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Re: Saw something new (FOR ME)
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2008, 03:03:53 PM »
I have looked at Hi Powers but never fired one. I'd like to own onethough. Trouble is I'm always attracted to the more sleek, new looking stuff. That's probably dumb.
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Re: Saw something new (FOR ME)
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2008, 08:58:07 PM »
Not dumb, you just know what you like.  I am the opposite, and like the older designs.  I have one H-power in .40 S&W and one in 9mm.  Like the both, however, the .40 trigger bits my finger.
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Re: Saw something new (FOR ME)
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2008, 09:21:49 PM »
When the .40 S&W was new I heard that the High Power was the only 9mm that could handle it without a major re-design. They didn't call it a High Power for nothing. A new barrel and mag were supposed to be the main things it needed. Some of the other 9mms needed to have bigger heavier slides to handle the .40 caliber.
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Re: Saw something new (FOR ME)
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2008, 06:16:06 AM »
Hey, Frank. Are you saying that there are replacement barrels and mag for the Hi Power that will convert it to .40S&W??
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Re: Saw something new (FOR ME)
« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2008, 09:02:24 AM »
I've always wanted one of those Browning High Power Captain models with the tangent rear sight. In .40 caliber.  8)
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Re: Saw something new (FOR ME)
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Re: Saw something new (FOR ME)
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2008, 05:46:24 PM »
Quote from: DDMack on September 21, 2008, 06:16:06 AM
Hey, Frank. Are you saying that there are replacement barrels and mag for the Hi Power that will convert it to .40S&W??
Mac.

No. Just that it was easy for the factory to convert them without redesigning the gun. From what I read every other 9mm pistol went back to the drawing board but the High Power could already handle the pressure generated by the .40 S&W. It didn't need to be beefed up but all the others did.
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Re: Saw something new (FOR ME)
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2008, 06:58:54 PM »
So did HiPower they went from forged frame's to stronger cast frame's because of the 40S&W.
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Re: Saw something new (FOR ME)
« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2008, 07:22:50 PM »
Most people say forgings are stronger but some people say castings are stronger. They all say castings are cheaper to make so that's why they did it.
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Re: Saw something new (FOR ME)
« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2008, 09:22:06 PM »
 Source Hi Power & Handgun's see for your self.
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