Hi Power In .45 ACP
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Because then it would be a 1911!
Edit to add my guess on a real answer.
It would seem to me that one of the draws of the BHP is the capacity. It would obviously lose that if you bumped up to .45.
I'm sure more knowledgeable folks (paging 1911tuner) will be along shortly to answer more authoritatively.
Edit to add my guess on a real answer.
It would seem to me that one of the draws of the BHP is the capacity. It would obviously lose that if you bumped up to .45.
I'm sure more knowledgeable folks (paging 1911tuner) will be along shortly to answer more authoritatively.
Sunray
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"...why it isn't chambered..." The BHP's slide is too small. Browning contracted with SIG for the BDA/P220 for just such emergencies. Of course, they don't any more.
HorseSoldier
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You couldn't do a conversion without modifying the frame to accept the longer OAL .45 round, and no one ever saw enough of a market to justify that level of expense. (Though the end result you'd come up with would be a whole lot like, say, the double stack 1911-type pistols Para-Ordnance, so you could say that some people have sort of gotten the same end result, just with slightly different lockwork than a true P-35.)
as HorseSoldier said the OAL of the .45ACP round is too long to to fit in the grip frame and there isn't enough slide travel nor mass to function the round either.
the closes you'll get in a production gun would be the EAA Witness
the closes you'll get in a production gun would be the EAA Witness
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For a while FEG made the GKK-45, a .45 pistol that outwardly resembled the Hi-Power, but was actually a clone of a S&W double-action internally.
As folks above have said, the Hi-Power frame and slide would require a major redesign to accept the .45 ACP cartridge. . . and you'd lose the fine balance and handling that the pistol is famous for.
The HP has been around since 1935. If there was profit to be had in a .45 ACP version someone probably would've done it by now.
As folks above have said, the Hi-Power frame and slide would require a major redesign to accept the .45 ACP cartridge. . . and you'd lose the fine balance and handling that the pistol is famous for.
The HP has been around since 1935. If there was profit to be had in a .45 ACP version someone probably would've done it by now.
Quiet
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It would be easier to make one in .45GAP. 
The Lone Haranguer
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Such a gun would not do anything the existing and plentiful 1911 would not. It would have to be made larger in every dimension to work with the .45 cartridge, thereby negating its slimness, and would still have a worse trigger than the 1911.
ol' scratch
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There is no point. Just carry a 1911. They are both single action and designed by Browning. Both balance extremely well.
They do offer the Hi Power in .40 cal if that is more your style. I may get one of those in the future.
They do offer the Hi Power in .40 cal if that is more your style. I may get one of those in the future.
jaysouth
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The American army wanted a .45. Browning gave them a 1911.
The French army wanted a 9mm. Browning gave them the Hipower.
The French army wanted a 9mm. Browning gave them the Hipower.
surbat6
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The Canadian company, NAACO (North American Arms Corporation) made a pistol based on the High Power between 1948 and 1951. Called the Brigadier, it had an 8 shot magazine and an alloy frame. The safety was mounted on the slide rather than the frame.
Not too many were made and prices run, according to my 2008 Standard Catalog, at $1250 for one in excellent condition to $500 for a poor example.
Not too many were made and prices run, according to my 2008 Standard Catalog, at $1250 for one in excellent condition to $500 for a poor example.
Colton White
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BHPshooter
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About the closest thing you'll find is a Para-Ordnance 1911.
Personally, I think it would rock if someone would develop one. I'd certainly buy one. I am not trying to start a firefight here, but IMO the only thing a 1911 can do that a BHP can't is launch a .45-caliber projectile. Yes, the 1911 trigger can be made better than a BHP trigger, particularly in the reset. FWIW, all of my 1911s had worse triggers than my BHPs.
Wes
Personally, I think it would rock if someone would develop one. I'd certainly buy one. I am not trying to start a firefight here, but IMO the only thing a 1911 can do that a BHP can't is launch a .45-caliber projectile. Yes, the 1911 trigger can be made better than a BHP trigger, particularly in the reset. FWIW, all of my 1911s had worse triggers than my BHPs.
Wes
I like the BHP, a lot. However, I really can't see the point of re-engineering the BHP to shoot .45ACP, when the 1911 is there and can be had in so many different configurations already. About the only thing that the 1911 has that a BHP does not is a grip safety, and if they bothers you, you can get one without it. About the only thing the BHP has that the 1911 does not is a mag safety, and it seems that most people would just as soon have their BHP without it.
The pithy line isn't the most factually accurate, but for all practical purposes it is true: the BHP in .45 is called the 1911.
Mike
The pithy line isn't the most factually accurate, but for all practical purposes it is true: the BHP in .45 is called the 1911.
Mike
Oldnoob
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Get a 1911, comes with 1911 different flavors.
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