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
FN Grand Browning: The European 1911 that Never Happened
When John Browning licensed his handgun patents, the North American rights were granted to Colt, and the Western European rights to FN in Belgium. Browning provided the patents and patent model guns to the companies, […]
Prototype
Prototype Pieper .45ACP Pistol at James D Julia
Nicholas Pieper designed a blowback pocket pistol which was manufactured under license by Steyr in 1908. It was a reasonably successful pistol, and can be found today in .25ACP and .32ACP calibers. This particular one […]
Semiauto pistol
Belgian GP-35: Pre-War Browning High Power Complete Rig
The Browning High Power (“Grande Puissance”, aka GP-35) was developed by Fabrique National in Belgium, designed primarily by John Browning’s apprentice Dieudonné Saive. It began in the very early 1920s as a pistol designed for […]
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.