John M. Browning's Final Masterpiece The Browning Hi-Power 9MM

[Tin Knocker]

Slow mo always makes it amazing to me we can hit anything at all with a gun or even bow. Thats another one (the high power) I'll end up with. Alot of guys dislike the 9mm but I feel fine with it in a carry piece. Seems to work good on desert dwellers too.

[Darkatt]

I used to own a Louis the XIV, high power..

[rigby06]

I have two Browning-High Powers, one a new one that I got a few weeks ago. And an older T-Series one.

That T-series for being almost 50 years old still shoots very nicely, and will keep a good group. It has allot of wear on it, but does it ever perform.

I am torn in wanting to re-finish the T-Series back new factory condition again, or leaving it as it is. I did find out that this T-Series was in a lot that was sold to the British Military. I am kind of proud to own a weapon that a soldier carried in defense of Life and Country.

[Icy Tea]

Indiana Jones used a Browning Hi Power in the Nepal barroom fight and had it on Katanga's ship.
Not as cool as the Colt auto ejector, but effective.

[rifleman]

I recently missed an opportunity to buy two of them in Israeli Arsenal-reconditioned shape, with new bbls. They were (briefly) available to me as a dealer for a mere $550 each! By the time I'd called the salesperson, she told me they were all gone!

I carried an Inglis-made version in the Canadian Army as our official sidearm. Nice shooter, and very nicely made! One day, especially if it is a good used one. I like the history and "patina" of a nicely maintained but properly used pistol, and the 9mm is fine with modern bullets and powders.

(I use & sell the Springer XD(M)s with their 19+1 capacity; it feels like you have an old Sten/Sterling when you shoot it; it just keeps going and going and going...)

[wittic]

The variant with the decent sights and ambi safety is ok, but the older ones, with the tiny safety lever and tiny sights, suck pretty badly. They all desperately need the magazine safety removed and a trigger stop installed, as well as removal of a lot of that "take up" slop in the trigger. There are better guns and loads, in belt gun size. the 9mm is a load for the pocket gun. In something that size and weight, why not have the 800 ft lbs and Mach II advantage of a 70 gr bulllet at 2300 fps, in a 28 oz lw commander, 460 Rowland, with a spare barrel in .45, for practice? Or just settle for 2200 fps with a fully supported barrel and shorten the Rowland brass to .45 length. 2300 fps with 70 grs is 800 ft lbs, with less recoil than .45 ball.

[Treenoid]

I got mine in 1975 for $99... some of this stuff around today was not even in the movies