Looks like the good one...... I've had a couple over the years ....... went away after I got my first real Browning HP MkIII wish I'd kept them!!!!!
Any love for Hi-Power clones?
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Grayfox
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I got it for $325 OTD.
Unfortunately, due to weather and other things, I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet.
Hoping to get it to the range soon.
daglockman
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I got it for $325 OTD.
Unfortunately, due to weather and other things, I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet.
Awesome!! Thanks for the replies!!! I wanted to throw that price up there to get a feel for it also. I would guess that it is a fair to a good deal on the piece I am looking at. ( I wanted to offer him the same $325 OTD) He stated it definitely woks, but when he picked it up, he shortly afterwards found a great deal on a Browning, and then another apparently, and the FEG just sits in the safe. He is cleaning out this and a few SKS's, Nagant's ( rifles and revolvers), and other WW2 odds and ends that he has bought and put into his safe along the way. I know I am not guilty of doing such things.....
Thanks you very much for the replies and please keep them coming!!
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"Please don't gush about beautiful Brownings and Nighthawk Custom HP's. Everyone knows how nice they are. I'm talking pedestrian hardware here."
Ted Yost or Don Williams will actually increase the value of your Hi Power if you send it to them, especially Yost. Nighthawks are great 1911's, but the Hi Power is overpriced and over rated. I compared one right next to my 69 "T" series when I bought it and my "T" had a much better trigger and fit and finish. Nighthawks don't get a lot of respect in the Browning world. However, several clones do get a lot of respect! I don't have any clones, but have learned from the guys that have both, don't put down some of the clones until you handle one! Respect much.
Ted Yost or Don Williams will actually increase the value of your Hi Power if you send it to them, especially Yost. Nighthawks are great 1911's, but the Hi Power is overpriced and over rated. I compared one right next to my 69 "T" series when I bought it and my "T" had a much better trigger and fit and finish. Nighthawks don't get a lot of respect in the Browning world. However, several clones do get a lot of respect! I don't have any clones, but have learned from the guys that have both, don't put down some of the clones until you handle one! Respect much.
Sistema1927
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I have three Hi-Powers, an FN Mk III, an FEG, and a Tisas BR9.
The FN and FEG were both Israeli surplus. The Tisas (stainless) is brand new. I have done extensive work on all three. The FN and Tisas were both converted to SFS. All three have had the mag disconnectomy. All springs were replaced. The FEG received an ambi safety as well as a new hammer and sear. Extractors have been replaced on all three. Tisas wears the original three dot signts, FN now wears XS Big Dot, and the FEG still has the pre-Mark II tiny sights. Because of sights the FEG is relegated to range duty, but I am comfortable carrying either the FN or the Tisas for self-defense.
The finish on the FN is very nice, but the FEG is pretty sorry in the blueing department. The FEG is going to receive the Oxpho blue treatment just as soon as I find some spare time.
The FN and FEG were both Israeli surplus. The Tisas (stainless) is brand new. I have done extensive work on all three. The FN and Tisas were both converted to SFS. All three have had the mag disconnectomy. All springs were replaced. The FEG received an ambi safety as well as a new hammer and sear. Extractors have been replaced on all three. Tisas wears the original three dot signts, FN now wears XS Big Dot, and the FEG still has the pre-Mark II tiny sights. Because of sights the FEG is relegated to range duty, but I am comfortable carrying either the FN or the Tisas for self-defense.
The finish on the FN is very nice, but the FEG is pretty sorry in the blueing department. The FEG is going to receive the Oxpho blue treatment just as soon as I find some spare time.
Very good. I spent about $30 more for mine OTD including with taxes, shipping & fees. Yours is in better shape.I got it for $325 OTD.
Unfortunately, due to weather and other things, I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet.
Tell me more about your version of the "Oxpho Blue treatment".
Mine needs some finish rescue too, and the standard application of Oxpho Blue doesn't seem to be all that durable. Do you do something special beyond the standard application?
Picked up a nice surplus Israeli FN Mk III years back which has done EDC duty from time to time. I much prefer it to a Glock. Earlier this year I got a Tisas clone, removed the mag disconnect,fitted a C&S safety and Uncle Mikes Spegel-type grips. Surgery put me on the beach for a while, but the Tisas seems to have a future as a practice understudy to the Mk. III. I have heard of some extractor problems on the Tisas but allegedly there is a fix for it.
I DO like BHPs.
I DO like BHPs.
Sistema1927
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Nothing special, just trying to make it look better than it presently is.
I'm a fan.
Here's a Kareen that I bought because my local gun pusher offered it at a price that I couldn't refuse:
A $300 gunbroker FEG that I purchased so I could try my hand at slow rust blue on a semi-auto. I ended up replacing a fair amount of the internals as well:
Here's a Kareen that I bought because my local gun pusher offered it at a price that I couldn't refuse:
A $300 gunbroker FEG that I purchased so I could try my hand at slow rust blue on a semi-auto. I ended up replacing a fair amount of the internals as well:
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