Browning High-Power thread lets goooo
Is this what you wanted?
Grand Puissance.
I fucked up, here>>29330140
>>29330171
b8
>>29330115
just a 9mm 1911 whats the point?
But why a Hi Power when the P210 exists?
>>29330115
>difficult to manipulate manual safety
>manual safety does not positively click into position
>sights are garbage
>trigger pull is garbage for SA
>no tactile trigger reset to speak of
>beavertail too small resulting in literally the only gun ive ever had slide bite from
>magazine capacity low as fuck by todays standard
Why the fuck do people like these things? I was fucking elated to borrow my dad's Israeli surplus FN he picked up at a gun show a couple years ago until I shot the thing. I don't think I even fired a whole box through it it was so disappointing.
Sure they look good and have one of the most wide spread and respectable service histories of any combat handgun, but now I can't seem to figure out why.
>>29330177
Lol, pussy deleted it.
Guys, OP probably hates his Hi-Power and just wants some justification of his purchase.
That, or he just wants to see people shit on it. Either way nobody really likes the Hi-Power
>>29330219
Because you can't make lame jokes about home invaders/muggers having to answer to a HIer Power with a P210.
>>29330300
Shit. You're right.
What about "You won't even make it to a P210tiary"
Never mind, I'll go back and work on it
>>29330263
Dude, you shot a beat to shit surplus gun used by the least /k/ military force on earth. It isn't representative of the type of handgun you would expect to buy new.
Did you ever shoot the M9? Have you ever fired a brand new model 92F? They are worlds apart. Twenty years of military use beats a gun up like Chris Brown's ex.
Probably gonna buy one of the ones on Aimsurplus soon. Those any good?
>>29330294
Not trolling. But what's so bad about it versus...say a Baretta 92?
>>29330633
Hi Power has a not so great trigger pull out of the box due to the retarded magazine disconnect that the french military insisted it have.
>>29330633
hi powers are wonderfully outdated its like the 1911 without the aftermarket. when you compare it to any other double stack 9mm it falls short in features while being retard expensive new and beat to shit used.
>awful trigger
>single stack
>oh but you can bypass the safeties
>B E L G I A N
>>29330692
>single stack
>>29330692
>single stack
What?
>>29330781
dont worry bout it
>double stack but none of the benefits of its predecessor
there you go.
Stand in awe, bitches.
>>29330263
I have an Israeli police trade in and cosmetically it was beat tons hit but mine functions fine mechanically. Your dad got a lemon.
>>29330795
The only thing the 1911 has over the Hi Power is a much nicer trigger pull. In every other way the Hi Power is a superior design.
>>29330818
So if you could top the 1911 you would have, but you can't?
>>29330836
How many modern pistols are based on the 1911 vs how many are based on the Hi Power?
>>29330115
Why aren't there any Browning Hi-Power 80% receivers?
I don't understand why people can't process this one simple thing about the hi-power.
It is to Europe what the 1911 is to the United States.
There's a huge aftermarket for the 1911 because it was all that was around for a good while , and it kinda just stuck around on the consumer market here because of it.
Meanwhile , the hi power was used by something like 85 different military entities , far more than the 1911 yet it has very little recognition in the consumer market because it was never marketed to civilians as heavily.
Basically
>1911 is for fucking casuals
>>29330907 is actually pretty spot on, with the exception of the aftermarket thing. the bhp has a pretty fucking great aftermarket, it's just not AS sizable as the 1911.
>>29330668 deserves to be laughed at
>>29330263
because your mother sucks elephant dicks, you fucking faggot.
>>29330802
These gay pieces of shit are constantly on gunbroker for 10k or so and will never sell because no one gives a fuck about a stupid fucking Browning. Utter garbage.
>>29330115
Worst thing to come out of the Browning's time in Herstal.
>>29331895
And yet our lord and Savior thought it was better than a 1911
>>29330668
Why do Hi-Powers cost like double that of a CZ 75 or other similar design that's based off of it?
>>29331910
lmao
>>holding the mag
>>29331926
Because they actually polish off the tool marks and apply a finish that isn't stove paint. That costs more in materials and labor.
>>29330692
>B E L G I A N
If you seriously think that's a bad thing, you need to get your head out of your ass.
We designed the FAL (which kicked the M16's jamming ass), the Browning M2 (probably the most succesful firearm in the world), the P90, the Five-Seven, the Minimi, the MAG.
The entire world uses our guns and our reputation is flawless, deal with it.
Oh and while you're add it, enjoy your shitty beer and shitty chocolate.
>>29331985
>muh chocolate
Euros suck at candy, so of course they brag about chocolate, because that's all they have. Meanwhile, America is pulling all sorts of Willy Wonka shit. To quote the man himself, we are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
>>29331985
As a many time visitor to your magic little country, I'd like to thank you Belgium, for your beer, your chocolate- though I'm not much of a sweet tooth -, your peaceful rural vistas and above all your racetracks. Well, mostly one of them. Though I do like Zolder too.
That said, the Belgian girl I dated was a fucking fruitloop... so maybe stick to beer, chocolate and racetracks.
