I'm looking at a old hi power the frame is a T series the slide is an Inglis. The slide and barrel have matching numbers. Was this a regular practice when rebuilding hi powers in Canadian service? To use commercial frames of the era? And how does this affect the value? Thanks
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dogtown tom
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Post a photo, because I doubt you have an FN T series, but an Inglis with a T prefix. Supposedly the "T" was for Toronto. This Inglis should be the fixed sight No2.
FN Hi Powers started with the letter T as in "T123456", but the Inglis HP's had a number before the letter "T" as in "0T1234" up to 9T3628 which is the highest I've read about.
Inglis etched the serial#'s after the pistols were Parkerized, so an original Inglis serial# will be "in the white".
As far as value? If its a mixmaster parts gun FN T series frame with an Inglis slide........less than a complete Inglis or a complete FN.
FN Hi Powers started with the letter T as in "T123456", but the Inglis HP's had a number before the letter "T" as in "0T1234" up to 9T3628 which is the highest I've read about.
Inglis etched the serial#'s after the pistols were Parkerized, so an original Inglis serial# will be "in the white".
As far as value? If its a mixmaster parts gun FN T series frame with an Inglis slide........less than a complete Inglis or a complete FN.
NIGHTLORD40K
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I've seen some that were Suncorited after the numbers were force-matched by putting a line through the frame number and stamping the slide number next to it during an arsenal visit.
Pics would definitely help.
Pics would definitely help.
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NIGHTLORD40K
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I think you are correct, and that is a later commercial frame. One easy way to tell is that an Inglis frame would have provision for a lanyard ring at the bottom of the LH grip panel, and a T-series would not.
There should also be Belgian inspector's stamps at the front of the trigger guard on the RH side, just below what is visible in that first picture.
There should also be Belgian inspector's stamps at the front of the trigger guard on the RH side, just below what is visible in that first picture.
dogtown tom
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Frankengun.
It's not collectible as a pistol, but definitely useful as parts.
As a shooter.....maybe. That Inglis slide has the old internal extractor which is arguably more fragile than the external extractor introduced in 1962.
The external is a $25 part, internal around $90 from Jack First Gun Parts.
It's not collectible as a pistol, but definitely useful as parts.
As a shooter.....maybe. That Inglis slide has the old internal extractor which is arguably more fragile than the external extractor introduced in 1962.
The external is a $25 part, internal around $90 from Jack First Gun Parts.
dogtown tom
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Being a "T series" is due to the serial# prefix only. FN would happily put a lanyard ring on any contract like this beauty.
Inglis put a lanyard ring on their HP's because FN had done the same thing to the Belgian made. Lanyard rings were very common on military/police issue pistols.
Can you post a picture of the complete gun? What style rear sight does it have?
Any import markings?
The last batch of Israeli Hi Powers had everything from matching FN's, mismatched FN's,FEG's, to FEG counterfeit FN's.
I take the frame wasn't cut for a shoulder stock? Also how much was it being sold for?
Looks to be a mismatched gun. That hammer style definitely doesn't go with that slide. I bought 3 MK3 Israeli Hi Powers. The 2nd one I swore was all matching when I bought it. Turns out it had mismatched SN's. I sold it to a friend of mine. I'd rather have matching SN's. I got in on the 1st wave of the Israeli guns when they were still below the general Hi Power market value. Now all those Israeli guns have gone up to more or less the same value as commercial FN Hi Powers.
dogtown tom
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Buy the gun, not the story.
I think the odds of that HP being an RCMP pistol is the same as it being John Dillinger's Hi Power.
Wikipedia doesn't mention the Hi Power.
You sir are 100% correct. I chose not to bid on it. Something about it just didn't look right.Buy the gun, not the story.
I think the odds of that HP being an RCMP pistol is the same as it being John Dillinger's Hi Power.
Wikipedia doesn't mention the Hi Power.
