The trials that led to the adoption of the 1891 Mauser and the subsequent formation of the FN conglomerate by the preeminent armsmakers of Liege in order to secure a contract to make those 1891s. Good grief, the man owns a 1926 FN car! If that’s not devotion to a subject, I don’t know what is (and it’s really cool!).Īnyway, the first half of the book is a tale of Belgian history and arms production. It would have been a savvy move to deliberately expound on the context of FN’s Mausers to make them more interesting (let’s be honest Mauser contract variations are not the most riveting subject in arms history), but I think the book took this path because of the author’s genuine passion for the subject and a desire to share that passion with others. What I found was an authentically engrossing history of Belgium, the Fabrique Nationale company, and the rifles it produced. ![]() When the book arrived and I cracked it open, I found something quite different. You know, the sort of thing that is essential for looking up details like the serial number range for a specific contract, or the sling swivel location on some specific nation’s version of a rifle. ![]() ![]() When I was waiting for my copy of Anthony Vanderlinden’s new book “FN Mauser Rifles” to arrive, I was expecting a typical sort of dry reference work.
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