I used to own two. One was customized by Cylinder and Slide...had Black T finish. Trigger has long reset, not as good as 1911 trigger. When I discovered I shot as well or better than the custom gun with a stock Walther P99, I sold both Brownings. I'll admit, it's a classy and sleek gun. 4.75" barrel is pretty long compared with more modern pistols however
So long Browning Hi Power...
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Have you ever seen this model on your travels? This is my Holy Grail of BHPs. I have a regular Mk.III that I would gladly give up for this one.
Have you ever seen this model on your travels? This is my Holy Grail of BHPs. I have a regular Mk.III that I would gladly give up for this one.
Being a huge fan of the BHP, I can see why you'd want that one so much!
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Could be silly question but why I never seen anyone use a HP in competition/action shooting? I don't own one so I don't really know but I thought it holds 10 rounds and holster and etc should be easily available? As I said I don't own one and the closest one I have seen/touch is the DA one sold in Canada Ammo.
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John Browning was a genius and his model 1899, ( Browning model 1900 32acp) was revolutionary. Of course his best design was the venerable 1911. The BHP was supposed to be better, and D. Saive did his best to finish the design.
JMB should have adopted some ideas from the Walther PP, aka, the double action trigger, while ignoring the complicated Georg Luger P08 trigger system.
While the BHP is a great auto, the teeter-totter trigger mechanism is pure crap along with the sear group. The BHP is still a single action only auto like the 1911, but these two dated designs have no second strike capacity. I like both but CZ has refined the inadequacy of both designs in the Shadow 2. I believe the S2 to be superior in every way over the 1911 & BHP!
JMB should have adopted some ideas from the Walther PP, aka, the double action trigger, while ignoring the complicated Georg Luger P08 trigger system.
While the BHP is a great auto, the teeter-totter trigger mechanism is pure crap along with the sear group. The BHP is still a single action only auto like the 1911, but these two dated designs have no second strike capacity. I like both but CZ has refined the inadequacy of both designs in the Shadow 2. I believe the S2 to be superior in every way over the 1911 & BHP!
Back in the day, I shot into IPSC "A" class and on the National Team with a pair of Browning Hi-Powers. You should have heard the 1911 shooters howling about my mag capacity! So they threw in mandatory mag changes as an "exercise" to compensate.
Then I switched to a pair of 1911s and shot back into "A" class and the National Team. It was easier with the .45s due to the major/minor scoring system.
Dave Westerhout of South Africa became World IPSC Champ shooting a Browning 9mm in a match where the odds heavily favoured the .45.
I'm sure others did well with them as well.
Then I switched to a pair of 1911s and shot back into "A" class and the National Team. It was easier with the .45s due to the major/minor scoring system.
Dave Westerhout of South Africa became World IPSC Champ shooting a Browning 9mm in a match where the odds heavily favoured the .45.
I'm sure others did well with them as well.
"Double action semi-auto pistols are an ingenious solution to non-existent problem." Jeff Cooper
If you want the "second strike" capability, shoot a DA revolver.
To improve the trigger pull in Browning Hi-Power, you removed the mag disconnector or at least polished that portion of the magazine where the disconnect shoe contacted. Removing the mag disconnector enabled you to still shoot the gun as a single shot, in the unlikely that ever became an issue.
While theres no denying that the Hi Power is an iconic handgun with a great history behind it,there are way better shooting handguns with better triggers,better accuracy ,cheaper to produce and more durable than the Hi Power.The days of the Hi Power were numbered when the CZ75 came out in the mid 70s.I suppose that the same could be said about the 1911 but the 1911 has been continually tweaked and developed(while the Hi Power is largely unchanged over 80 years) and remains a far more shootable,ergonomic handgun than the Hi Power so I dont think you will be seeing it go anywhere soon.
The people that disparage the Hi-Power the most are those with the least experience with it. Same with the 1911. The Hi-Power has been battle tested since the date of it's inception, despite it's alleged shortcomings.
in 40 or 50 years, I wonder how many poly-framed pistols will still be serviceable and in widespread use. Guns like the steel framed CZ's will likely soldier on indefinitely.
in 40 or 50 years, I wonder how many poly-framed pistols will still be serviceable and in widespread use. Guns like the steel framed CZ's will likely soldier on indefinitely.
Exactly...few firearms fell as natural in the hand as a Hi Power does....I also own a Browning BDM which I bought because I was always curious about it. It is best described as "cult" gun and shoots very very well. I wish they had been more successful commercially because as carry firearm they are exceptional
as i posted here a while ago:
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1592767-browning-Hi-power-production-ended-wth
i still enjoy shooting and enjoy mine.
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1592767-browning-Hi-power-production-ended-wth
i still enjoy shooting and enjoy mine.
Yes but is that the gun or those specific gun's age and wear?
That is likely a factor when you are shooting a gun first issued to men of your father's age.
But, I recall when shooting Inglis 9mms in Germany prior to an invitational shoot hosted by the Bundeswehr when some wag said that these &^%$#@!~ pieces of excrement couldn't hit a barn door. I asked for his gun and fired a nice tight group of ten rds and suggested that perhaps he had better confine his sporting activity to the unit drinking team.
Those of us that attended did do some selection for better trigger pulls, paying particular attention to the front of the mags where the trigger shoe makes contact. Then we polished them further. You had to be careful though, as the older mags sometimes had faulty feed lips so it was trial and error.
I will admit that we were impressed with the Bundeswehr's (P1s?) modern alloy version of the P-38, but, we did NOT shoot them from DA mode as the first DA rd was almost sure to be well out of the group.
It's interesting to see so much adoration for the Hi Power here. In the Forces, we've used them for ages, and they're quite unpopular. That said, ours are ancient, and probably have thousands of rounds through them. Some guys joke about retaining them to teach stoppage procedures, as it seems they can't ever fire a full magazine without one!
