My point exactly. Besides which, if Questar was just selling them for $350/375, how did it gain $150 value in six months? Was it Saddam's personal weapon?
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My point exactly. Besides which, if Questar was just selling them for $350/375, how did it gain $150 value in six months? Was it Saddam's personal weapon?
My point exactly. Besides which, if Questar was just selling them for $350/375, how did it gain $150 value in six months? Was it Saddam's personal weapon?
Advoc, I also live in Lethbridge and am the very happy owner of a 9mm Mk3.
My only mod is I've added a lighter recoil spring (I don't shoot +P, and wanted a softer slide action for my desk job hands).
PM me if you would like a little hands on time.
My only mod is I've added a lighter recoil spring (I don't shoot +P, and wanted a softer slide action for my desk job hands).
PM me if you would like a little hands on time.
The examples I've had were tighter than the last 2 BHPs I've owned (2007 & 2011). The FEG on the EE didn't gain a $150 value in 6 months as that is the price it should be selling for to begin with. The only reason Questar was selling them at such ridiculously low prices is because they lucked out, got them for next to nothing and decided to pass the savings onto the customers rather than price gouge as most companies would have done. The original FEG company went out of business a couple years back and these guns were the last to be assembled. How or where Questar came to get them, only they can answer that.
The machining tolerances on the P9M are so close that I can take a MK II or MK III slide and place it on any 3 of the frame kits I have without any fitting at all and I have tighter or equal frame/slide fit and barrel lock up as the guns they came off of. Some FEG barrels actually need a light stoning because they are too tight. So, IMHO, they are indeed as good a quality as the original!
Biggest difference is you don't pay for the Browning name, the BHP has the better sights and ambidextrous safety...although I find the safety on the P9M to be of better ergonomics.
I have a 1945 build Inglis Hi Power and I like it. It's a really quality gun and feels good in my hand. I do find that it is unforgiving of sloppy shooting technique. If I'm lazy and don't get things quite right, I can't hit the target. If I concentrate and do things right, it's very accurate. I've also got a 1911 and it's also accurate, but a different feel. Hard to describe until you've held both right after each other.
Your best bet is to try a BHP at the range and see if you like it.
Your best bet is to try a BHP at the range and see if you like it.
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The only High Power I ever shot was and Inglis made in Canada, loved it. John Browning's improved 1911. I think current Belgian HPs are overpriced. So many other guns use the similar Browning design can be had for cheaper - CZ 75 series.
I love BHP's.
I've had Belgian and Inglis -- if you looking to get an aftermarket stuff for it, get the Belgian, the Inglis guns are a little different.
I sent a 70's Belgian down to Novak's Custom Shop -- by far my most favorite pistol ever (it now resides with MikeH when I moved down south).
Biggest issue with the BHP as I see it - is that no one makes a decent method to mount a MWL.
I've had Belgian and Inglis -- if you looking to get an aftermarket stuff for it, get the Belgian, the Inglis guns are a little different.
I sent a 70's Belgian down to Novak's Custom Shop -- by far my most favorite pistol ever (it now resides with MikeH when I moved down south).
Biggest issue with the BHP as I see it - is that no one makes a decent method to mount a MWL.
If you remove the magazine safety they'll probably drop free. The ones that drop free even with the magazine safety have for the lack of a better term a mouse trap on the back of the mag which springs the mag out when you press the mag release.
Several years ago I ran FEG P9M pistols on the range. Every gun on the line developed cracks in various parts of the frame and usually within 5 to 10,000rds. I am currently running a MkIII on the range, it has 12,500rds through it, and is 100%. In my opinion the Brownings are made of much better steel.
I saw an Inglis at the Calgary Gun Show that was in MINT condition. I know it was a MK1 too because it had the internal extractor. The guy wouldn't let me touch it since my PAL hasn't been issued yet ( Hurry up Miramichi ).
It was perfect. He said it had been issued to an intelligence officer, and that's why it was in such great shape. He never used it. Don't know if I can verify the story or not, but he was asking $1250 for it. I contemplating hard about it. I took his business card.
There's also an FEG on the EE right now but the guy who posted it has zero posts and no feedback. But the pics look nice. Aftermarket rear sight, and some awesome looking spalted maple grips.
It was perfect. He said it had been issued to an intelligence officer, and that's why it was in such great shape. He never used it. Don't know if I can verify the story or not, but he was asking $1250 for it. I contemplating hard about it. I took his business card.
There's also an FEG on the EE right now but the guy who posted it has zero posts and no feedback. But the pics look nice. Aftermarket rear sight, and some awesome looking spalted maple grips.
