Magazine ID help

[beenawhile]

I was going through a bunch if stuff and found these magazines and don't know what they are for.Only one of the first 3 is marked with an FN stamp. The nickel plated is marked Colt cal .25 and the largest is marked FN 7.65 and a .32 acp fits in it. Any ideas Calguns brain trust?

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[mtenenhaus]

i think it might be the FN Browning M1900 magazine

[beenawhile]

Looks like it


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[SkyHawk]

The gang of three look like Fn M1905 mags

The tall one looks like Fn 1922

The Colt mag looks like a Colt Junior

[beenawhile]

No mag release cutout like those

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[dfletcher]

No mag release cutout like those

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Heel magazine release.

Re the FN marked 7.65 - they aren't cheap.

The 3 little blued ones - I'm going with Baby Browning too. I have a few, measure's right & follower looks the same. Maybe they also work in a Colt 1908?

Re the 25 Colt marked, the Colt Junior uses a left grip side mounted release button, which corresponds with the cut on the lower right mag side.

[ojisan]

Yes on the three Colt 1908 Vest Pocket.

Look at Beretta 70 / 70S (.32 or .380 mag, feed lips don't look like .22 in your pic) or similar model for the one with the square catch hole at the right side lower rear.
Note that side holes and slots and things move around, are added or deleted even on genuine mags.
Add in aftermarket makers and the only thing you can really go on is overall shape and mag catch location.

[SkyHawk]

Yes on the three Colt 1908 Vest Pocket.

Would a Colt 1908 mag have a Fn logo

Maybe they also work in a Colt 1908?

Yes perhaps it would:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_M1905

The FN Model 1905 (from its patent date) or FN Model 1906 (in European countries due to its date of manufacture) was a pistol manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal from 1906 to 1959.[1]

It is virtually identical to the Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket

[beenawhile]

Thanks everyone! I will be googlin some things tonight

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[ojisan]

Would a Colt 1908 mag have a Fn logo



Yes perhaps it would:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_M1905

No, a Colt mag would not be marked FN.
But only one of the three has the FN mark.

Browning first went to FN with this design after Colt turned him down.
Then Colt wanted it so the appearance and some details were tweaked so FN's toes weren't stepped on too much.
Yes the mags are nearly identical.

I do find the OP's pic layout to be a bit difficult as he has more than one mag with the FN mark and nothing identifying which pic is what.
But he now has lots of good leads for his research.