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I enjoyed the evaluation. Curious how you reconcile actual improvements in reliability due to normal break operation of a new gun vs improvements brought about through parts replacement? It seems to me the real test would have been to put a few hundred rounds through the new gun before evaluating the reliability.

Not your best video. I just installed a BHSS trigger in my SA-35. Now starting to do the fine tuning with the trigger lever etc. None of these installations are as easy as they look but then it isn't something I do everyday either. I am amazed at how so many small pieces work together so miraculously. I can't begin to grasp how one engineers something like this. What I have found is that it takes me several hours to complete one step in the process, beginning with getting the roll pin installed. Don't even get me started on the trigger lever and spring although even those are finally done too.

Boy, just blow right by how to get that trigger spring roll pin in, LOL. That is the hardest part of installing the new trigger. Fortunately Amazon sells a set of roll pin starter punches for about $10 and free shipping. Interested see how they work out.

Like this very much. Does this dual caliber B-HP start with a BH-40, which has a different/stronger frame? I presume this duality is not available for my/our current standard 9mm hi-powers, hee in CA?

WANT!

Mark, I have bought an S A 35 and would like to get the overhaul done to mine ! What is the best guess on what this is going to cost me to get such an upgrade ?

Any plans for making an improved barrel for a Girsan mcp35 pi ops 3.88" barrel bhp (compact) clone

I am unable to find this product anywhere on the website!

Whats the trigger pull wait on that girsan?

would you still buy an old version after shooting the new FN HP?

What we really need is a slide stop that will not lock open before the magazine is empty because of modern thumb placement which controls recoil. There is no need for the firing side hand to drop the the slide stop. That is done with the support hand as the magazine is seated.The firing side thumb stays on top of the safety.

Interesting information, even after 50 years of using the FN HP in both policing and the military in peacetime and in war, and now everyday carry in civilian retirement. While I enjoy the nicest, most crisp trigger pull and letoff on all my pistols as much as anybody else and am happy to invest money to get it, the reality is that these highly prized and sought trigger pulls have very little relevance to professionals and the professional use of any general issue firearm in war, specialized counter-terrorism operations, and policing. There is a massive difference between enjoyment in recreational/competitive use and the reality of the two way range. The difference between the toys at play, and tools that go to work. The trigger pull specifications for the FN High Power is that the trigger break is not less than 5 lbs and not more than 8 lbs. That is true whether it is the original WWII manufactured Inglis pistols still in service in Canada or elsewhere, or the more recent MkIII High Powers the UK purchased (prior to converting over to Glocks a few years ago) or other police and militaries purchased. The trigger pull specifications remain 5 - 8 lbs still today. I have no idea what it is for the current MkIII Turkish knockoffs being imported, but probably very similar. Coincidentally (but almost certainly probably not), the trigger pull specifications for the M16 family of assault rifles as issued by the USA, Canada, the UK's SAS, etc is ALSO a trigger pull of between 5 - 8 lbs. It remains so today after 60 years of lessons learned in Vietnam, the Cold War, assorted brush wars, the Gulf War, and now during the continuing War On Islamic Terrorism throughout the world. It would seem that the military and police professionals of the free world have come up with common 'lessons learned' regarding characteristics of the weapons they will issue to those in uniform who will be using them on the two way range where the losers go home in an aluminum box. They have concluded that, trigger pulls should be no less than 5 lbs and no more than 8 lbs to address the reality of fine motor skills being replaced by gross muscle strength from the effects of adrenaline, as well as heightened heart rate and blood pressure while under the stress of combat. If any military, counter-terrorist unit, or police force feels that trigger reset, 'crispness', or other trigger pull attribute other than weight of pull is important enough to write specifications for it on the FN High Power or M16 variant service rifle, I am not aware of which country has done that. The reality is that even among the world's most skilled counter-terrorist units, very few professionals are so skilled and so practiced that the optimal trigger pull characteristics desired by civilians would make a difference when those professional trigger pullers are engaged in a TIC. If it would - they would make that part of the weapon's specifications. We are to a point that, almost universally now, the most professional units in the world are quite happy with double action striker fired trigger pulls. The crisp, 'breaks like a glass rod' trigger pulls of single action 1911s used in Bullseye competition, FN High Powers, etc are now just a delight for citizen amateurs and platform enthusiasts. That's still exactly what I want, and I don't see any striker fired pistol ever in my future no matter how high quality, but it's not prized by the professionals who go to the two way range. As for the amateur kitchen table gunfighting experts and gunsmiths lamenting the "dangerous" magazine disconnect; one of the enjoyable privileges of being an amateur civilian rather than a professional police officer, military, or counter-terrorism operator is you not only get to choose whatever handgun you want, but whatever you want to do to alter it after purchase. You aren't stuck with what's issued. What's telling about the claims of the kitchen table amateurs regarding the magazine disconnect is who in the real world disagrees with their amateur assessment. A short list of the world's professional users of the High Power who have chosen to keep the magazine disconnect rather than remove it as kitchen table amateur gunsmiths and gunfighters do includes: - Britain's SAS, including their counter-terrorist unit 22 SAS. - FBI Hostage Rescue Team when they were armed with custom HPs built to spec by Wayne Novak. - Rhodesian military and Rhodesian SAS with their decades long border wars with Marxist terrorists. - Australian SAS, including during the Malaysian Insurgency, Vietnam, Ireland and Afghanistan and Iraq. - New Zealand Sas, also in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. - SADF, including their counter-terrorist units during their decades long brush wars with terrorists. - Special Boat Service. - Royal Marines. Removing the magazine disconnect might result in a pistol the kitchen table amateurs believe is better suited to their civilian needs - their pistol, their choice. But the above is a long list of professionals who have carried the High Power into 80 years of wars and taking out terrorists that show the ridiculousness of those claiming it is either a danger to those professionals or leaves them at a tactical disadvantage. If that claim were true, at least some of those on that short list above would have had their gun plumbers remove it. They didn't... and you can't claim they didn't because they're not as tactically aware as amateur kitchen table gunfighters and gunsmiths who only operate on the civilian one way range. BTW, the complaint that the magazine does not fall free when the magazine release is pressed? That's a deliberately specified feature - not a "bug". Just as it is a feature on the M16 platform of weapons used throughout the world rather than a tactical bug. On a weapon intended for combat rather than competition, professionals DON'T want magazines to fall into the mud, undergrowth, sand, etc at their feet whether standing or on the move. They want it retained so the user can stuff the mag in a pocket or a dump pouch to be reloaded for reuse when there is a break in fighting - that's why they also issue more ammunition before the fighting starts. Anyways, I appreciate the knowledge and products this company brings to the table which is well beyond what will be found in the military and FN pams covering the High Power. Now as a civilian, I'm happy to be able to choose whatever modifications I want to make to my personal High Powers to make them more enjoyable for recreational pleasure use while still being good to go for everyday carry. Thanks, BHSpringSolutions! For the springs and other products, as well as the background info. (if you didn't make the end of the hammer on your SFS setup so fugly... I might even consider going that route if it looked more like the ring hammer. But on the svelte, classy High Power, it looks like dressing Farrah Fawcett in a Taliban burkha...)

