Military Sidearm.

Thank you Woodchopper, for saying what needed to be said.

I love this pistol so much that when I found one at a local shop, I bypassed all the Berettas and Sigs for the old Inglis.
 
I just did a holster course last weekend with my October 1944 manufactured Inglis High Power (2T19XX). I take good care of it and keep my mag lips in check. I recently replaced the trigger spring with tons of help from the guys on this board and it's been 110% ever since. Not one jam or feed failure in the 150 rounds I used on course nor any during the other 200+ rounds while I was at the range the weekend before. The only thing restricting it's perfromance was the monkey pulling the trigger.

Issued one in Afghanistan and own one for my own purposes. No complaints from me.
 
... Would a replacement, like the Canadian Made/designed(sort of) Para Ordinance work ? High capacity, single or double action,or even double action only ? .... David K.
 
David K said:
... Would a replacement, like the Canadian Made/designed(sort of) Para Ordinance work ? High capacity, single or double action,or even double action only ? .... David K.
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Well there are still huge stocks of Hi Powers in storage in packing grease. They aren't being used.

While I'm sure Para Ordinance can make a fine product, I reckon they'd be an expensive alternative to many other large manufacturer service pistols, with a lot more product support for military servicing and parts.
 
I love my Browning. It isn't an Inglis, but it's around 40 years old. Completely reliable, with no stoppages yet (~400rds). I'll be shooting IPSC with it as soon as possible, and carrying it in the states as soon as I get my Utah CCW.
 
woodchopper said:
I thought we beat this topic to death allready a few times.

we're using the 60year old Inglis HiPower 9mm

Its not junk and if your using it right and check your mags you will eliminate 99% of the stopages. If you don't (can't) hold it properly (firmly) you will get misfires.

I like the HiPowers, easy to clean not a lot of extra parts, simple and effective.

Now if you suffer from the dreaded I must have the newest shinest kit diease, or I can't hit crap with this pistol it must be the pistols fault disorder, you may not have many good things to say about the HiPowers. :)
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I'm not saying it's a bad pistol, but in my experience, the age of the pistols along with extremely poor magazines makes them less than ideal. You don't have to bump every piece of kit you have lol. And one of the things that really makes me wonder is I've talked to guys who were recently in Kabul and they said that the safeties are so untrustworthy on those guns that they don't even carry them with a round in the chamber.

I can't believe you'd criticize people for arguing that a 60 year old pistol should be replaced.
 
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