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Post by Bob Reed on Nov 19, 2023 10:00:04 GMT -5
Todd, that one is definitely too nice to mess with. Big +1935 on the sight work too. Levelheadedness Prevails!
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Post by cpwlew on Nov 23, 2023 23:03:48 GMT -5
A HiPower with a barrel bushing like the 1911. Attachments:
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Post by ToddSig on Nov 24, 2023 15:15:07 GMT -5
A HiPower with a barrel bushing like the 1911. Thanks for posting, do you know any more about the HP? Austin Behlert and Jim Hoag along with a few other smiths have used a removable bushing on HP builds. Your image looks like an actual 1911 bushing. Would love to know more about it. Image of a Hoag HP with removeable bushing
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Post by cpwlew on Nov 24, 2023 16:25:27 GMT -5
The bushing in the HiPower I posted in not one of those after market jobs.
The pistol is documented in Blake Steven's book on the Browning HiPower. It is one of two made in 1930 by FN.
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Post by cpwlew on Dec 13, 2023 6:42:59 GMT -5
Another Slotted/tangent
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Post by ToddSig on Dec 13, 2023 9:09:39 GMT -5
Looks to be in great condition cpwlew . What year is it? More images please, when you get a chance.
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Post by cpwlew on Dec 19, 2023 20:17:40 GMT -5
Will not be until after the turn of the year as the other pictures I have of it are not good. In the mean time, see: Also slotted. Forgot to mention - both of the Hi Powers have the rounded caming surface on the barrel lug which is found on the early pre-war Hi Powers Attachments:
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Post by woodyb on Dec 31, 2023 7:43:15 GMT -5
This is my first FN High Power. It's a post-war classic, with internal extractor. It has a stainless hammer, which is not original I think. Attachments:
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Post by cpwlew on Jan 3, 2024 15:41:46 GMT -5
This is my first FN High Power. It's a post-war classic, with internal extractor. It has a stainless hammer, which is not original I think. True, it should be a blued hammer.
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Post by knallarn on Jan 19, 2024 1:23:33 GMT -5
Hi. I got my from my father. He bought it from the police storage in sweden He whas a police himself. The gun where confiscated from a polish refugee in Gotland, sweden during the ww2. The serial is 174. How many posts before i can show pics?
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Post by ToddSig on Jan 19, 2024 8:27:47 GMT -5
Hi. I got my from my father. He bought it from the police storage in sweden He whas a police himself. The gun where confiscated from a polish refugee in Gotland, sweden during the ww2. The serial is 174. How many posts before i can show pics? Welcome to HPC knallarnYou should be able to post images immediately after registration. You can use the "add attachment" button, top right corner of the posting box. The image size needs to be under 1mb so you might need to resize first. You can attach three images per post. So if more than three images, you can make multiple posts. Looking forward to seeing images of the High Power. Sounds really interesting. Please post images of any proof or insepction marks.
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Post by knallarn on Jan 19, 2024 14:52:57 GMT -5
Ah,, not the same on the phone,, had to switch do desktop. I have only two pictures cause its in storage at a dealership. Takes one year to get a licence for a pistol in sweden. Attachments:
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Post by ToddSig on Jan 20, 2024 9:14:55 GMT -5
knallarn what a great High Power. It also looks to be in excellent condition for its aga. Too bad you have to wait a year to get it in hand. The mark * over an N belongs to Liege Proof inspector Henri Florkin, who worked between 1927-1958. The tangent sight appears to be what is called the Type 2 tangent sight. If I am correct, the sight blade should have full numerical coverage out to 500 meters and was meant for High Powers that were shipped without shoulder stocks. The Type 1 Tangent sight had 60% coverage and was typically shipped with a should stock. Would like to see the shape of the barrel cam, as it can help determine if the pistol was pre +/-1938. Should the story of the pistol being confiscated from a Polish refugee during WWII, with the lack of Waffen marks, it would be a Pre War production High Power. Which is great, especially given the condition. Next, and the harder part is the very low serial number. Early High Powers are hard to date by the serial number as FN allowed contract pistols to have client requested serial numbers. According to Vanderlinden, third edition, page 219, he notes that ALL contract prewar FN pistols started with the digit "1". This was a contract option the client paid for. So, if your High Power is contract production, it would be #74 manufactured for the contract. Post war contract pistols could start with 0, but not all. While I cant see all of the High Power, I dont see any marks or crests which would link it to a major contract, such as Belgian (also does not have Belgian Arsenal marks that I can see), Estonian, Lithuanian or Paraguayan. But I can see the back strap or top of the slide, so there could be marks. It could also be from a smaller contract. The prewar commercial serial numbers for the High Power stared at started at 1. So could yours be #174 which would have first year production date of 1936. That would be really cool. 1936 commercial serial numbers ran up to #740. If you can get more images please post. Or when you get the license and pistol, please take grips off and look for marks on the main components, as well as secondary parts like trigger, hammer, back of slide stop, firing pin stop etc. Also sometimes there are identifying marks under the grips and on the base of the grip. The more marks we have to look at, the better. Although there are many inspector marks, quality control marks etc, that have little bearing on the date. Hopefully a few others will take a look and share their thoughts. Thanks for sharing.
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