FEG Factory References and Informations

[vlim]

Hi, this is 2256. Without model designation, without Hungarian proofs but with German proofs and Kettner marking. Proof date is KA = 1990.

[vlim]

And this is 9693, with the model band and Hungarian proofs.

9693 and 9695 were officially imported in Holland.

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[ToddSig]

Mar 24, 2022 13:40:09 GMT -5 vlim said:

Very interesting information and thank you for sharing it. I have been following and studying the Mauser FEGs for over a decade.

My small contribution is that the first batch of Mauser DA pistols did not have the Mod. 90 DA model on the slide. Furthermore these pistols have no Hungarian proofs but German commercial proofs and a Kettner (Kett) dealer marking. The 1991 and later DA pistols are proofed in Hungary.

I recently bought a 80 SA sports pistol. 1994 German proof. Delighted to find that FEG made these too.

Welcome to HPC Vlim. Beczel has posted some great information and FEG collectors have really benefited from his research and documentation.
 
I am interested in the Mauser 80 SA Sport, could you post a few images? I have a couple of SA80s in my collection, but interested in seeing the Sports model.

[beczl]

Mar 25, 2022 8:15:44 GMT -5 ToddSig said:

Mar 24, 2022 13:40:09 GMT -5 vlim said:

Very interesting information and thank you for sharing it. I have been following and studying the Mauser FEGs for over a decade.

My small contribution is that the first batch of Mauser DA pistols did not have the Mod. 90 DA model on the slide. Furthermore these pistols have no Hungarian proofs but German commercial proofs and a Kettner (Kett) dealer marking. The 1991 and later DA pistols are proofed in Hungary.

I recently bought a 80 SA sports pistol. 1994 German proof. Delighted to find that FEG made these too.

Welcome to HPC Vlim. Beczel has posted some great information and FEG collectors have really benefited from his research and documentation.
 
I am interested in the Mauser 80 SA Sport, could you post a few images? I have a couple of SA80s in my collection, but interested in seeing the Sports model.

Yeah, I'm interested as well. I never saw a Mauser 80 SA Sport. Even Hungarian museums doesn't own any.

I have only a few pics.





It is really odd, because standard FÉG P9L use different barrel extension, like this:

[ToddSig]

I would love to get an FEG P9L sport model. Hard to come by. The sight on the FEG almost looks like a Bomar, much nicer than the flimsy sheet metal sight on the Hi Power GP Competition.

[beczl]

FÉG bought 1.000 pcs of LPA sights from Italy in 1980 for their P9C Capitan/Competition pistols which were not very successful. And after 100 pcs their production was ceased.

The remaining 900 pcs was used for their P9L Long/Sport version, but it was not enough for a 10.000 pistols. Só FÉG started to copy the original Italian sights. It can be distinguished by the original Italian ones because the FÉG version marks had not white-colored. They produced approx. 20.000 pcs LPA sight and a lot of remain at FÉG as spare. Starting from 1992 you can buy it in the FÉG shop for a bargain

[vlim]

My sports version is identical to the one on Laszlo's post above.

The original Hungarian proof on the trigger guard is carefully milled away. Replacement proofs are 1993 dated Ulm ones.

Interestingly many small parts carry the last 3 digits of the serial number.

I suspect they were built by a German gun smith using donor guns from regular 80 SA production.

[vlim]

Some auction photos, courtesy of Hermann Historica.

Added some detail shots of numbered parts and the recoil spring guide. 

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[vlim]

The details.

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[vlim]

Part 2. And some playful extentions, non-disruptive. 

[beczl]

Thank you, very usefull!

[alias]

Hi Laszlo and everyone. Pretty new to the site. Wow what an amazing write up, wealth of information that could have easily be written into a book. Hope I’m not too late to the forum. Picked this FP9 back a little over a year ago at a LGS purely out of curiosity. Have always been a BHP fan but have always stuck to the genuine BHP and never a clone until I saw this FP9, didn’t even know it was called an FP9 until today. Correct me if I’m wrong but according to what I’ve just read here, mine is an FP9 V3 produced in 1983.

[beczl]

Yes, I can confirm it was produced in 1983.

[alias]

So a few three months back I ran across this FN High Power on Simpson Ltd.  Looking at the serial number, F13555, it’s obviously an FP9 V3 produced in 1983 with the FN Herstal roll mark.  I know that there are counterfeit standard BHP out there by FEG as confirmed by Laszlo but didn’t think they’d done them on the FP9.

What surprises me most is that Simpson Ltd advertised it as a FN High Power.  You’d think their experts would know that FN has never produced anything like that.

The item has since been sold but the link to the gun is still working.

simpsonltd.com/fn-high-power-c48441/

[beczl]

I already saw a few FÉG variant with same roll mark. FÉG produced so many fake FN pistols. Some of them are for a purpose, like counterfeit Brownings, and some of them are 'just for fun' for the factory workers.






Some of their 'toy' gun was used by the factory workers to practice shooting in the FÉG factory shooting range. It had no marks except a 11 mm high FÉG mark on the slide left.