Let`s see your Hi-Powers

[Mike1957]

Currently, I only have one.
It`s an FN, made during WWII under German occupation.

 

[Alpo]

Buenas Aires police gun. Belgian-made.

 

[lawandorder]

Here are a couple...............

2 Tone is tuned by John Gallagher, the blue one and I have had some adventures in close proximity.

 

[j38]

My one and only.

Jerry

 

[625smith]

Here is my Hi-Power made in 1977. This was my last gun of 2011.

 

[eTripper]

Fo

For anyone interested here are the stats on these two pistols.

[Top] El Capitan variant w/Hogue wrap-a-rounds.
[Bottom] Standard MkIII Hi-Power Silver-Chrome w/VZ grips

 

[hsguy]

How about an Inglis.

 

[LedFowl]

.40 Practical

 

[sipowicz]

82 Belgium. Looks like Jerry and I have the same tastes...

 

[rimfired]

1971 Belgian C series.

 

[45Wheelgun]

I have a couple "internal extractor" models.

One from 1962:

One pre-war:

 

[mkk41]

Plain wartime version with repro holster.

 

[Imshootin]

I'm down to one.

 

[IceCreamMan]

FN Buenos Aires Policia

 

[sonora]

Hi-Power

How does a Hi-Power compare with a Colt 1911? Sonora

 

[Alpo]

FN Buenos Aires Policia

Any idea when yours was made? Your number is some 4000 earlier than mine. All I've been able to find out is mine is pre-63, because of the internal extractor.

Also, does yours have a gouge in the left grip? I've wondered, since I got it, if there was some kind of plaque there, that was removed when it was surplused out. But I've never met anyone else with one to ask. If yours also has the gouge, then it makes my plaque theory plausible. If yours don't, then I've just got a buggered grip.

 

[IceCreamMan]

Any idea when yours was made? Your number is some 4000 earlier than mine. All I've been able to find out is mine is pre-63, because of the internal extractor.

Also, does yours have a gouge in the left grip? I've wondered, since I got it, if there was some kind of plaque there, that was removed when it was surplused out. But I've never met anyone else with one to ask. If yours also has the gouge, then it makes my plaque theory plausible. If yours don't, then I've just got a buggered grip.

I recently read 8,000 of these were sold by FN in 1961 to the Buenos Aires Police dept. Not sure if this is accurate but I would guess the guns mostly date to 61 or a year or two earlier. Anyone chime in here... My grips are not damaged but I don't think they are original.

 

[Alpo]

Like yours, mine says Police Province, BS Aires - 61, but I figgered that was like a police precinct, more than a date. My number is in the 6000s. I notice that yours is polished and blue. Mine is gray/green parkerized.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I have owned eight Browning HP's

I gave the MKIII .40 S&W at the top of the photo to our son for Christmas. The bottom is my 1973 model 9mm that I have owned since 1980.

 

[Dennis The B]

Here are mine; both in .40 S&W