FN 1900 History: Easter Rising 1916

[81police]

This FN 1900 was seized by British forces during the Easter rising in Dublin in 1916. Irish Republicans were obviously in need of firearms to continue their fight and this particular rifle shows their desperation in trying to acquire anything, sporting or military, to put into service. It's not known the degree of use this FN had in combat, if any, but it was captured and subsequently ended up at the Imperial War Museum where it still resides today.

A very interesting piece of FN 1900 history.

[In The Ten Ring]

I love weapons with history.

[Roger]

Hey Cameron,
How very cool this rifle and story are. Thanks for sharing.
Roger

[81police]

I've inquired for more information from the museum, particularly the serial number. I'll post whatever they give me here!

[Hardrada55]

Very interesting historically significant firearm. I would love to know the circumstances of the capture.

[ikuturso]

Great find, sir!

Seems to be in a nice condition, too. That was really a state-of-the-art rifle back in 1916. I wonder how many of those are still hidden in some IRA caches.

I guess if they ever had any more of them, someone would have written a catchy song about it, rather like the Armalite Song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsokPP-yQcg

Cheers,