Browning Hi Power Mk III - Very L9A1'ish (pic)

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I'm a little confused.
New in wrap BHP Mk III but no "Assembled in Portugal" marks.
This pistol is basically the British L9A1 but lacking the stamp.
Are the Brits flogging the remaining BHP's that haven't gone into circulation?

They are selling military assets left right and centre.
You can even buy yourself the Arc Royal (it's on the British ebay site for surplus military assets)

I know the Brits are leaning towards the SIG P226 to replace the L9A1.
Anyhow I own this BHP now - always wanted my own L9A1 (this one just isn't an L9A1 but it looks like one).

Not sure but I don't think these were originally intended for the civy market.

Any comments or ideas?

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Mine is a .40 and it has the same slide markings:

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It came with a Browning plastic box and the manual refers only to FN Herstal USA. It also came with a fired case in an envelope dated December 22, 2003.

I am inclined to believe that these markings are used for military/LE contract guns. Here is a picture of an IDF surplus BHP with the same markings.

http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=729895
 
Riflechair said:
This pistol is basically the British L9A1 but lacking the stamp.
Are the Brits flogging the remaining BHP's that haven't gone into circulation?
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Nope. That's just a regular, commercial, FN-branded Hi-Power. These were sold in the U.S. and Canada for a brief period of time in the last decade. FN no longer sells "FN HP" branded guns to civilians (at least not in North America), though you can still buy Browning-branded HPs.

Although the gun does not say Assembled in Portugal, it is. There is no difference between this gun an a Browning MKIII other than the rollmarks.
 
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