Inglis HP clone

Anyone have one? What do you think?

Are you asking about the High Power made by Ingrid or has someone made a clone of that pistol?

Kevin

Yes I have one. It’s more of an L9A1 clone than the Inglis from WW2. Made in Turkey. I think it’s excellent. Very happy with it.

The OP has me lost. Is he describing the Inglis pistols as clones, or is he looking for thoughts on modern clones of the Inglis pistols.

The Inglis HPs were not clones.

They were made under license.

I have the nickle version. I like but the rear sight was so loose I could take it off with two fingers with zero effort.

Glenn R. McMannly said:

The Inglis HPs were not clones.

They were made under license.

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LVSteve said:

The OP has me lost. Is he describing the Inglis pistols as clones, or is he looking for thoughts on modern clones of the Inglis pistols.

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StrawHat said:

Are you asking about the High Power made by Ingrid or has someone made a clone of that pistol?

Kevin

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Let’s separate a few issues here, so we are all on the same page.

1) John Inglis and Company made munitions and firearms including ammuniton, shells, Bren Guns and Hi Powers. They also made a range of other equipment and machinery including machinery for four of the Tribal Class destroyers.

This company however was eventually swallowed up by Whirlpool and is best known today as an appliance brand in Canada although I have seen Inglis appliances at Best Buy in the US. (And prices will jump with the proposed tariffs like other Whirlpool appliances made in Canada.)



2) The “Inglis Manufacturing making the Hi Power clones today is not the same company, in any way shape or form. They are just using the Inglis part of the name.



3) FN in Belgium was quickly over run by the Nazis who had them continue production. Nazi marked Hi Powers have long been suspect due to FN employees allegedly sabotaging them, however I’ve never encountered anyone who had first hand knowledge of a dangerous failure. I suspect any sabotage done at the time was of a nature to fail during or shortly after acceptance. Otherwise what was the point? But catastrophizers are gonna catastrophize.



4) Folks won’t like to hear it but the Inglis Hi Powers were reverse engineered clones. That’s an established fact. The only argument is whether Inglis obtained the half dozen FN made Hi Powers they used to reverse engineer the Hi Power directly from the Belgians or obtained these six Belgian FN made Hi Powers from China who had bought them previously from FN. The latter is the generally accepted version of events, and it makes sense as China was looking for a manufacturer for their tangent sight version.

The WWII Inglis Hi Powers did carry a Browning roll mark on the slide, but they were not licensed by FN.

The tooling that John Inglis and Company used during 1944-45 was later sold to Ishapore in India, and the current pistols are not made on original John Inglis and Company tooling.

The WWII Inglis Hi Powers used ANF rather than metric screws and while most parts are interchangeable with an FN Hi Power it’s not 100 percent compatible. The FEG P9 is interestingly a much better unlicensed copy that has 100 percent parts interchangeability with the pre Mk II Hi Power.

The Inglis Hi Powers were also somewhat crudely finished compared to the Nazi era FN Hi Powers which were still blued and had wood grips. The Inglis Hi Powers in contrast had parkerized finishes and synthetic grips. However, every one I have ever shot has been extremely reliable with ball ammo.

However, the Inglis Hi Powers had a dove tailed front sight on a shallow ramp, so they could be fitted with 1 of 4 different front sights from .125” to .165” in height to zero them in elevation and drift adjustable for windage. That feature was decades ahead of its time.

And of course the Inglis Hi Powers are often associated with the variant ordered by the Chinese with a tangent sight and a slot on the back strap for a stock. However they also made the regular version for Canadian and British forces - about 150,000 of them in 1944-45.



5) Aside from “Inglis Mfg” using the Inglis part of the name they have no connection to the WWII Inglis Hi Powers. As evidenced in this thread, that is at best confusing and at worst intentionally misleading by implying there is some kind of connection beyond resurrecting the “Inglis” portion of the name.



6) I don’t own one and have not shot one, but the new “Inglis Mfg” Hi Powers seem to be as well made as the other Turkish made Hi Power clones. I’d buy one. Particularly their color case hardened finished version.

BB57 said:

Let’s separate a few issues here, so we are all on the same page.
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2) The “Inglis Manufacturing making the Hi Power clones today is not the same company, in any way shape or form. They are just using the Inglis part of the name.



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5) Aside from “Inglis Mfg” using the Inglis part of the name they have no connection to the WWII Inglis Hi Powers. As evidenced in this thread, that is at best confusing and at worst intentionally misleading by implying there is some kind of connection beyond resurrecting the “Inglis” portion of the name.


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So, someone is using the Ingrid name to produce the HP pistol. Thank you for clearing that up for me.

Kevin

Looks like @BB57 covered all the bases.

Mine have seemed fine





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