Great run down on FN's new Browning Hi-power

[GWS]

Well, they have single-handedly revived the 1911 clone market.

Not in a 17 round mag well. Can you say "proprietary"?

I was afraid that was the case.

Pass

 

[tac]

Can you use your old Hi-Power magazines?

That would be good, I still have ten of my own, all nicely polished on the front to ease up on the disconnect shoe.

Oh, wait, I live in England, and because back in 1996 some POS be'd a mass murderer, I can't HAVE a new FN GP35. Or even an old one. Or a Longthorne. Or a Tisas. Or a FEG.

Not nuffin'.

Bad tac. BAAAAAD tac!!! By association, that is.

 

[red442joe]

I Just saw a YouTube video of the Longthorne Hi-Power.
Not impressed; quite the opposite.
Not wanting to start a fight....

Joe

 

[tac]

I Just saw a YouTube video of the Longthorne Hi-Power.
Not impressed; quite the opposite.
Not wanting to start a fight....

Joe

You won't start any kind of a fight with me, Sir. Legally buying any kind of cartridge-firing handgun like that is not possible here on Mainland UK. In any case $3000 is around $2500 over-budget for me.

 

[red442joe]

Good re: not-fightin'
It is this vid:

The guy just irks me. I see him as not knowing what he doesn't know. He just seems arrogant but ignorant about actually handling/shooting a Hi-Power.
The triggger finger discipline just makes me think of the posAlecBaldwin.
Watch videos of Non or Anti gun people handling pistols.....eventually you will realize what they ALL do.
I do like the look of the engraving! I'd love to have one, and I too would pay $500 for one of theirs!

Joe

 

[P7M13]

Who will be next?

Hi Point, a short recoil brick.

There gots to be a Hi-Point joke in there^^^ somewhere..

Joe

No, Hi Point is dead serious.

 

[tac]

Good re: not-fightin'
It is this vid:

The guy just irks me. I see him as not knowing what he doesn't know. He just seems arrogant but ignorant about actually handling/shooting a Hi-Power.
The triggger finger discipline just makes me think of the posAlecBaldwin.
Watch videos of Non or Anti gun people handling pistols.....eventually you will realize what they ALL do.
I do like the look of the engraving! I'd love to have one, and I too would pay $500 for one of theirs!

Joe

It was I who posted this video here about two weeks syne. The top-grade engraving on this pistol, carried out by Elaine, daughter of James Longthorne Stewart, would add around $5000 to the basic $3000.

 

[po18guy]

You won't start any kind of a fight with me, Sir. Legally buying any kind of cartridge-firing handgun like that is not possible here on Mainland UK. In any case $3000 is around $2500 over-budget for me.

Being in the same shoes, about half of your budget got me a decent Arcus clone in '99.

 

[po18guy]

I bet they're all going to be that way. Hopefully most of them will ditch that damn mag safety for more capacity.

Springfield already did. +1. Now, if they want to mess with the engineering, why not a grip activated Swartz safety? Would be absolutely safe in condition one. And would pass any drop test.

 

[elsie]

If HiPoint made a High Power would that make it a HiPowerPoint?




elsie

 

[red442joe]

If HiPoint made a High Power would that make it a HiPowerPoint?




elsie

Yer bad! Can you imagine the owners manual?(insert slideshow here)

Joe

 

[red442joe]

Being in the same shoes, about half of your budget got me a decent Arcus clone in '99.

I think I remember those....nobody wanted them 'cuz they weren't "real" Hi-Powers? Good shooters nonetheless.

Joe

 

[Flopsweat]

If HiPoint made a High Power would that make it a HiPowerPoint?




elsie

It would probably fail at the first presentation.

 

[03A3Sporter]

Except they're not Winchesters . They are made in Portugal and have no soul.

Winchester died when USRAC closed up shop as far as I am concerned . All that is left is a brand at this point .

 

[aksu747]

I'd buy one of new FN's in stainless.
Sure the price is a bit high but maybe its worth it. I've payed more for a great 9mm handgun.
I like that it looks like it could handle +P+ Underwood ammo with no issues, wouldn't want to risk shooting that stuff through an original.

 

[po18guy]

Will it chamber 9X25 Dillon? At least 9X23? The .45 GAP de-throning .356 TSW?

 

[ma96782]

RE : Post #27 The pictures of the three New BHP pistols.

IMHO....

There is something just NOT RIGHT about them.

Aloha, Mark

 

[po18guy]

If HiPoint made a High Power would that make it a HiPowerPoint?




elsie

People would then ask what's the FNPoint.

 

[tac]

Fellas, I'd sell a kidney to be able to replicate my own GP35 from long ago. Please - all of you - buy one and do it because you can - any brand, any colour, I don't care, then you can name it after me.

The tac-35.

 

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