Let's see your Hi-Power...I know your out there

[lrb1200]

Picked this one up new very shortly before Browning
announced they were dropping production.

After some lengthy waits on spring and trigger gunsmithing
it is close to perfection.

Decided it needs a cosmetic upgrade, and asked the "forum"
for grip suggestions.

A lot of great suggestions from great people.

Overwhelmingly it was Spegel...Spegel...Spegel.
I'm now on his waiting list. It's going to be a long wait.

But, member Bro.Dave steered me to BH Spring Solutions...Nice.

So interum while I wait for Spegel, it wears a beautiful set of
"in stock" grips from BH Spring Solutions.

Many thanks to Bro.Dave.

 

[lihpster]

Nice! Those are some sweet looking placeholders! Officially jealous.

 

[growr]

Would love to show you my 69 C series Hi Power, but it is in prison with the FBI. You see, it was stolen last May and recovered in December just before Christmas on a reservation here in Montana.

They have to send it to Quantico for ballistics testing, because it is a Federal case I don't expect to see it back for 25-30 years if ever.

Randy

 

[Lonestar57]

I got a few.

 

[Kurusu]

Only got this one. Early post war E series.

 

[mckenney99]

A post war model, 2 - 9mm's customized by Novak's and a Novak's custom 40 S&W.

 

[CLASSIC12]

I have currently two. A 1952 with some scars which I bought really cheap

And a 1979 capitan with shoulder stock / holster which was quite expensive

A third one is patiently waiting at the LGS for the permit. It was built in 1943, under the German occupation

 

[windypoint]

Thanks for reminding me to pull it out and give a coat of Renn Wax. Here is my 69C.

 

[Kurusu]

Thanks for reminding me to pull it out and give a coat of Renn Wax. Here is my 69C.

What I need is take mine to the range.

 

[Bro. Dave]

This highly engraved specimen is about the only HP I don't plan to shoot. I have several others, including a couple with the "thumbprint"

 

[Bill Bates]

I picked this mid 1970 C-Series Hi-Power up a few years ago. I love it!

 

[Jimmyjones]

My Mark III, I also have a Kareen and FEG DA/SA w/ decocker.

 

[jdlii]

I have a cousin to one of Lonestar57's BHPs.

They were, as I recall, originally referred to as a "Combat HP," came from the factory with "pachyderm" grips and a satin nickel finish.

 

[LEO918]

Here are my two. A C-series from 1969 and a shooter/carry gun from 1956.

 

[Bro. Dave]

jdlii - I have one of those, as well, and was told they were hard chrome rather than nickel (at least from the factory).

The two tone with hard chrome frame/black slide version was called the Practical.

 

[Moo Moo]

Here's my Mk 3 that I purchased secondhand in 2016.

 

[Nedroe]

A Ciener .22 conversion unit on an alloy frame with Crimson Trace grips

an FM DETECTIVE model

Another alloy frame

I have 2 more FM's around here somewhere.

Enjoy your weekend.
Ned

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Just drooling. I have mostly Smiths, but I have wanted one of these for a while. Now is not the time. I tried to trade some ammo for one, but dealer kept his new price= -high even by current standards - and had me at the old ammo price, but not me. I cannot blame him as someone may well give him his price these days. I have Stephan Camp's excellent Hi-Power book, does that count? Asking price for a Belgian made 9mm is $2,000 and up here now.

 

[gunsnrovers]

A couple of Canadian Inglis HP's, a Practical, a MkII and and FN MkIII. They're a bit addictive.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I purchased this one for my high school graduation in 1972 for $114.00 New in soft case. I changed the small sights to adjustable. Still sleeps in the soft case.....All I shot then were handloads and Lee's GREAT SUPER_VEL ammo.

 

[jack the toad]

I've liked them forever but never owned that many. This being the only current one I have but is configured to my liking and seems to shoot as well as any HP I recall having. For $200, I couldn't say no.

 

[gunsnrovers]

Would love to show you my 69 C series Hi Power, but it is in prison with the FBI. You see, it was stolen last May and recovered in December just before Christmas on a reservation here in Montana.

They have to send it to Quantico for ballistics testing, because it is a Federal case I don't expect to see it back for 25-30 years if ever.

Randy

Don't give up hope. Back in 1991 when I was in San Diego, my coworker Jack was the victim of a home invasion and they got almost all his collection including all his Colt SAA's.

Two of the idiots in the robbery got into an argument later that evening and they shot each other. The guy with Jack's S&W 422 .22 killed the guy with Jack's WWII Ithaca 1911. Shot placement matters...

The Ithaca was recovered later in the year with the serial # partially ground down, but still mostly legible. It was identified and the ATF issued a new serial # which was done by a local gun shop. The gun was returned in less than 2 years. A couple of guns popped up over time including his 2" Model 19 that was recovered all the way across the country in NY and returned with a nasty NYPD evidence # engraved into the frame. None of the really good stuff ever came back.

 

[Lonestar57]

jdlii - I have one of those, as well, and was told they were hard chrome rather than nickel (at least from the factory).

The two tone with hard chrome frame/black slide version was called the Practical.

The finish on those are actually called Silver Chrome although it is in reality Hard Chrome as are with the Practical's frames.

Also, if you look at the second one on my post those are noted as Nickel by the Browning Company but it's really Electroless Nickel. Note the goldish tint as compared to the first one in the pic which is an after market Nickel plated finished FN.

Browning did offer a Hi Power in Nickel called the Centennial 1878 - 1978 Commemorative.

 

[dr. mordo]

I have three.

A Mk II that has been my daily carry gun for a few years now. I got this gun for a song literally a few days before production was stopped and the prices skyrocketed. The trigger was tuned by a previous owner and it had a lot of miles on it when I got it, though I have put many more miles on it since I got it. It wears Altamont stocks, which are the slimmest I have found. I shoot it better than any other gun I own and simply love it.

I have a Mk III that I had to mess with a bit to get the trigger dialed in. My last range trip it ran like a top and the trigger is much better than when I got it. It had a good bit of damage when I got it, which dropped the price quite a bit. These are Navidrex grips, which are pretty good and the guy who makes them seems very cool.

I don't have any pics of my third, but it's one of the aluminum frame versions. It has some issues and needs some love from a HP smith.

 

[Buford57]

Think I have enough magazines for a trip to the cell phone store?

 

[JH1951]

Belgian occupation production.....

 

[jjmIII_Ruger]

Import special...

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Standard late model BHP Belgium/Portugal - with custom stocks:

BHP replica/Kareen - from Israel

The BHP with the new grips and the Kareen with the BHP's original grips because I didn't like the Pachmayrs:

I make no bones about not liking 1911-style guns, they do nothing for me, but BHPs, I like'em, can't explain it.

I won't carry one but that's a different story. For starters, they're too big for my style of concealed carry.

 

[Sistema1927]

Hipowers? Here is an Israeli FN along with an FEG:

And here is Tisas that I have done considerable work on:

 

[Bro. Dave]

Sistema1927
I see that SFS in your Tisas! I have SFS in my EDC Hi-Power and am a big fan of the system.