2) of MHQ-The Quarterly Journal of Military History with the headline “ Weapons Check: The Browning M1910. This article appears in the Winter 2020 issue (Vol. MHQĬhris McNab is a military historian based in the United Kingdom. The M1910 also claimed the lives of Paul Doumer, the president of France, in May 1932, and Huey Long, the governor of Louisiana, in September 1935. With its compact design, it was a perfect assassin’s weapon. The M1910 remained in production until 1983, with more than 700,000 going to military, police, and civilian markets. The emperor admitted to his daughter, regarding the assassination: 'For me, it is a relief from a great worry. (The Model 1910/22, introduced in 1922, featured a longer barrel, a larger grip frame, and two extra rounds in the magazine.) Following the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie in 1914, Franz Joseph's daughter, Marie Valerie, noted that her father expressed his greater confidence in the new heir presumptive, his grandnephew Archduke Charles. He was married to Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg. His uncle, Franz Joseph, was the current emperor of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. After his cousin and father died, he became the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. The magazine held either six or seven rounds, depending on the caliber. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was born in the city of Graz on December 18, 1863. The barrel was the guide for the wraparound recoil spring, a design that contributed to the gun’s sleek profile, and the M1910 was striker fired, with no external hammer. 32 ACP (7.65 mm Browning Short) all it took to switch calibers was a barrel change. Arrest of Gavrilo Princip, author of the assassination attempt against archduke Franz-Ferdinand, heir of the throne, in Sarajevo. The M1910 was a slender blowback handgun, chambered in both. Franz Ferdinand Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg moments before they were assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. Browning began designing magazine-fed “self-loading” (or semiautomatic) pistols around 1896 and found a willing manufacturer in Europe: the Belgian company Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre. Princip’s weapon of choice was cutting-edge for the time, thanks to the ingenuity of John Moses Browning. There’s also a magazine safety, which blocks firing when the magazine is removed, and an external safety lever.Į. “Triple Safety.” A lever at the rear of the grip has to be depressed before the pistol will fire. Franz Ferdinand's assassination on June 28, 1914, at the hand of a Serbian terrorist group the 'Black Hand,' led to the beginning of World War I. With a barrel measuring just 3 1/2 inches, the pistol’s overall length is a mere 6 inches.ĭ. The weapon’s practical range is a little more than 30 yards, with the sights arranged in a groove cut along the top of the slide.Ĭ. When the M1910 is fired, the rearward gas pressure on the cartridge case cycles the weapon, as the slide is not locked to the breech.ī. The Gun That Started World War I: The Browning M1910 CloseĪ.
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