I have had a buffering guide rod from Springco for my C series High Power for almost 20 years (so I'm not in the market), and I have both metric and imperial hex key sets. So this doesn't affect me, but... given the cost of this custom gun part and the cost of single hex keys when purchased in bulk... why don't you include the appropriate hex key with the remainder of the parts? Just asking, because just about everything I buy these days where allen keys are required for assembly/use, the manufacturer provides one of each hex key size required. So much so that I have a little container on my bench full of all the hex keys I've accumulated with purchases over the last 20 years or so. For tightening/disassembly, a wrap of emery paper around the tube (grit side in) will allow you to grip the tube with pliers without slipping while you tighten or loosen with the hex key. The emory paper prevents the pliers (or vice if you're careful not to crush the tube) from marring the outside of the tube.

Been carrying FN HPs for policing/military, and now civilian since the early 1970's; don't know much about springs other than military pam info on springs. With your focus on recoil springs (which the military calls the main spring) and other springs, the military specifies a length for the gun plumbers to check during annual first line maintenance servicing: "Check the main spring (2) to ensure it is free of kinks; has a minimum free length of 101.85 millimetres (4.10 inches), and that the first coil grips the main spring guide assembly." And: "Inspect the firing pin spring to ensure that it is not broken, kinked or rusted. It shall have a minimum free length of 41.91 millimetres (1.650 inches). Replace defective firing pin springs;" A recoil spring shorter than that specified length or failing visual inspection is replaced. I am not aware of any military procedure/gauge used to check recoil spring performance other than the length measurement. Anyone purchasing any of your recoil springs can measure and note the length on arrival before installation, but do you have measurements for your springs which would tell the owner the recoil spring is due for replacement? Measurement of these springs with vernier calipers only takes a moment during routine cleaning.

I took out the magazine disconnect so I am able to shoot even if last round in gun! My gun my choice to save my life government doesn't give a flip about if I lived or died!

This video is garbage. The Browning action does not need a spring to safely fire. I also don't believe there is anything wrong with the OEM spring. Springs will take a set over time, its normal and not necessarily a problem. This guy is just trying to sell his product.

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Gotta smack the shit out of the trigger pin from right to left to get it out to pull the mag safety out. This is never covered in these videos.

I would only carry this in condition three as a backup.

Excelente. Funciona perfectamente en mi Para Ordnance P13-45...

