Any HI-Powers here ?

[Arley]

No Hi-Powers here ?
I would like to see some and discussion on the same . I have 2 FM clones and
and love 'em both .

[BlackKnight]

I own two. An actual Browning and a clone.

[DrHenley]

I would, except I can't seem to find one in 45

[MajO]

I had a Browning Hi Power from Novak. It is Number 11 of their 1-100 series. I gave it to my son for his home protection. It looks similar to this one from Novak, except the grips are Craig Speigel and the match barrel is from a different maker.

[Arley]

Lucky Son .

[Arley]

If you can find a 40 it's only a little under weight . :0)

[DrHenley]

A few interesting facts about the High Power...

JMB developed the High Power per the French Military specifications, and had to work around the patents for the 1911, since he had sold those rights to Colt. So basically it was a clean sheet design while Browning was involved.

The name High-Power came from the French name for it, which referred to the 13 round magazine, not the power of the cartridge itself. Seems it lost something in the translation

One of the early prototypes was striker fired with a 16 round magazine. (guess that was way ahead of its time though) Another early prototype was a blowback design.

Browning died in 1926, and the 1911 patents expired in 1928. Although JMB himself could not incorporate any 1911 features, Dieudonné Saive of Fabrique Nationale in Belgium picked up the development and reworked the design to incorporate 1911 features.

France rejected the High Power in favor of a similar, but cheaper single stack pistol ("Model 1935"), and the High Power was adopted by Belgium instead (and 50 other countries as well)

[Caleb]

Originally Posted by MajO

I had a Browning Hi Power from Novak. It is Number 11 of their 1-100 series. I gave it to my son for his home protection. It looks similar to this one from Novak, except the grips are Craig Speigel and the match barrel is from a different maker.

Beautiful and badass at the same time.

[Rvrctyrngr]

Originally Posted by MajO

I had a Browning Hi Power from Novak. It is Number 11 of their 1-100 series. I gave it to my son for his home protection. It looks similar to this one from Novak, except the grips are Craig Speigel and the match barrel is from a different maker.

Wow! That could be my pistol that I had worked over by Wayne several years ago! Beautiful

The Novak Hi-Power started life as an FN with the SafetyFastShooting system. Hated that so off to Wayne it went. Only thing left original is the slide and the frame!

I have another FN HiPower that I rebuilt myself, and a Browning that belongs to wifey.

[RandallZ]

Got one of these:

It's the FN built competition Hi Power "GP" built in the late '80s.