>>29332006
I heard Belgian bitches are demons in the sack.
>>29332282
This one was, but mostly because she was crazy, so it was crazy girl sex that made it fantastic... and realistically, kept me going back to her for too long.
Borderline. Not even once.
>>29330263
>mentions the safety not once but twice
You're probably that autist that acts like a range officer when there isn't one and berates people for not using a chamber flag arent you? Please kill yourself.
so should I get a surplus BHP from Aim, or save up for a CZ75? I really want a BHP, but if it's not that great I'll go with the more modern CZ design
>>29331999
You mean Willy Wonka from Charly and the CHOCOLATE factory?
In all seriousness though, bragging about candy being superior to our chocolate is like saying that Daewoo you drive is better than a Rolls Royce. Sell your kidney and buy some Del Rey pralines, then get back to me.
>>29332006
You probably tried more chocolate and beer than you tried girls?
I'm guessing your 'booty'-sample size is too small to be relevant. Imo, Belgian girls are brutaly average and lack sexy accents in any language.
>>29332824
Written by the british author Roald Dahl? Yes. Not sure why you're bringing that up, as a large number of europeans(british included)don't consider Britain to be a part of Europe. You obviously do though, which was the whole reason I brought it up to point out, that ironically, we are closer to him than you faggots are. We innovate, you just fall back on your chocolate. In thousands of years you've only come up with chocolate, we've been around for a few centuries and we've been pushing the boundaries of confectionary science more in those few centuries, than you have in millenia.
>>29332851
Yeah I was mostly joking - and truth be told, she was half-Ukrainian so I can't blame you guys too much ;)
But either way - I'm fond of your country, Belgo-bro - I go to Spa every year I can to drive, and when possible to the Grand Prix; I import St Bernardus Abt 12 (because Westvleteren 12 is impossible to get hold of) and a few other abbey and trappist beers to keep myself amused. I love the easy access to history in your country too - especially where it's coincided with the history of mine.
Bought the last one classic had
>>29332986
I hear those things literally destroy themselves with every shot
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>>29333005
I'm not even sure how that would work considering its one of the more robust handguns in current production
>>29333247
oh, I read here that FEG's have a problem with their slides cracking all the time, but look at google images I didn't see any, must have been more anti hipower shitposting. sorry for substantiating false rumors
>>29332986
Jesus but those grips are worn...
>$175 FEG from SARCO.
God I wish they were cheaper. I think I'm gonna get one for my first handgun.
>>29333571
>cheaper
They're like $400, how is that not cheap?
>>29333571
Used ones really are not that expensive at all.
>>29330115
>slanted cocking serrations
Not even once.
>>29330263
>beavertail too small resulting in literally the only gun ive ever had slide bite from
get less freakishly huge hands, mutant. I bet you're the sort that calls walther PPs objectively uncomfortable to shoot and gets hammerbit by makarovs
>magazine capacity low as fuck by todays standard
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hi+power+15+round+magazines
>inb4 17-18-20 rounds is the new standard, stop living in the 20th century
kill yourself, mallninja
Why not just buy a nice used p89?
>>29330263
>beavertail too small resulting in literally the only gun ive ever had slide bite from
I will never, ever understand how people manage to get slidebite from 1911s or BHPs. Do you lot just grip the gun as high as you possibly fucking can, so that your skin is spilling over the beavertail? Or do you just have hamplanet hands?
>>29333331
Stuff happens. The FEG handguns aren't really known for being the best examples of a hi power so going off of that , you may be correct but actual hi-powers don't have those problems
>>29333792
>>29333843
Sheeeeit, where are these $400 Hi-Powers you speak of? All the ones nearby are 800 used
>>29334549
gunbroker/aimsurplus
they're surplus/CAI
>>29330692
>single stack
>B E L G I A N
Belgium makes some fine fucking firearms.I'd put their quality and finishing against Germany or Switzerland.
>>29334561
Oh god I know what I'm buying next
Here's something I always wondered: could a .40 Hi-Po be converted (safely) to fire .357 SIG?
>>29331985
Hahahaha someone is dealing with inadequacy issues I see. Tiny, tiny man.
>>29332450
Did she speak French or Dutch most of the time? I bet hearing her scream in that frog language was hot.
>>29337462
Dutch - though also Ukrainian, Polish and Spanish. Being sworn at in Polish in bed was hot. Being sworn at in Polish in the living room was verging on scary, lol
>>29330195
Sure and by extension the CZ75 is just a 9mm 1911 too. Since the Sig P series has similar rails it also a 1911 and so is the XD and 938. That should about round out your lazy bait
>>29330650
The disconnect is gay, but the linkage itself is a bigger detriment than the disconnect. That being said it's heavy, but otherwise not a bad trigger.
>>29330872
There was a company that could make steel, aluminium and titanium frames with or without rails about 10 years ago. Florida something or other, as well as a south African company that did a polymer lower. Non 80% but thats a pretty good idea.
>>29331926
God you're a faggot
>>29336340
Its been done with efk barrels iirc but the service life on the .40 isn't that great to begin with according to a few stories. But who knows
