Ishipore 1A Pistols? (Indian made Hi Powers)

[Tenguns]

Aren't Ghurkas Nepalese?

Yep... He's thinking of the Sikh Kirpan

[m39a2]

Let me know how you make out with your request.
Scott

General Manager, Rifle Factory Ishapore
P.O. Ichapur-Nawabganj
Dist. 24 Parganas (North)
PIN - 743144 West Bengal, India.
Phone : 2593-7119/20/21/22/23, 2593-8072/73/74
Fax : 033-25937200, 25937142 Email: rfi.ofb@nic.in

[TheTooner]

Aren't Ghurkas Nepalese?

Yes. And the Indian Army has recruited them just as the British Army has.

[El_Monty457]

Yes. And the Indian Army has recruited them just as the British Army has.

Exactly. Look up the history of their regiments.

[El_Monty457]

Yep... He's thinking of the Sikh Kirpan

No I'm not. See post #13 & #14 above. ;-)


BTW, this was just a fun little suggestion. Didn't mean for a derail of the thread about the pistol due to people unfamiliar with the history of the Ghurkas.
Keep it simple then, and include a postcard of the Taj Majal with the pistol instead, and forget the knife. LOL.

Please resume the discussion on the Ishapore pistols.
Cheers.

[kg]

Let's just go for Argies... Lots of happy customers and compact models.

[kidcom]

Interesting.... not a peep out of Marstar....

[Dr.Islay]

Interesting.... not a peep out of Marstar....

Maybe John is working on hard bring these to our market?

[Moe]

I am going to have to respectfully disagree with you, well partially anyways and My experience with the HP is limited. The Canadian hi Powers are less then perfect, but when you take into consideration the newest one in inventory would have been made in 1945, it is understandable. Most of the Inglis HP's in service would have seen several wars/conflicts, been refurbished multiple times, and likely fired hundreds of thousands of rounds. Even through all this, they do still work quite well if you get a good one. The HP was not one of the most widely adopted military pistols in the world for no reason.

However, if you get a good condition one in good shape that's well made, they are quite reliable, accurate and nice to shoot.

1946 actually.
I owned 2 and both were unreliable.
I used/carried them on 4 tours and didn't trust them there, but I had my C8
They are used by so many countries. Notice how most of those countries are third world countries. Don't they buy the best military hardware.
They do not allow a proper thumbs forward grip without activating or deactivating the slide stop.
Mags do not drop free.
Single action with safety - obsolete
Yes they are accurate.

think about this. All trades in the CF that are considered higher risk and more likely to get into a gun fight at close quarters, ie Navy boarding parties, JTF2, CSOR, MP's are issued the SIG p225 and p226. Now why would they do that is the HP was just fine.

As for lasting thousands of rounds. I think they would last as long as most pistols of the era. My 2 wore out quickly. After the 3rd repair I gave up on worn frame rails.

Like I said would be nice for collection and shooting for fun. Just not up to snuff. I will pass on a design that seen little change in 80 years.

Moe

[kawicrash]

I had an Ishapore 1A1 FAL back in the day, and it was pretty rough. There seemed to be no consideration to fit and finish of any parts. It looked like somebody built it in their back yard with a hammer, file and a flat screwdriver.
It functioned ok, but it sure was nothing to look at.
Now, that being said, I don't think I have ever seen an Ishapore Hi-Power, so I can't officially comment on the quality, but my experience wit Ishapore products such as the FAL and #1 Enfields has shown them to be quite rudimentary.
I also had an Inglis P-35 way back when, and it was pretty nice, not commercial quality, but waay nicer than anything that came out of Ishapore.