Setting Up the Hi Power for Defense As much I as I like these handsome pistols for informal target work, small game hunting, or just knocking around in the woods, their original purpose was for “serious” matters in one area of the self-defense arena, military service. Like its Browning-born predecessor, the 1911, the single-action Hi…
A few years ago, a good friend of mine invited me and another friend to hunt with him in far south Texas at a private ranch located near Edinburg. The 500 + miles passed quickly enough and we arrived late in the afternoon. The fine fellow who ran the place was a really knowledgeable reloader,…
In this day of “designer” bullets and extremely potent defensive loads, the old stalwart standard factory round for the 9mm Hi Power is frequently spoken of in derisive terms. True, it is “old technology,” doesn’t have a nickled case and is certainly not the fastest load in this 9mm bullet weight, but it did offer quite a…
I’m aware of no one-piece barrels for the Hi Power that came from FN after the early ’60’s. So far as I know, they’ve all been two-piece, at least since the time in which the locking lug dimensions were changed. I do have a couple of early Bar-Sto match barrels that are one-piece, but later…
Fans of the Browning Hi Power frequently debate the merit of the magazine disconnect present in most Hi Powers except some made during Nazi occupation when they were not included in the pistols. We will probably never know from FN, but it is possible that some special order runs did not have the part. Generally…
The term “accuracy” doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing to all of us. To a competition match bullseye shooter, it means having the most intrinsically accurate pistol he can have. Malfunctions are a secondary issue in most cases, but he must have a competition pistol capable of putting one bullet hole right on top of another. To…
I’m aware of no one-piece barrels for the Hi Power that came from FN after the early ’60’s.