Archive for FN

Filling a Niche: FN's Early Side-by-Sides

Best known for producing the John Browning-designed Auto-5 semi-automatic and Superposed over-under shotguns, Belgium’s Fabrique Nationale also made side-by-side double guns. And they had nothing to do with John Browning.

October 01, 2013

The FNX Trio of Service Pistols

The FNX trio of service pistols allows concealed-carry in either single- or double-action mode.

February 21, 2013

Two Guns in One? FN's FNS

The FNS will hit the mark with value-conscious shooters who demand a quality service pistol.

February 21, 2013

Buy an FN Firearm and Get Free Ammo

FNH-USA kicks off summer with a bang: Buy a select model of FNH-USA pistol, rifle or carbine and the company will reimburse you up to $150 for ammunition.

June 21, 2011

FN FNP45 Pistol Review

FN FNP45 Pistol Review

October 05, 2010

FN SCAR Approved for Full Scale Production

U.S. Special Operations Command approves SCAR MK 16, MK 17 and MK 13 grenade launcher for full scale military production.

August 17, 2010

Making the M240 and the M249

Making the M240 and the M249

July 19, 2010

Making the M16A2

Making the M16A2

July 19, 2010

FNH USA Statement Regarding SCAR Program

SOCOM's recent cancelation of the Mark 16 SCAR program prompted questions regarding the 5.56 mm version of the rifle.

July 02, 2010

SOCOM Cancels SCAR

The on-again, off-again SCAR program run by the U.S. Special Forces is off again. After several starts, the rumor-plagued program, which resulted in FN of Belgian being awarded a contract to produce two versions of the Special Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR), has been cancelled.

June 28, 2010

How To Crash A Media Party

Welcome to Las Vegas! The SHOT Show got underway today, the annual convention of gun dealers, manufacturers, distributors, importers, exporters and anyone remotely connected to the firearms trade. There will be about 40,000 of us descending on the town that Obama reviled for its excess.

January 19, 2010

Trench Sweepers

Brownings and Rubys Pistols in the Great War

June 04, 2009

World War I Pistols: Trench Sweepers

Elite Belgian and French “trench sweepers” used Browning-designed FN and Colt pistols in the perilous job of clearing the trenches of World War I battlefields.

May 12, 2009