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and the flawless finish on the metal - vvv - beautiful

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gnmontey said:
How does one determine if an example is a T series?

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T-series Brownings are ex military, made by Inglis on contracts. Most are Canadian military guns that were released as surplus or were lost and later registered as legal Restricteds. The second group are CH marked guns made for China on Lend Lease. Clive Law wrote an amazingly detailed book, something like 'Diamond T' (for the Inglis logo), and he explains all the variants and countries. Some pretty amazing ones too.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
T-series Brownings are ex military, made by Inglis on contracts. Most are Canadian military guns that were released as surplus or were lost and later registered as legal Restricteds. The second group are CH marked guns made for China on Lend Lease. Clive Law wrote an amazingly detailed book, something like 'Diamond T' (for the Inglis logo), and he explains all the variants and countries. Some pretty amazing ones too.
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The T series guns discussed here were built by FN in the 1960's in Belgium. They are commercial guns with a very high quality finish. Inglis did not produce BHP's (or any firearms AFAIK) post WW II. The confusion may come from Inglis numbering their production 1T###XX, 2T###XX etc etc. Those Inglis guns are not generally referred to as "T Series"
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
T-series Brownings are ex military, made by Inglis on contracts. Most are Canadian military guns that were released as surplus or were lost and later registered as legal Restricteds. The second group are CH marked guns made for China on Lend Lease. Clive Law wrote an amazingly detailed book, something like 'Diamond T' (for the Inglis logo), and he explains all the variants and countries. Some pretty amazing ones too.
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sailor723 said:
The T series guns discussed here were built by FN in the 1960's in Belgium. They are commercial guns with a very high quality finish. Inglis did not produce BHP's (or any firearms AFAIK) post WW II. The confusion may come from Inglis numbering their production 1T###XX, 2T###XX etc etc. Those Inglis guns are not generally referred to as "T Series"
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sailor723 nailed it. What's referred as "T Series" are FN Herstal manufactured commercial Hi-Powers from 1963 till 1972.
 
Hi all,

I have a 1944 Hi-power built in Belgium under German occupation. It is a great gun. The best part is that the Germans deleted the magazine disconnect on these late war guns. I always hated that feature with the Canadian Armed Forces Brownings.

It runs well when its clean. It tends to have a lot of failures to eject after a few magazines. I am planning to get Jason at Gunco to check the chamber size and polish it if necessary. It may also be a weak internal extractor. I am still trying to source a replacement.

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Cheers

- Jayne
 
^ Nice! I've been kind of keeping an eye out for an occupation Hi Power. The one gun can fill a slot in both a "German WW II" and a "Browning Hi Power" collection.

"See dear, one gun added to two different collections. Such great value....I had to buy it" ;)
 
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1981 Belgium Hi Power. I have had it for 3 years now. Nice bluing, nice shiney barrel and rifling. Only one small nick on the crown and a small mark on a grip panel. Runs flawlessly and eats most ammo but not fussy about steel cased Barnaul. I love this gun :)
 
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