Hello. Yes, the Hi Power remains my favorite all-around 9mm pistol...as it has for over 3 decades now.
who shoots a Hi-power?
One of my dads favorite firearms, I'll probably try to get him one for christmas this year.
Any one else a Hi-Power addict?
Any one else a Hi-Power addict?
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I have a hi-power and love it. One of the great guns of all time and a must for everyone's collection.
I have one but have never shot it. My grandfather gave it to me. He got it from a captured German in WWII during the battle of the bulge.
I have worked on several and they are nice guns they just don't do it for me.
Dan
I have worked on several and they are nice guns they just don't do it for me.
Dan
Dan Burwell said:I have one but have never shot it. My grandfather gave it to me. He got it from a captured German in WWII during the battle of the bulge.
My grandfather gave me a J.P. Sauer & Sohn (now part of SIG) Model 38H from about the same time period. 8)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauer_38H
I haven't fired it either, but my dad and I are planning on trying it eventually.
I have a Belgian-made FN that is a great shooter. Got it several years ago when the surplus Israeli FN's came in. One of my favorite 9mm's.
Im thinking about a charles dalay hi-power. A long time ago i had a hunarian hi-power it was a FEG PJK-9HP for a cheap gun it was pretty good. I hate that i sold it like a moron.
My pops has one that we take to the range occasionally. I don't know much about it. I do know that he liked the ones the Aussies carried in Vietnam (he's a Nam veteran) and traded for this one when he came home. It is a great gun, just feels right in the hand.
I have a Hungarian PJK-9HP FEG and its a super gun at ANY price. It has been 100% reliable since I bought it and it is the most accurate gun I have ever owned. The bluing on it it fantastic. The only criticism I have is that the hammer/sera combo seem a bit soft. I replaced them with Browning bits but for a 225.00 gun what more could you ask??
What is your definition of Hi-Power, like long range shooting? Please forgive my ignorance.
Morgan, it's a gun - I guess. I Google'd 9mm Hi-power in the Images category and a bunch of Browning Hi-Power pistol's popped up. Learn something new everyday. :idea:
I looked at them for a long time but could never convince myself to buy one because I have large hands and the grip was just too small. I finaly found a "Practical" model in 9mm that had the wraparound Pacmair (sp) grips. That got it big enough to be usable for me.
I replaced the horrible "long white stripe" sights with some tritium, yanked out the mag safety and worked on the sear to get a good trigger pull. And finally did a "gun plumber" hammer reduction to keep it from biting my hand.
The gun now runs like a spotted-ass ape. If I could find some way of getting a magwell on it to speed up reloads I would use it in competition.
It points great with 1911 ergos and controls.
Gringop
I replaced the horrible "long white stripe" sights with some tritium, yanked out the mag safety and worked on the sear to get a good trigger pull. And finally did a "gun plumber" hammer reduction to keep it from biting my hand.
The gun now runs like a spotted-ass ape. If I could find some way of getting a magwell on it to speed up reloads I would use it in competition.
It points great with 1911 ergos and controls.
Gringop
josh said:Morgan, it's a gun - I guess. I Google'd 9mm Hi-power in the Images category and a bunch of Browning Hi-Power pistol's popped up. Learn something new everyday. :idea:
Good Lord, they are pretty proud of those damned things... :wink: Thanks for the information.
I like hi-power. Will more then likely to get one sometime in the future.
To all those granpa gave u nice guns... Lucky u!
My granpa was captured in Tarawa in 1943(1 of 17 caputured. He NEVER used turm "surrender")
and spent the rest of war in POW camp in Australia...
POW usually don't get to bring any cool stuff home with them...
To all those granpa gave u nice guns... Lucky u!
My granpa was captured in Tarawa in 1943(1 of 17 caputured. He NEVER used turm "surrender")
and spent the rest of war in POW camp in Australia...
POW usually don't get to bring any cool stuff home with them...
I have a Mk1 P-35 Hi-Power, it's one of my favorites. Handles well, fits the hand nicely, one of the best, not the best, but ranks high, service pistols made.
josh said:Morgan, it's a gun - I guess. I Google'd 9mm Hi-power in the Images category and a bunch of Browning Hi-Power pistol's popped up. Learn something new everyday. :idea:
You kids didn't know what a Hi-Power is?
Good grief, next you'll say you don't know what a SAA or a Broom Handle is.......
It is one of the finest 9mm pistols ever made, IMHO.
i went to a local range with my father and uncle a few days back. i was shooting my M&P 9mm and my ruger Gp100, my father brought his old Model 10 .38 special. my uncle had a S&W .357 (not sure of the model #) and he had a Hi power. i was real impressed with the gun. it shot tight groups, was still tight after 25+ years as one of his service pistols in the FBI. I never really think of browning as a pistol manufacturer, but they have produced one fine pistol to me.
My dads first auto, brings back some good memoriesJester said:One of my dads favorite firearms, I'll probably try to get him one for christmas this year.
Any one else a Hi-Power addict?
Jester said:One of my dads favorite firearms, I'll probably try to get him one for christmas this year.
Any one else a Hi-Power addict?
I currently have 3: a FEG PJK-9HP clone, a Browning .40 and a FN 9mm. Love'em all. The FEG has had the mag disconnect removed as it was the only way to improve the gritty trigger. The Browning .40 has such a nice trigger with the disconnect in that I haven't had the need to remove it and the 9mm FN is smoothing out nicely with it still installed, too.
Only thing I've done to each is a set of Hogue wrap around grips.
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Mike
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