This book’s scope and my intent are best described in its introduction, which follows: “In 2003 I completed The Shooter’s Guide to the Browning Hi Power, a treatise on my favorite all-around semiautomatic pistol. Although the book appears to have been well-received, I believed that it could be improved not only by careful editing but through…
I am frequently asked about FEG-manufactured Hi Power “clones”. My experience with these pistols is limited. I have seen a couple that were sold under the Mauser name, but they were actually manufactured by FEG, just as Browning Hi Powers are manufactured by FN. These pistols sported a polished bright blue finish and were as nice…
…do not exist if you are speaking of those made by Fabrique Nationale, the original manufacturer of the design. This holds true whether the pistols are sold under either the FN or Browning logo. None of them are stainless…not a single one. That does not mean that some may not have appeared to have been of stainless-steel construction. Some Hi Powers…
It was my second oldest Hi Power and was customized way back in the early ’70’s. This one has seen but limited field use and was never toted during my police years. By far the bulk of its shooting excursions have been at the firing range, punching paper. This 1972-vintage classic Hi Power was bought…
I have not owned a 40-caliber Hi Power in several years simply because I prefer the feel and handling characteristics of the 9mm version. For that reason I recently found it necessary to borrow one for a project I am currently involved with. Fortunately for me, a good friend had one that he graciously loaned…
Between 1982 and 1988, FN morphed the classic style Hi Power into the Mk II via several changes, including a departure from the flat checkered French walnut grip panels to black checkered nylon having ambidextrous thumb rests. A thin rib ran the full-length of the top of the slide with the front sight integral to it. …
The pistol shown is the DAO version of the “HP-DA”. The traditional DA/SA version came out in the ’80’s circa US military testing for a new 9mm handgun to replace the 1911. This pistol has been an on-again/off-again production item with FN. (Introduced in 1983 but discontinued four years later, but produced again in 1990.…