Hipower, info sourced.
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Certainly an early High Power, possibly pre ww2
I am not expert enough to say
Barrel has the squared off locking lug so if prewar, just - that change was made just before the war started
Grip panels look odd to me?
Nice gun - why is it in pieces?
For reference, here is my 4 digit pre-war
(I really need to take some better pictures)
and a link to the highpower forum I used to frequent and rec'd some info about my gun...
http://www.handgunsandammunition.com/hi-power-forum/4669-how-date-older-high-power-pistol.html
I am not expert enough to say
Barrel has the squared off locking lug so if prewar, just - that change was made just before the war started
Grip panels look odd to me?
Nice gun - why is it in pieces?
For reference, here is my 4 digit pre-war
(I really need to take some better pictures)
and a link to the highpower forum I used to frequent and rec'd some info about my gun...
http://www.handgunsandammunition.com/hi-power-forum/4669-how-date-older-high-power-pistol.html
I'm not sure why it's in pieces, when the shop showed it to me and I saw the tangent sight I wanted it!
I asked how much and he said he'd have to assemble it someday and let me know, I said "Poppycock! How much for it as is?!"
He said a number and I bought it on the spot.
What about the grips look odd? From what I understand the factory painted the backs red which led to believe these are original, but of course I can't confirm.
I asked how much and he said he'd have to assemble it someday and let me know, I said "Poppycock! How much for it as is?!"
He said a number and I bought it on the spot.
What about the grips look odd? From what I understand the factory painted the backs red which led to believe these are original, but of course I can't confirm.
You might want to (join and) post over on the 1911 Forum; they have a section devoted to the BHP and there are a lot of very knowledgeable guys there.
Stuart
StuartMaybe you saved it from a reblue - good work!
My comment about the grips is not to dis them at all, yes they should be red-backed, they just look to good to have spent much time on that pistol - course, I am just looking at pics not in person.
I didn't feel you were dissing them at all! I'm looking for all info I can, if anything seems a skew, please, I'm all ears!
When I got the gun, the fella pulled out a little black zipper pouch from another area and didn't know what was in it, he pulled the grips from the pouch and said he didn't know what they were for, I said they were the hi-power grips and he just laughed, he forgot he had em!
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Why, when I was a kid those things were a dime a dozen. I think the bulk of them were made right here in Canada too if I remember correctly. Was it Inglis that made them? I can't remember...but back then you took in your beer bottles, and then went dumpster diving at the military surplus store and they usually had a couple rattling around. Back then the savvy gun kids would pimp them into cut rate economy IPSC guns - and the cool factor on some of those builds went right off the scale!
Today they would be tied into a chair and clubbed to death by angry milsurpers and historians...but back then they were a dime a dozen just like SKS's and Nagants are today - with about the same appeal. You had to watch it though - I remember one version that had a buttstock that could be attached and that one was worth a king's ransom to collectors.
Even to this day though...I can't imagine a funner gun that those 9mm Hipowers. That one of yours took me back a long way... If you have the time a range report would make for some interesting reading...
Today they would be tied into a chair and clubbed to death by angry milsurpers and historians...but back then they were a dime a dozen just like SKS's and Nagants are today - with about the same appeal. You had to watch it though - I remember one version that had a buttstock that could be attached and that one was worth a king's ransom to collectors.
Even to this day though...I can't imagine a funner gun that those 9mm Hipowers. That one of yours took me back a long way...
If you have the time a range report would make for some interesting reading...Why, when I was a kid those things were a dime a dozen. I think the bulk of them were made right here in Canada too if I remember correctly. Was it Inglis that made them? I can't remember...but back then you took in your beer bottles, and then went dumpster diving at the military surplus store and they usually had a couple rattling around. Back then the savvy gun kids would pimp them into cut rate economy IPSC guns - and the cool factor on some of those builds went right off the scale!
Today they would be tied into a chair and clubbed to death by angry milsurpers and historians...but back then they were a dime a dozen just like SKS's and Nagants are today - with about the same appeal. You had to watch it though - I remember one version that had a buttstock that could be attached and that one was worth a king's ransom to collectors.
Even to this day though...I can't imagine a funner gun that those 9mm Hipowers. That one of yours took me back a long way...
The first gun I ever bought was Hungarian FEG, I loved the feel of it and it was pretty accurate!
Like an idiot I sold it for half what I paid and regretted it for years, but then wouldn't you know it, that very gun was back for sale at the shop I sold it at. I told my wife (girlfriend at the time) the story and she bought it back for me for my birthday, not to hard to see why she's my wife now!!
There's something about the hi power I just like, cant quite put my finger on what, but when I saw this one I just had to have it!!!
I'll get a range report as soon as I can!
You're absolutely right!, I did save it!!!
I called the fella I bought it from, he said he had it in for a re-blue, so he tore it down, but then the fella who owned the gun passed away, so it just sat in his shop for a few years until I poked in!!
I found out its a Finnish contract 1939 built pistol, all correct and original, I got the answers from a very helpful fella at 1911forum.com, Hipowertalk.com is apparently self destructing and no one with any knowledge is left.
I can't believe this piece of history was slotted for a re-blue, aside from the few blemishes its in great shape! I think the blemishes give it character given its a 75 year old pistol!!
Yep... there are guys there who probably know more about them than FN & JM Browning's ghost. "Submoa" really outdid himself on your gun. If he were to see it in person he might even be able to tell you what the armorer had for breakfast...
Does she have an unmarried sister?
I didn't realize the Finns used the HP - given that they produced the worlds heaviest duty handgun themselves, it does explain the somewhat sparse proofing/inspecting marks on the gun though - the commercial Belgian guns make a Lithgow Enfield look under stamped.
