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Post by bigkeith on Apr 30, 2022 23:34:07 GMT -5
Thanks vwry much for the help your knolage is impressive
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Post by CXM on May 3, 2022 5:09:53 GMT -5
Century Arms imported a bunch of HPs from Austria around 1998 or so. Some were in like new condition in original boxes. As I recall the like new examples sold for about $249.00!!! It is pretty likely this pistol arrived in the U.S. via Century Arms. FWIW Chuck When you get the High Power, check the magazine, there could be production date marks on it as well. Pre 1962/63 magazines should have an aluminum follower. The slide may too have some marks on the firing pin block. In looking at the holster I see it is stamped LGK-NO??? This mark is found on some High Power pistols and should be similar for holsters as well. Per Vanderlinden, page 345, LGK refers to Landesgendarmeriekommando - State Gendarmerie. The following two letters after LGK are for the province. Your holster looks like "NO" (the second letter is a bit smudged). If "NO" it refers to the province Niederosterreich (Lower Austria). According to Vanderlinden, in 1955 the LGK ordered about 10,000 High Powers. The pistols were marked with LGK so I dont believe yours was part of that contract. The other mark on the holster appears to be "unbrauchbar" which translates to unusable. Perhaps marked that way when taken out of service? |
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Post by coffeeandcruisers on Feb 27, 2024 23:20:56 GMT -5
HI all. I just registered in the hopes someone here could help me track down more information on a high power I just took ownership of. The serial number doesn't match anything on Browning's site. It starts with 13-7. It's stamped on the barrel, the slide, and the frame. Any help would be appreciated.
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Post by ToddSig on Feb 28, 2024 7:22:28 GMT -5
HI all. I just registered in the hopes someone here could help me track down more information on a high power I just took ownership of. The serial number doesn't match anything on Browning's site. It starts with 13-7. It's stamped on the barrel, the slide, and the frame. Any help would be appreciated. welcome to HPC. Please post images your new HP. Full images of each side as well as detail images of the various marks. With that we should be able to figure out what you have. |
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Post by coffeeandcruisers on Feb 29, 2024 0:12:06 GMT -5
HI all. I just registered in the hopes someone here could help me track down more information on a high power I just took ownership of. The serial number doesn't match anything on Browning's site. It starts with 13-7. It's stamped on the barrel, the slide, and the frame. Any help would be appreciated. welcome to HPC. Please post images your new HP. Full images of each side as well as detail images of the various marks. With that we should be able to figure out what you have. Here is a link to an Imgur album with photos of it. Let me know if you need more.  imgur.com/a/dR5HvOE |
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Post by ToddSig on Feb 29, 2024 8:50:44 GMT -5
coffeeandcruisers Looks like you have when of the FM licensed High Powers which were made in Argentina. These were made by FM under licenses and supervision of FN engineers. When you Hi Power was manufactured, FM was called DGFM which stands for Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares, later to Fabricaciones Militares or FM for short. Our forum has a post on the FM, it states "In 1969 the Argentine government negotiated an agreement with FN in Belgium to manufacture their High Power pistol under license in Argentina. The guns produced under this license are Browning High Powers in every respect, being essentially a copy of the 1965 version of the High Power. They were built from FN plans to FN standards, and are generally considered to be the qualitative equal of the European High Powers. These pistols are “license-built copies,” and were produced until 1989." Here is a link to the post, scroll down to Hi Power number three, there is also an image highpowercollectors.proboards.com/thread/201/copies-browning-high-powerWhile not manufactured in Belgium, the early FN licenses and overseen Hi Powers are considered by most to be of very high quality and similar standards to those manufactured by FN. Here is a link to an American Rifleman article on the FM High Power www.americanrifleman.org/content/this-old-gun-argentine-fm-fap/
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Post by coffeeandcruisers on Feb 29, 2024 20:44:53 GMT -5
Thank you for the information and the links!
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