Developed in 1902 and also known as the "War Model", the 1903 was a John Browning design that found military and police buyers, both contract and private purchase, across much of Europe, seeing active use into the 1940s and even during a brief window in the 1980s as a Swedish stopgap between the emergency retirement of the Lahti pistol and the acceptance of the Glock. As was the style of the time, a shoulder stock was optional, though with a novel mounting method; two rail slots are cut into the bottom of the grip frame, and the stock slides onto the bottom, acting as an extended magazine well for a long magazine. The magazine serves as a reinforcement for the stock, giving a significantly more rigid mounting that many other stocked pistols. Blade and notch sights, with the two line FN address and Browning patent marks on the left side of the slide, Belgian proofs on the slide, barrel and frame, and a pair of checkered FN-marked grips, properly shortened to accommodate the rails. The underside of the slide is numbered to match the frame, as is the underside of the barrel and the blued steel mounting iron of the stock. The stock interior is cut to accommodate the pistol, a magazine (both normal and extended will fit) and a cleaning rod. Two magazines, one each of the standard "pistol" length and extended "carbine" lengths, are included, as is a blued steel cleaning rod.

Excellent, with 95% original blue overall, showing some dings on the rear of the slide and frame, edge wear and mild handling marks. The grips are fine, with some red residue in the checkering and mild scuffs, and the refinished stock is fine with cracking in the wrist, most of the refinished blue remaining on the hardware, and mild dents and scratches overall. Mechanically excellent.