Stephen A. Camp
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Hahahhahahahha!
...like a moth to a flame, I guess.
Best to you and yours.
...like a moth to a flame, I guess.
Best to you and yours.
Hipower pics!
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hankdatank1362
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I still find it hard to believe it's a JMB design. It looks too European for me.
aaronrkelly
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It should look European...it had alot of European influence.
From Wiki:
The Browning Hi-Power is a semi-automatic 9 mm pistol based on ideas conceived and patented in the United States in 1922 by American firearms inventor John Browning, who felt that his earlier creation, the Colt M1911, while very good, was not too good to be improved upon. He eventually took his ideas to Belgium and the arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. Browning died in 1926, before he had finished developing a production version, but the design was fully developed and realized through the efforts of Belgian arms designer Dieudonne Saive working at FN. This pistol was noted for having the first functional double-column magazine of 9 mm Parabellum rounds, capable of holding 13 cartridges, and allowing a 14th loaded in the chamber. (Modern "flush fit" magazines are now available which hold 15 cartridges, allowing a 16th to be loaded in the chamber, and magazines which extend beyond the grip can hold considerably more.)
From Wiki:
The Browning Hi-Power is a semi-automatic 9 mm pistol based on ideas conceived and patented in the United States in 1922 by American firearms inventor John Browning, who felt that his earlier creation, the Colt M1911, while very good, was not too good to be improved upon. He eventually took his ideas to Belgium and the arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. Browning died in 1926, before he had finished developing a production version, but the design was fully developed and realized through the efforts of Belgian arms designer Dieudonne Saive working at FN. This pistol was noted for having the first functional double-column magazine of 9 mm Parabellum rounds, capable of holding 13 cartridges, and allowing a 14th loaded in the chamber. (Modern "flush fit" magazines are now available which hold 15 cartridges, allowing a 16th to be loaded in the chamber, and magazines which extend beyond the grip can hold considerably more.)
benelli12
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The 9mm high power is on the bottom, nothing special, but still a blast to shoot.
Coltdriver
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Mossyrock
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Here's my current one. It is a Novak custom T-series.
Handgun Midas
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Here's an old warhorse that will be part of my inheritence.
The grips aren't original, but the old ones were in awful shape.
I'm trying to spice things up with filters and borders,
so bear with me.
The grips aren't original, but the old ones were in awful shape.
I'm trying to spice things up with filters and borders,
so bear with me.
MikePGS
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Wow those sure are pretty guns. No wonder why John "Hannibal" Smith carried one
SouthpawShootr
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My bank account goes into spasms whenever I look through these threads.Bart Noir
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Mr. Camp....
Why do some of yours have long barrels, with an extra quarter inch or so out in front of the slide? Aftermarket barrel or a factory variant?
Bart Noir
What nice pics, he says.
Why do some of yours have long barrels, with an extra quarter inch or so out in front of the slide? Aftermarket barrel or a factory variant?
Bart Noir
What nice pics, he says.
Hawk
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Steve2237
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Hipowers
Great Pics, keep 'em commin! I know there are more out there!
Great Pics, keep 'em commin! I know there are more out there!
browningguy
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The Practical, since switched to Esmerelda grips:
A Competition model:
One of my pair of MKIII's in .40:
My Inglis:
A Competition model:
One of my pair of MKIII's in .40:
My Inglis:
Eightball
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To Mr. Handgun Midas:
The worn bluing, and possible story behind yours make it a sight to behold. When you say "old warhorse", I presume there is story behind it (since you also say it will be in your inheritance)?
The worn bluing, and possible story behind yours make it a sight to behold. When you say "old warhorse", I presume there is story behind it (since you also say it will be in your inheritance)?
Handgun Midas
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I call it an old warhorse because it looks like one.
Truth is I don't know it's history, just it's manuafacture date.
According to Browning's table, it's a '66, and the stamp on
the chamber denotes that it was made in Belgium.
I've got to put out the money for some proper grips though.
It is my father's, who says he bought it from a guy at work,
probably in the late seventies. Think he paid less than $100 for it.
No idea how many rounds have been through it,
but my father is more of a light collector than avid shooter,
so he probably never put more a few hundred through it if that.
I added around 400 rds to the count this year, myself.
So one sad day my meager modern collection will receive serious influx of class,
like a 29 that pre-dates Callahan.
Think I'll call the old man up and see how he's feeling today.
Truth is I don't know it's history, just it's manuafacture date.
According to Browning's table, it's a '66, and the stamp on
the chamber denotes that it was made in Belgium.
I've got to put out the money for some proper grips though.
It is my father's, who says he bought it from a guy at work,
probably in the late seventies. Think he paid less than $100 for it.
No idea how many rounds have been through it,
but my father is more of a light collector than avid shooter,
so he probably never put more a few hundred through it if that.
I added around 400 rds to the count this year, myself.
So one sad day my meager modern collection will receive serious influx of class,
like a 29 that pre-dates Callahan.
Think I'll call the old man up and see how he's feeling today.
Akusp
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denfoote
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1985 Herstal MK-1
I just got an e-mail from the Alumagrip people. It seems they are going to offer their product for the HP!!!
I may just have to check them out!!
I just got an e-mail from the Alumagrip people. It seems they are going to offer their product for the HP!!!
I may just have to check them out!!
MrAcheson
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GunnySkox
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Does anyone have a picture of a Hi-Power with the slide locked back?
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