Got my first Hi-Power

[murf]

gorgeous pistol, nature boy.

i never took the mag safety out of mine. what i did, in stead, is stone the contact surfaces on the magazine(s) and on the trigger shoe (that gets pushed in by the magazine when inserted into the gun). you can see the wear mark to stone on the magazine. you can't see the wear on the trigger shoe, but i just put the stone down the mag well and stoned the shoe blindly. it worked for me.

on the bhp, with the magazine in the gun, the trigger shoe presses on the side of the magazine. when the trigger is pulled, the trigger shoe moves up rubbing against the side of the magazine as it goes. if the two surfaces are dirty, painted, rough, etc., the trigger pull will be gritty and rough. stoning these two surfaces will smooth out the trigger pull enough to eliminate the need to remove the shoe, imo.

also, it is much cheaper to try this first.

luck,

murf

p.s. i used a hard arkansas stone for this operation.

 

[Litlman]

Two T-Series here. Mr Camp was a cool dude. Learned a lot on his sight ( Hi Powers and Handguns). I have a buddy that has alot oif high end 1911's and is very generous with letting me shoot them. One day recently I brought my one T-series that has a little more wear and tear on it to the range. I said you don't have one of these, try it out. The next time we shot together he had a Nighthawk Hi power. Holy cow is that a sweet weapon! My Hi power rubbed off on him very quickly! Enjoy yours. It may not be your last!

 

[444]

Have you found Stephen Camp's (Peace Be Upon Him) BHP website? There's a treasure trove of fact and opinion from a BHP Jedi there. I revisit it often.

Wasn't he a member of this forum back in the day ?
I have his book.

 

[johnmcl]

444,
I can not recall a post from him on this forum, so most likely he was not a member. The book is superior, as is the website.

 

[444]

444,
I can not recall a post from him on this forum, so most likely he was not a member. The book is superior, as is the website.

Well, I am talking about 10 years ago or more.
I know he was a regular member of a forum that I was on and I know it was one of two (this one being one of the two). I am kind of cloudy but I think the two forums I am thinking of used to be one forum and there was some kind of rift and two forums evolved out of it or something. This was a long time ago and I never was into the politics of the whole thing.