Well, I finally found someone at BH. They tell me my incomplete BH Custom Shop Project is on hold while the team is overseas for a couple more weeks! I'm Not a happy BH Veteran Customer. Project gun was sent to me out of spec from original request. Returned it over 2 weeks ago and did not receive any notification of the status of rework or even that they had received the returned Pistol. I'm not pleased with BH!

Looks like you guys are having fun! But. I can't fine John Z to follow-up on My SA 35 project??? Thought I'd try here. George Moilanen

Sooner or later you have to make your own HiPower. The old ones will break and maybe those changes slowly bring you there. Maybe you can add something like the usp dual spring buffer idea into it. Don't forget about all the CZ 75 based pistols like Tanfoglios that are still different and come in lots of calibers. They would definitely benefit from your optimized products.

Will these springs work on a TA 90 with decocker?

What a waste of a delicious watermelon. These stupid tests don’t tell me anything .

It's good to see you guys working on data based BHP solutions! I really do need to get at least 1 of my clones sent up to you for your special magic.

where did you get that add on Rail for the officer?

The sear lever spring is very nearly impossible to attach & install in the Hi Power. It would be easier to put an Oat Straw in a Wild Cats rectum. BHS SPRING SOLUTIONS should take down this item for sale.

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Just picked mine up and was really hoping for better quality. The trigger reset had 2 very quiet audible clicks and would reset at the end of the travel. After research, I filed a few .001’s off the top of the trigger lever and this moved the reset to the center of travel and allowed it to make an audible click that I could feel with my finger. The sear lever should be free floating in the slide but mine was not so I stoned the finish off each side that touches the slide and that fixed that. Next is the (hard?) sear, that locks the hammer back has slop in it so when you pull the trigger you hit the wall and then you have a small amount of grittiness and than the trigger breaks. Almost like the 2 parts don’t mesh together. So either the sear needs to be shimmed up somehow or the hammer needs to be filed down to match the sear. Not sure if I’m gonna mess with it but I’m definitely not dealing with sending it back. I’d say if you’re in the fence and have the extra cash, just get the FN.

Excellent video.

Get to the point. Rambling drove me crazy.

Wow... now I know why I will never sell my Glock...

Will this Rail Fit on the Arcus Model’s?

You have mounted a Picatinny adapter on the High-Power. As I have a High-Power myself, I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Can you give me a tip on where I can get one? Thank you

Mine shoots low left but the groups are just not very good at all with any ammo I’ve tried

Appreciate the update on the SA*35 and the humor 😂

So, given these results, any chance you'll release a drop-in 357 SIG barrel for the .40S&W Hi-Power?

That looks to me like somebody cut the spring down in an attempt to make the slide easier to pull. I encountered this on a friend's 1911, he cut the spring to try to make the slide easier, not realizing that the hammer spring is really what you're fighting against.

This gun has become my new favorite #1 gun, ahead of all my cherished Glocks, Colts, Hk’s and S&W’s. #2 is my CZ 75 B and BD models.

Where could I get a set of those wood grips ?

10mm that’s loaded by Federal, Remington, etc is watered down extensively. Underwood, Buffalo Bore and a few other load it to original specs. A lot of 9mm and .45 auto is watered down some compared to the old days also

If your having the triggers custom made, why would you not put an over travel adjustment screw on both the front and rear?

What is the length of the factory recoil spring.

Thank you for the awesome detalied review! I have been a Hi-Power enthusiast since the early 80's and I have had at least one in my collection ever since. I must say that I am a bit intrigued by the new "High Power" and I am definitely going to explore the option of obtaining one for my collection. Though it is a relatively heavy gun, it is unlikely that I would actually carry it for defensive purposes. However, I would like to see an alloy frame version manufactured in lieu of polymer. Another observation is that the magazines are quite expensive, which is not a deal-breaker for me, but I it would be nice if FN priced them maybe in the $35.00 range instead of $50.00+. I have watched a number of reviews, and most content creators have a positive opinion of this gun, but some of the comments submitted by the keyboard experts are absolutely ridiculous and ignorant, liken to the fashionable Glock bashing that has been taking place in recent years. Two comments that seems to be recurring are that the gun doesn't have a rail or optic mounting capability. I really couldn't care less about either, so maybe this is the gun for me!

I am in South Africa, and I really need the Recoil Spring Guide Rod. How do I get one?

I carry a pocket hammerless in 380. With 380 you need at least 3.5 inch barrel and something like Underwood ammo for it to get good performance with an hp

Full auto high power you say🤔

As far as hammer/sear/safety relationship. What if the pistol is new? I’ve got a new Girsan I’m trying to set up as a match gun, is it more likely to get away with just replacing one of those components (safety) on a new gun with no wear?

Lol, unused springs don’t go bad from age >>Unless you’re trying to sell them! << All my 60’s T series BHPs have only needed recoil springs & extractor replaced .depending on rounds fired. The retainer plate usually cracks from lots of dry fire but if you do put a piece leather or something there to soften the blow.