New Hi Power made in Belgium, assembled in Portugal-Opinions?

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Thinking about buying one of these. Does anyone have an opinion on them and how much is a good price? Thanks.
 
BR427 said:
Thinking about buying one of these. Does anyone have an opinion on them and how much is a good price? Thanks.
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Did FN start making them again? Or do you mean the Mk.III model? Last I heard, the BHPs have been discontinued.

If you mean the Mk.III with the ambi safety and combat sights, they are well made guns. Trigger is the weak point. Very gritty and heavy. The stock grips with the shelf on each side is terrible. I would look for the rounded Commander style hammer. The spur hammer can bite as the tang is quite short.
If you plan on using it for competition, I would bevel the magwell also. The newer Browning mags with the spring built in is kinda weird. And mags don’t eject freely, even with the spring ( at least, mine don’t).
Removing the mag disconnector and doing a trigger job really improves the trigger.
 
Can't say when it was made, but it's brand new in a plastic case with 2 mags and a case lock.
 
Any new HP 's you get now are made in Turkey. My Portuguese one shoots fine, but the spur for the ambi safety on the right side sheared off, a bad cast I think. Otherwise the gun shoots fine.
 
They stopped the FN production of the HP a little over a year ago, there are still lots of them out there, as well as surplus Israeli guns and new manufacture clones from Turkey. If the gun you're looking at is an FN, it's simply new old stock. If it's black with dovetail front sight, it's a MkIII. They're a great gun, as noted the triggers need some love to get the best out of them. The gun will last practically forever with a reasonable amount of care, parts are readily available, as are custom bits and bobs. They made them continuously for 80+ years, it's a solid design.
 
I bought a Belgian one 50 years ago and it got a trigger job at that time. For years I used it as my target pistol and held my own against S&W 52s.

Remove the mag disconnect and get a professional trigger job and it is a very nice pistol.
 
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BHPs were assembled in Portugal from Belgian parts starting at least as far back as the 1980s. They are just as good as the ones made and assembled in Belgium.
 
sailor723 said:
Yes, still a fair amount of NOS guns in the system. As to the mags with the springs, I'm surprised to hear that Still Alive. Mine come flying out.
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Maybe it’s my gun. Is yours a Mk.III?

When I eject an empty mag, it pops out enough to grab the mag but the mag doesn’t fly out all the way. It’s because of this and the lack of beveling that I don’t use the BHP for IDPA.
 
Still alive said:
Maybe it’s my gun. Is yours a Mk.III?

When I eject an empty mag, it pops out enough to grab the mag but the mag doesn’t fly out all the way. It’s because of this and the lack of beveling that I don’t use the BHP for IDPA.
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I have a '77 (same as C series) Browning roll marked gun in 9mm and an early 2000's FN marked MK III in .40 S&W. The OEM spring assist mags literally fly out of both of them. I have removed the MDS from both but from what i recall the mags jumped out cleanly even before I did that mod.
 
Maybe my mag springs need ######!
I had a Mk.III with the enamel finish and have a Mk.III Practical now. Both eject mags limply. If I wait long enough, the mag will fall out but it’s faster just to rip it out. The MDS was intact on the first and removed on the second. Similar results.
I can live with it as a range gun but not as a competition gun.
 
Still alive said:
Maybe my mag springs need ######!
I had a Mk.III with the enamel finish and have a Mk.III Practical now. Both eject mags limply. If I wait long enough, the mag will fall out but it’s faster just to rip it out. The MDS was intact on the first and removed on the second. Similar results.
I can live with it as a range gun but not as a competition gun.
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Strange, I just went downstairs and tried my MK III. The mag flew out with enough velocity to bounce off the workbench. That gun hasn't had a lot of rounds...maybe the mag ejection springs get weak with use?
 
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sailor723 said:
Strange, I just went downstairs and tried my MK III. The mag flew out with enough velocity to bounce off the workbench. That gun hasn't had a lot of rounds...maybe the mag ejection springs get weak with use?
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Ok, you got me trying mine again too! One spring loaded mag ejected all the way but not much force, one just came out and stopped. I had a normal pinned mag which was about the same as the spring mag that stopped. I guess it’s a YMMV scenario.
 
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