The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: bjtraz on March 15, 2012, 08:18:36 PM
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I've always wanted a HiPower, but the opportunity never presented itself until now. I am the proud owner of a 1973 "C" series.
(http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/bjtraz/BrowningHiPower2.jpg)
(http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/bjtraz/BrowningHiPower1.jpg)
(http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/bjtraz/BrowningHiPower7.jpg)
(http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/bjtraz/BrowningHiPower6.jpg)
(http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/bjtraz/BrowningHiPower5.jpg)
Brian
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Nice,
Has to be a good gun if it's a favorite of both sides in 2 seperate wars
favorite of the Germans British AND the IRA.
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I've never been a big 9mm fan but I have always wanted a High Power. They have to be one of the best feeling guns in the hand. Congrats and happy shooting you lucky SOB ;D
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Dayyum!!! That is nice.
I have a ca. 2000 Mk. III with plastic grips, etc. Wonderful shooter, and yes, they feel great in the hand.
Enjoy.
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The HiPower is the only 9mm I own (if you don't count the 9mm cylinder for my Old Model Blackhawk)It is a classic that has that "Just Right" feel in your hand.
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Very nice. (and thanks for the pics.)
I've always thought they were neat guns and a bit of history to go with them.
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if you have accuracy problems with it.... slug the barrel... my Belgian P35 two piece barrel slugged a full .357" ( not a typical .3555" for 9mm or .3565" for 38super)
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I've never been a big 9mm fan but I have always wanted a High Power. They have to be one of the best feeling guns in the hand. Congrats and happy shooting you lucky SOB ;D
+1
If I ever own a 9mm, I hope it is a Hi Power.
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Did you guys see the anniversery edition? I've never seen a better bluing job on a gun.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LnYMO2ALmI
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Always thought they were really cool. Very nice condition too! Congrat's.
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Nice gun...enjoy!
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Love the Hi Power. They do feel right in the hand. Have several, both .40 and an old 9 mm, probably made in the 50's for the Austrian Border Police I have been told. Like some others, it is the only 9 mm I have. I believe it was what JMB was working on when he died.
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Love the Hi Power. <snip> I believe it was what JMB was working on when he died.
So could one posit that JMB was designing something he throught was better than the 1911?
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So could one posit that JMB was designing something he throught was better than the 1911?
According to Wiki------yes. I have heard it elsewhere also.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Hi-Power
The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. It is based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal, Belgium. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized. The Hi-Power is one of the most widely used military pistols of all time,[3] having been used by the armed forces of over 50 countries.[1]
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Or was he just trying to make a buck designing something for the Belgiums without violating the 1911 patents?
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We'll never know but I've shot both and I still prefer the 1911 in my hand.
Unless you can see what he was working on in 1926, most of the design is attributed to Saive anyway!
The .45 was predicated by the War Department which is why even Luger developed a firearm to compete against the 1911!