And now it's mine; as soon as my order was confirmed, it went to "out of stock".

who milled your slide for Heinie sights?
What did they charge if you don't mind

VERY good info

Handgunsandammo HP Forum

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Get one. It will not stay lonely for Long.

Avoid internal extractor  models except for collecting.

Adj sight models, Mark II, Mark III have good sights.

C series VERY recommended!

Mec Gar mags feed HP´s even in older guns!

Get the  MecGar 13 and 20 rounders. The 15 are the 13´s, with a flimsier floor plate.

Enjoy!

Hermann

I like the .40.
The BHP version is rare.  I like that, too.
Willing to give it a shot someday.
Appreciate your input, thank you.

When I first got 'into' guns, in 1992, a manager at a restaurant I was having lunch at saw I was reading a 'gun magazine'.
He came up and introduced himself, I told him I was a raw-assed rookie to the world of firearms, and he told me, "Get a Browning Hi-Power and don't look back!"
I now realize the wisdom of his comment...

Was this deal advertised in a email notification?  I didn't see it.

Accurate Armory in Lexington, KY did the sights and cerakote.  I fit the C&S ignition parts.  Cost?  It would be best to contact Keith at Accurate Armory for this info.  

The Heinie require more machining, but I do not like the sight picture of Novaks, so it was worth it.

I bought the one above and liked it so much, I got another to keep as stock.



These are not part of AIMs recent offerings, I got both of these from somewhere in Tennessee better than a year ago.

Google it. I disconnected mine only to hook it back up again, i am a weird bastard.

Start here: Removing BHP Magazine safety pictoral thread

Local guy I use for all my work.  I want to say the sights were 75 or so and he charged maybe 50 to mill and install.  It was a pretty simple job.  I know the total bill was under 150 but I can't remember how much.  He also install the C&S safety a couple of years ago.  I don't think he especially enjoyed that project.

Great gun. I shoot a Beretta. But a Hi-Power (and CZs, because of my brother) does interest me.

Good pistols. Accurate. But the barrel life is pretty short. I've heard as low as 10k. Be weary of that, if the gun will be a serious shooter. I've heard that the cast frame Mk. III guns are better about it. But I'm not sure by how much.

Even with the best trigger work in the world, the trigger still has a barely tangible reset.

AIM has one of the alloy frames still in stock.

http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?groupid=866&name=FN+%28Belgium%29+Hi+Power+9mm+w%2f+RARE+Alloy+Frame

Perfect reason to get a KKM or Bar sto

Nice collection!

Can't just have 1!



And while Aim is good check out Coles:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Semi-Auto-Pistols/BI.aspx?Sort=4&IncludeSellers=2621012

Tip, remove the mag safety and replace the trigger spring with a 2 coil wolf spring = a nice trigger pull with a good reset:
Stock No. 15071 - Standard Power - 2 coil design
http://www.gunsprings.com/Semi-Auto%20Pistols/BROWNING/1935%20%28HI%20POWER%29/cID1/mID3/dID5#52
Note older Hi Powers had 2 coil trigger springs.

And I've wanted one since I first saw Beverly Hills Cop when I was a kid.  Finally got one last year from Coles.

I carry my T Series regularly, when resting my Wilson 1911. It had an idiot scratch when I bought it and I'm a terrible collector anyway, so it gets plenty of range time and carry time. Great balance and my hands aren't real beefy, so hammer bite has never been an issue for me. For me it's easy to carry concealed and a joy to shoot.

I like Glock 9mms and would have no problem carrying one, but I just can't move away from a Hi Power.

Excellent sight for Hi-Power information.


http://hipowersandhandguns.com/

 

The largest flush fit HP magazines that MEC-GAR makes is a 15 round,they also make 20's but they extend past the grip by about an inch.




 
 

Neither of which changes the fact that BHPs are hard on the barrel lugs. I've heard of multiple match barrels (Bar-Sto) breaking at 15k or less.

British Trooper in Afghanistan.

second greatest handgun ever made...greatest in 9mm...

We're not good at spotting royals on this side of the pond.

lol

MOAR pics!

Moar pics?

Okay- here's the 1961-ish FN marked BHP I just picked up from Cole's. This is a project gun, and after the minor pitting on the right side of the slide is stoned out, will either be professionally hot blued, or Cerakoted in midnight blue. (Have not yet decided which.)

There's just something about those internal extractor models that I love...

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(PS- this thing is definitely the best-shooting Hi-Power I have had yet!)

How long ago did you get that from Cole's?

I keep looking at his auctions and thinking about grabbing a second Hi Power.... even though my first one hasn't even arrived at my FFL.

