Browning HI Power?

I think the nice older ones are more expensive than the newer ones. You should be able to get a Browning for $500ish. Maybe even less if you shop around.

Buy one off of gunbroker from somebody with 100% ratings and a number of sales. Have it shipped to a gun store and pay the $20 or so transfer. No sales tax. That's what I'd do.

here's one that went for $360. Looks decent to me.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=111619318

I think the BHP is one of the best 9mms ever made, if not the best.

Of the 9's it's the one I most frequently carry. I've found them to be utterly reliable, quite accurate, and quite possibly ergonomically unequaled (except maybe for the CZ-75).

I really can't speak about the "older" ones as all of mine are newer, but I personally wouldn't think twice about purchasing one if it were in good condition.

I hope this helps.

Take care,
DFW1911

Great 9mm pistol. I picked up a practical for ~$400 a couple years ago and had it hard chromed, stippled, new hammer and grips. I really like mine.

My Hi-Power was made in 1942 and carries swastikas.

My 16 year old boy is pretty handy with it...

Can't go wrong w/ a BROWNING Hi Power -- old or new!

It is on the short list of "best combat handgun ever made". That alone should say enough. It is a superb, superb weapon.

Mike

JM Browning DID design it to be better than the 1911, believe it or not.

The Browning museum is 10 miles from my house, they have lots of the variations.

How could you go wrong by getting the best. That is what the Hi Power is, the best. Quality from Browning/FN has been excellent for any year.

There are some very very nice current manufacture BHP's on the market - I saw one at a show that literally stopped me in my tracks because it was so beautifully blued, and that pistol, whatever it was, had a price tag on it of $390. I can't tell you the name of it and am posting this in the hope that someone can suggest possibilities.

I do think that you'll find the older ones are more expensive than not. Also they may not have sights that are as easily used as newer designs, and may have such things as ambidextrous safeties and maybe even tactical rails.

If you can find a used one for under $500, go for it... the new ones are around $800 - $900, and in my opinion, USP 9mm will be a slightly better choice. I had two stock Hi-Powers, and the stock trigger pull is not that great... 12 rd mag is no longer considered the standard of high capacity... Hi-power slide has probably one of the slowest cycle rate for 9 mm pistols... stock accuracy is on par with glocks... Those really good Hi-powers are extensively worked on by gunsmiths, with custom triggers, barrel, and they also will take out lever that prevents the gun from being fired when the mag is out... it will improve the trigger pull... Pros: it is a all steel pistol, classic design, reliable.

P.S. those WWII Nazi Browning HI-Power are collectable items, and I have been wanting to get one for awhile now.. they are in $1000 - $1500 range.

I bought a matte finish Belgium Hi Power last year in 9mm and I love it.
Nothing but a Model 10 fits my hand better.

.380awsome

The Browning Hi-Power is definitely one if the best 9mm.'s ever made. I like it because it is one of only a few double column magazine pistols that fit my small hands perfectly. If you can't find or afford a Browning Hi-Power, try looking into some of the various clones out there. I have had both Hungarian FEG and Argentinian FM Hi-Power copies, and while not as nice in some areas such as trigger pull (FEG), and fit and finish (FM); both were highly serviceable renditions of the original design.

...carried a "T" for 6 years in nam....6 in africa... still love it, and still dancin !!! Arc.

Got a T series , LOVE IT!!!

Brits, Aussies, and Canadians are still carrying them in combat. (At least in Iraq and A-stan) Really, really great guns. Slim, accurate, good ergos. Crappy trigger, but that is very easily fixed.
Steve

JM Browning DID design it to be better than the 1911, believe it or not.

The Browning museum is 10 miles from my house, they have lots of the variations.

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I was going to post that I'd read that some other designer (Dieudonne Sauve?) was brought in after JMB could finish it, and turned it into what we recognize as the final product; right after that, though, I was going to remark that the Browning Musuem people would probably know. (Though they might inflate Mr. Browning's legacy....)

But then I thought, there's a Browning Museum?! And I haven't been?

My experience has also been that the older ones go for more than the new ones right now. I bought my Practical at Gander Mountain NIB for $525 last year during a special.

It did have one of the stiffest slides to rack of any gun I've ever handled. Trigger was average at best and begged for some work to be done to it. The weapon shot well but nothing to get excited about.

I traded mine in on a CZ SP-01. All I can say is that NOW I'm a happy camper. If I were to do it again I would definitely look for an older one in good shape. Good Luck!

My BHP, 1994 Silver Chrome with gold "pimp" trigger, completely stock, is my most accurate centerfire handgun.

P.S. those WWII Nazi Browning HI-Power are collectable items, and I have been wanting to get one for awhile now..

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Its a working gun, not a showpiece. Grandpa got it from a German Officer who no longer needed it. It'll be in the family forever so value is important only for my homeowners insurance.

But then I thought, there's a Browning Museum?! And I haven't been?

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Ogden Utah. Its in Union Station. There's also a train museum in it.

They have great original works of Browning. BARs, crew-served, pistols, rifles, shotguns; you name it.

I bought my second one yesterday. It was made in 1996, chrome with the gold trigger. The previous owner put a Hi-Viz rear sight on it which doesn't project that clssic look but it shoots dead on! Now I have a line on one from 1972. You can't have too many and they are scarce in NC.

I've a BHP MkIII in .40 S&W and its a superb weapon. Totally reliable, it has never jammed, failed or misfired, no matter what ammo I've fed it. Reloads, hollow points, flat points, SWCs, out of shape reloads, clean or dirty, no matter. Ergonomics are superb, it ain't a block.
I gotta bless JMB and Frenchman for a fine pistol.

Hello. For a shooter, you might get lucky and find a NIB FN-marked Mk III at a good price or a clean used one with Browning markings at a price not so prohibitive.

Best.