 now, that’s hardly “forgotten”!
the fixed firing pin and the method of removing the bolt head remind me of the M249 SAW (also a FN product), the minor difference being the number of lugs of course. In the m249 it makes sense to me because it is an open bolt weapon, but i cannot see any reason to have a fixed firing pin on a closed bolt like the FNC. I wonder why they went that route.