Sidearms & Scatterguns Thinking about getting a new Browning High Power

[pmclaine]

If you really want something that will just blow your mind

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I have some nice target pistols...full custom 1911s, the P210, etc. This one is something really special

Amazing how low the bore is over grip on that thing.

 

[Nik H]

Amazing how low the bore is over grip on that thing.

I know but it is so well balanced. It is really a rare pistol and designed for competition which I don’t do any longer so a bit of a waste. They have since come out with a variant called the CZ75 Target Sport Orange which has many of the features for $1,750. I know a couple of guys who want to buy the one I have so I may go this route or I may buy it as well and have 2.

 

[candyx]

Late 1970's model from Belgium

 

[dc451718]

They are a bit more expensive than my new Beretta. I like both finishes.

I love the feel and look of a high power. I have owned 3 of them. I never could get one with a decent trigger so I begrudgingly sold them all. I still like them though

 

[DaleGribble82]

Nighthawk Custom has a pretty sweet rendition of the Browning High Power.....for a price of course but nonetheless it is one sweet looking stick.

 

[Bigfatcock]

The Nighthawk Hi-Power looks like b’dussy with the overly long beaver tail.

 

[DeadAss]

who is a good pistol smith to work on the High Power ?

 

[DaleGribble82]

who is a good pistol smith to work on the High Power ?

Great list of folks right here.

Hi Power gunsmith recommendations

I am looking at getting a Hi Power customized and I have largely narrowed my gunsmith choice to several options that offer the work I want and have reasonable wait periods. I have read many of the threads in the forum regarding gunsmiths and these threads are where I got a number of my options...

forums.1911forum.com

 

[DeadAss]

Thanks

 

[308pirate]

@THEIS

Piece of shit status confirmed: https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2018/10/23/tested-tisas-regent-br9-hi-power-pistol/

On the range, I experienced recurrent failures to extract with both stock pistols. Another troubling occurrence was a cracked firing pin retaining plate. While it is not uncommon for firing pin retaining plates to break, it’s usually not within the first few hundred rounds.

Here's another:

We have done a complete Rockwell hardness check on all of the critical areas of the slide, frame, and internal parts. The RC hardness is greater than the Browning Hi Power was in the slide locking lugs, slide breech face, and the barrel cam in the frame.

LOL, before anyone says "more is better", when talking about steel hardness that is hardly ever necessarily so. In any case, the statement quoted does nothing to imply the pistol's steel is properly heat treated. For all we know, it's been hardened so much that it is now brittle and prone to fracture.

 

[THEIS]

Hi,

LOL @308pirate
There is soo much more than those things that are horrible with that Manufacturer.
Being able to bend safety latch because metal was so flexible.
Being able to break safety latch because metal was so brittle.
Being able to push the rear site left and right with just your thumb.
Firing pins that would bend at tip and break in middle.

The pistol is a joke.

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[308pirate]

Hi,

LOL @308pirate
There is soo much more than those things that are horrible with that Manufacturer.
Being able to bend safety latch because metal was so flexible.
Being able to break safety latch because metal was so brittle.
Being able to push the rear site left and right with just your thumb.
Firing pins that would bend at tip and break in middle.

The pistol is a joke.

Sincerely,
Theis

But stupid cunt says they're great. I don't understand

LOL

 

[Primus]

If you aren't willing to buy a Belgium HP or one made in Portugal like the later models, find a nice FEG clone. Much better than the junk coming out of turkey.