silversport
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OK...I have read some of the virtues and vices of the Browning/FN design as well as those by FEG, FM and Chalres Daly...I have read of the screaming deals there were on the FN's sold in the US as well as the now defunct Charles Daly model...but examples of each can be found at gunshows, the usual places and of course pre-owned (and sometimes, butchered )...SO...
are the "clones" and other versions still the bargain Hi Power or has the gap closed considerably???
I was recently in the market for a Browning Hi Power...the new prices seem to be in the high $800s to $900...the clones can be somewhat cheaper but sometimes you get what you pay for and I believe that a Browning/FN may be the better made and finished pistol (I also may be misinformed )
Finding the FEG or Charles Daly (my third choice behind Browning marked or FN marked models) either NIB or in near excellent condition in the $500 area, are these still the deals (albeit perhaps less so) that they were when they could be had for $300???...
If the gap has closed, is it better to just locate a gently used Browning or FN???...can they be had (reasonably?) in the same neighborhood...for a shooter as I'm not really interested in collecting...
As for the Charles Daly, I am not a big fan of the XS sights but have read they can be replaced with Novak's of the 1911 variety so...is it still the bargain "Hi Power?"...
....my only real need is for ambi safeties as on the Mk IIIs or as desinged by Jim Hoag (and sold now by Cylinder and Slide)...
Help a brother out...I haven't received my first Hi Power and all this reading has me looking for my second...
Bill
are the "clones" and other versions still the bargain Hi Power or has the gap closed considerably???
I was recently in the market for a Browning Hi Power...the new prices seem to be in the high $800s to $900...the clones can be somewhat cheaper but sometimes you get what you pay for and I believe that a Browning/FN may be the better made and finished pistol (I also may be misinformed )
Finding the FEG or Charles Daly (my third choice behind Browning marked or FN marked models) either NIB or in near excellent condition in the $500 area, are these still the deals (albeit perhaps less so) that they were when they could be had for $300???...
If the gap has closed, is it better to just locate a gently used Browning or FN???...can they be had (reasonably?) in the same neighborhood...for a shooter as I'm not really interested in collecting...
As for the Charles Daly, I am not a big fan of the XS sights but have read they can be replaced with Novak's of the 1911 variety so...is it still the bargain "Hi Power?"...
....my only real need is for ambi safeties as on the Mk IIIs or as desinged by Jim Hoag (and sold now by Cylinder and Slide)...
Help a brother out...I haven't received my first Hi Power and all this reading has me looking for my second...
Bill