It arrived this past Friday (after a slight delay from my FFL dealer.) If you are looking for a affordably-priced Hi-Power, you simply cannot go wrong with Cole's.

First Let me tell you where I'm coming from in regard to the Browning Hi-Power. I was a proud owner of a Mark II, the late '80s upgraded model of the original Hi-Power with the ambidextrous thumb safeties, nylon grips, 3-dot sights, and throated barrel. I had the gun 'smithed by none other than the renowned Jim Garthwaite in the mid 90's.
So, while I no longer own that gun, I feel very qualified to comment on the BHP and some of it's severe limitations.
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The Pro's

The grip feel and pistol profile are excellent. It has a nearly universal gripframe size and shape that can work with many different user hand sizes.

The guns are usually highly reliable out of the box. Highly. Good magazine design and newer guns digest most hollowpoints.

Easy takedown.

Accuracy tends to be good but not great.

Cons

Weak barrel lug prone to shearing which is why the guns have a 2-piece barrel. It is actually a strengthening measure to use a steel with opposing grain structure from the tube. This is why Bar-Sto aftermarket barrels are also two piece.

Lame ass trigger-Perfectly adequate for a combat pistol but hard to refine for precision shooting. The entire trigger linkage on the BHP is an abomination unto the eyes of the Lord. Depending on which book of the Apocrypha you believe, it's either an evil Frog meddling with JMB's design, or a near-death JMB having to design around his own patents. Not even Pedersen ever designed a linkage so Byzantine!

Slide and frame tend to loosen quickly and because of the sear linkage system; you will see or feel the slide move when you pull the trigger. Its a fact of the design.
A frame rail insert system would benefit the P-35.

No steady diet of +P ammo in the BHP. Seriously.
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I'm sorry if I hurt some feelings here. I don't mean to denigrate the Hi Power; it is very much a viable defensive pistol, especially by those willing to dedicate sufficient training time on it. At the current Hi Power street price point of the upper $800s to over $1,000, and the virtually mandated immediate action job to get rid of the inordinately heavy, gritty triggerpulls; means the BHP up front cost is more than you initially bargain for.

I liked the BHP for many years, but now I moved on. Moved on to what you ask? Something in the tupperware aisle? No! John Moses Browning's other design, the 1911 in 9mm

Thanks for the info.

I'm okay with a $250 hi power, $150 sights, $100 paint, & $150 internals

Bump for more pictures while many of us wait for our BHPs to arrive.

I wouldn't fire very much +P in a MK1 / II steel frame or Alloy frame Hi Power. Should have no problems shooting +P in the post 93 cast frame MKIII Hi Powers as FN switched to cast frames specifically to handle 40 SW ammo which is a +P round.

Really how much +P ammo does the average non-LEO shooter shoot? A mag of a defensive ammo once a year?
The majority of my 9mm shooting is cheap FMJ.

I shoot a mag or two of commercial defensive ammo per handgun/mag/box of ammo combo. Once it has been tested, the rest doesn't get shot until it starts showing its age.

Reloaded 9mm 115gr JHP.... thousands and thousands and thousands per year.

I've had a few....  My current one.

Duck You Sucker.........wildly underrated and unknown movie.

If you have large hands like I do the Hi Power will draw blood with a nasty hammer bite.

I've heard that it was John Browning's favorite (and last) design.

The Hi Power as we know it was mainly the work of JMB's son Val and Dieudonne Saive. JMB's original Grand Rendement concept was a very different pistol - it was striker-fired.

Hello

My name is BWood

I am a Hi Power addict.

I currently have three Hi Powers

I thought that by coming here...I would be able to face my problem.  I was wrong.  

I need to buy more now....

thanks to the OP for me sliding down this slope

pichers!





 

My favorite pistol.  Mag release safety removed, feed ramp improved, upgraded spring set, and trigger job.  It makes one hole.  Unbelievably controllable in rapid fire, and I can put about 10 out of 13 on a paper plate at 50 yards in less than 10 seconds.  Welcome to the club.

Just another equal to me.  Men are just men in the US.

Other archived threads on my Hi Power:

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_5_39/121480_What_a_difference_new_springs_make_.html

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_49/363394_BHP_Main_Spring___ETA__I_caved.html

You will find out that the magazine safety creates a horrible trigger pull.  And if your slide to frame fit is loose, as you pull the trigger the mechanism will raise the slide up as you fire.  Mine was accurate, fed reliably and was bought used.  Traded it for some furniture, never looked back. ymmv

P7s AND BHPs????

The Canadians still use them in AFG. I was pretty happy to see that. Awesome pistol.