I recently aquired a Nazi WWII pistol for $150. I had it taken to a gunsmith to make sure the gun was functional, and when I got the gun back what I was told was something like this: 'This is an FN manufacture of the Browning 1922 in.32auto. Everything's in great working order; it's rare to see one in such good condition and with so much of the original blue. It's also rare to find one with all-matching serial numbers like this one.

No FN serial number data in the public domain.Ah but there is.With the serial number that you have provided,your Browning auto-5 shotgun was made by FN of Belguim for Browning in the year 1951. Mar 12, 2018 - FN M1922 'identity crisis. And the other is Browning FN M1922 Belgique. ALSO the serial number is out of the range of any list of serial.

I would keep it in a glass case and never fire it.' Apparently it's one of however many the Belgians made for the Nazis after the capture of FN, and it's got the little eagle-holding-swastika-with-numbers-underneath stamp in several places in addition to the serial numbers. So yeah, do y'all think this gun is worth collecting or can I shoot it? It's the first used gun I've bought, and the first one that looked collectible. It would also be the first one I got that I couldn't immediately go out and have fun with.

Any thoughts? **EDIT** Here's links to some photos, I can't figure out how to post pictures here directly. I'm particularly interested in what's in the third picture.

The eagle-holding-swastika is a bunch of places on the gun, but that similar symbol with the numbers underneath is only found there (although stamped several times). It doesn't bear any relation to the serial number that I can see. I recently aquired a Nazi WWII pistol for $150. I had it taken to a gunsmith to make sure the gun was functional, and when I got the gun back what I was told was something like this: 'This is an FN manufacture of the Browning 1922 in.32auto.

Everything's in great working order; it's rare to see one in such good condition and with so much of the original blue. It's also rare to find one with all-matching serial numbers like this one. I would keep it in a glass case and never fire it.' Apparently it's one of however many the Belgians made for the Nazis after the capture of FN, and it's got the little eagle-holding-swastika-with-numbers-underneath stamp in several places in addition to the serial numbers. So yeah, do y'all think this gun is worth collecting or can I shoot it? It's the first used gun I've bought, and the first one that looked collectible. It would also be the first one I got that I couldn't immediately go out and have fun with.

Any thoughts? Will have to look up the value once I get the Blue Book out of hiding.

$150 is a very good deal. Aren't terribly uncommon.are hard to find in excelent original shape.

Were a pretty popular gun before.during.and after the war. The nazi marking add to the value for WWI collectors.

Onwed two of them over the years. A pre-WWII commercial vesion and a post WWII that was marked as being issued by the British Occupation Zone. For a short time just after the war, had divided Germany into areas overseen by the major Allied powers (guess what happend for the next 50 years to the EASTERN section that the USSR got). They issued what they could to the civilian police. Persoanlly, I'd shoot it.I'd not CARRY the gun for protection as i just cannot trust a striker-fired pistol unless the chamber is empty.don't abuse it, keep it protected and the finish in the same shape it is now, and you won't lose any $ (unless something serial numbered breaks). Even if you do damage it in some way, will find it petty easy to get more $ out than you put in.