OneSevenDeuce
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My love of the venerable P35 started long ago. I read an article as a young buck Sergeant about a hard core motivator on a PSD detail in Israel back in the 70s. His sidearm of choice, the Hi-Power. It wasn't issued, he chose it. When I got out of the military and started working PSD details overseas myself, I came to appreciate how much faith that stud from a previous generation put in his sidearm. Personally, I carried a GLOCK 19 when on a detail. I didn't have choice, it WAS issued. I came to regard the G19 as a world class working pistol and would depend on it without hesitation. After extensive experience with my own Hi-Powers I can understand how previous generations depended in their Hi-Powers. Last year my father in law got to shoot my T Series Hi-Power for the first time. He immediately decided he needed one of his own, and soon after a brand new MK III ended up in his safe. For my part, the T Series stays safely locked away until it makes one of its frequent visits to the range. For every day carry, I depend on a MK III with several Cylinder and Slide parts, as well as Mepro-Light night sights. The T series takes the cake in terms of aesthetics with a deep reflective blue, impeccable fit, and probably the best Hi-Power trigger I've ever felt. The MK III does not match up in either of those areas, but the metallurgy involved is said to provide a much stronger frame and slide than earlier models. Whatever the case, the MK III is as reliable out of the box as any full-size pistol I've ever shot. Despite having a factory trigger inferior to the T series (the magazine disconnect safety claims some, though not all, of the blame for that) it nonetheless breaks cleanly and ends up being lighter than many others out there.
Next on the list is a C series, and a FEG clone. The love of a Hi-Power is more than an obsession, it's a way of life.
Next on the list is a C series, and a FEG clone. The love of a Hi-Power is more than an obsession, it's a way of life.