16 LIFE SIZE GUN MODELS USED TO MAKE HOLSTERS

FRANCE - 1980s EA/FR/0039
https://europearchive.eu/country-index/france/

The company that made the holsters with these models may well be the same company that made the guns they were for: The Fabrique National Herstal, also known as FN Herstal or FN. And so far, not known as ‘F’. This Belgian arms manufacturer from Herstal, near Liège, was founded in 1889 and has been owned by the government of Wallonia since 1997. It’s the largest exporter of small caliber firearms and associated ammunition in Europe. Everything from short range weapons to airborne fixed forward-firing solutions. Not really the kind of folks who like seeing their gun models disappear at a flea-market…

16 LIFE SIZE GUN MODELS USED TO MAKE HOLSTERS

FRANCE - 1980s EA/FR/0039
https://europearchive.eu/country-index/france/

The company that made the holsters with these models may well be the same company that made the guns they were for: The Fabrique National Herstal, also known as FN Herstal or FN. And so far, not known as ‘F’. This Belgian arms manufacturer from Herstal, near Liège, was founded in 1889 and has been owned by the government of Wallonia since 1997. It’s the largest exporter of small caliber firearms and associated ammunition in Europe. Everything from short range weapons to airborne fixed forward-firing solutions. Not really the kind of folks who like seeing their gun models disappear at a flea-market…