Picked up my 2nd Hi Power (pic heavy)

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South Prairie Jim

I have had several Hi-Powers over the year, all with different types of hammers, and never had a problem with hammer bite even with having relatively small hands.
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Really nice weapons fellas, I’ve owned several 1911’s mostly with GI hammers and iirc I only got bit once years ago and that would have been my own fault.
I may have to get me one of them bad boy’s ...
maybe y’all should start a thread of only Hi Powers
 
Update

Went to the range to see if my jams were magazine related. They weren’t

Took my Mk III and related mags as the control.

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The old Hi Power would choke on the 4th to 8th round, regardless of magazine. The Mk III would run everything.

Here’s what it looks like. Seems to be an extractor issue to me, but I’ll defer to the experts for their opinion.

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I checked Gunbroker and was amazed at how little quality BHPs are going for. Will take one any day of the week over the recycled baby bottles too many people prefer.
 
I sat down this morning to change out the extractor. Pretty simple process to remove and install.

Here’s the new one on the left and the old on the right

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You can see that the new one is a good bit longer, which prevented reassembly. So, I filed some off the end until it was no longer interfering. Everything is back together now and it will eject a dummy round.

My concern is that the length of the extractor seemed to keep the pistol from going into battery. Before I test any live rounds, do any of you have a reference that shows proper function checks for the Hi Power?

Lastly, you can see from this pic that there was a degree of hand fitting when these pistols were made. The old extractor that was likely the original considering how the proximal end fits the opening, new on the left, old on the right

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Nioce dooood. But seriously it is nice. Not gonna lie just a tad bit jealous. Congrats and thanks for the pics. I do enjoy living vicariously through everyone's pic's. My day will come. But for now its house buying time. Again congrats!
 
That's a great find and appears to be in great condition...

My limited BHP research says that none of the pistols made under German occupation had the mag disconnect, as the Germans didn't like it and wanted the manual of arms to be similar to their other handguns. The Germans believed in a professional, well trained army, while the French model was to rapidly mobilize a huge (though not thoroughly trained) reserve force. (The Maginot Line was actually designed with the intent of delaying an invasion for 2-3 weeks to allow mobilization of their reserves.) Since the French reserves were not well trained, they insisted on a mag. disconnect to protect their troops from ADs. And the BHP was purpose designed for the French armed forces.... though they never bought it and chose a French made pistol instead.

The comment made about guns assembled with pre-war parts is spot on, as Herstal had ramped up production prior to the invasion and inventories were flush. Then the Germans repurposed or removed many of the production assets to make parts for other firearms. Workers at Herstal were forced to continue doing the jobs they were trained to do in support of the German war effort, but the production numbers never came anywhere close to their pre-war numbers. One theory for this is that they deliberately dragged their feet, though parts production and materials availability played a big role as well.
 
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Corpral_Agarn
your SECOND.

I still need to get my first...

Times a wasting son! Once you get one you'll look at other 9mm.s and wonder why they all can't feel as nice in your hand like a Hi-Power does!
 
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