Thanks for the video sir. The John Inglis Company goes back to 1859 in Ontario where they were a machine shop. In WW1 they made shells, shell forgings and engines for ships. They floundered in the Great Depression, but in 1937 began making Bren Guns. By 1943 they were making 60% of the Bren guns for Commonwealth troops. They also made the High Power pistols as well as a 20mm cannon I believe. It was after the war that they got into making household appliances. We had an Inglis washer and drier pair as well as an Inglis stove last more than 25 years... I believe since Whirlpool owns them now they don't make much on this side of the medicine line anymore, but that's a hunch not fact. Talked with Canadian Army vets who saw brand new Inglis High Powers still in wax paper and cardboard boxes into the '80's. As of today it's still the issue arm for regular forces.
I'm in the UK and before we lost our right to own pistols I owned an Inglis Hi Power. It was an absolute pleasure to shoot. It just felt like part of your hand and seemed to drop back on target after every shot. As my Dad would say " Where ,exactly, do you want the little hole? " When I went to the state's a few years back and had a range day trying Glocks, Sigs, Beretta etc but ended up renting another Browning and spent a lot of money on 9mm nostalgia pills . Loved that gun, enjoy mate. BTW "Church and BBQ gun" .......that's possibly the most American thing I ever heard.😄
Owned my BHP since the early 80's and used to shoot practical pistol with it a lot. An awful amount of holster wear, extended safety, light trigger, Pachmayr grips and the basic unadustable sight.
Like that "bar-b-que gun" is coming back into use. I personally know that term dates back at least to my grandfather's and great uncle"s (Texas Ranger) time, around 1900 to 1960s, and has been commonly used by our family for 4 generations.
I was able to pick up a surplus 1993 Belgium made hi power. It was apparently never issued as it was in perfect condition. Not a scratch. My favorite handgun.
My Inglus hp pistol has the serial number prefix CH and is part of the Chinese contact but not chines marked . Inglis is still in business in Canada, they make washing.machines. I saw the appliance in Canada many years ago.
My "church/barbeque" gun is a Colt Lightweight Commander I bought for myself as a 29th birthday present, so I've had it 37 years. I'm the one & original owner. It was smithed up by a guy in Bakersfield CA named Michael Horn, who was a gunsmith & instructor at Jeff Cooper's Gunsite Ranch in Arizona. Had all the standard modifications for a street-carry combat 1911 for it's day. Still have the original box & paperwork.
I'd like to see one of the Berettas with the tip up barrels, like the 21A, make it into the vault. From what I understand they were popular back in the days before the 380 pocket pistols stormed the market. It's just a unique little gun, and Beretta's still making new ones, but they've been out for a while now.
cool video. tough to beat a Hi-Power. 1911's naturally come to mind as well as my EDC a Bulgarian Black Sea Navy, stainless steel Makarov. Circle 10 arsenal mfg. 1997. Tough as nails, super tough stainless finish. 9 X 18mm Makarov round's a fight stopper as well. very comfortable in my hand. thanks for the video Caleb. My heart skipped a beat or two, thought you might bump and spill your coffee on the P35(: I always keep my beverages at arms length when handling my firearms.
I have a high condition Chinese contract gun cut for a stock. I have the SA Ltd. stock and the hanger as well. This gun is exempt from NFA rules, It's a typically great Hi-Power without the stock and incredible with. I don't carry it because I don't want to mar the finish, but I can shoot it.
There's a local shop here that has a cool old gun. Model 1911 year 1918 with holster, belt, and lanyard and one old box of ammo. Belt and holster are stamped 1918 as well. Only $3250 plus tax, etc. I can't buy it. Wife would string me up by the lanyard.
@@barryrickert6544 are they the same quality? I don’t want something that is gonna preform poorly. I have a 1991 1911 at home and i’ve never had a malfunction of any kind with it, i was looking for that same reliability in another handgun
My first impression on viewing that gun I thought I was looking at my CZ 97B! CZ being a .45 of course. I always liked the 1911 but thought it's single action was limiting .. so the CZ with the double action is my 1911 of the future. LOL
Nice. Love seeing people who carry full size, metal guns. yeah, portable polymer is a lot easier to pack 16 hrs in, I guess, but it's funny how people act like larger/heavier guns are somehow impossible, ignoring the fact folk carried 30-40 oz metal guns for decades, because we had no lightweight wonder guns (heck aluminum WAS the lightweight option), and somehow managed. My own carry gun for years was a Beretta 92 Centurion (sometimes my full size 92). 28oz it was too bad though that fat butt was the biggest issue. But I'm also 6'3" so YYMV. A 5'2" victorias secret type might find that problematic. Just find it nice to see someone who understands that one CAN carry something besides the latest greatest featherweight tactical tupperware, and not die because of it. Admittedly were I to buy a new CCW specific gun, the Glock 43x or Sig365xl would probably be on my list to look at, but so too the Rex Zero and Delta. a Taurus G3C might round out the 5 I'm most likely to consider. the Hellcat/p365/g43 IMO are all too tiny to really shoot as well as I'm comfortable with, at my size. But that's me. Might be totally wrong for you.
I do have a unique carry gun, more on that latter, but I typically carry a CZ P01 in the winter and now a P365xl with a Holosun 407k the rest of the year. For anyone wondering I don't carry the p365 in the winter because I'm concerned about the optic fogging up. At least when it's super cold. However my unique carry gun is something I haven't even been able to find online. An it's also my church and BBQ gun so to speak. It's a Para Ordnance Light Double Action High-Cap Stainless Elite. Yeah good luck finding that anywhere else. It's one of the Canadian made Para Ordnance guns. Not that post Remington BS. An unlike the other LDA guns the trigger has a distinct wall that breaks like glass. An with a 14rd magazine it's a chunker. So I carry it in a shoulder rig that I made myself with a two mag carrier, flashlight, and knife on the opposite side for balance. Benifits of being a holster maker. You can set your personal rig up your way. I got it used for a steal at $500 an it had some serious wear. So I had the lower and slide refinished. Also added some new big dot tritium sights. An to top it of I had a friend make me a set of custom micarta grips with my family crest on a inset coin. Now it's a gorgeous beast of a gun.
Use a product called Cat Crap Antifog/Cleaner on your holosun. I use it on my pistol red dots, my carbine optics, and my prescription glasses. Getting in and out of a patrol car causes fogging issues if you don’t. My pistol mounted optics do not have nearly as many fogging problems in a IWB rig as they do stuck out and exposed in the duty rig.
Kick me...I worked for a distributor back in the '90s when we got a bunch of surplused Canadian Inglis pistols; they even had a Canadian flag decal on the frontstrap. I passed...now I have to be satisfied with an Argentine FM--great pistol, an exact clone of the Belgian pistol, but just lacks the character of those Inglis guns.
What replacement safety did you use? The original safety is the only thing stopping me from EDC with a 1944 Inglis I got for $300 (dealer had no clue what he had). Runs like a top!
@@redcat9436 it might depend on the specific example. The trigger wasn’t awful before, but my Inglis feels very much like a 1911 trigger now where it didn’t before.
Hey Caleb! I do have a Capitan Model (Tangent sights and rear cut for stock)from 1976 in pristine conditions with engraved grips all original! Beautifull gun .... But is so beautifull that makes me to not shoot it, plus a heavy triger (unpleasent) maybe too unused ... And the magazine safety. I hear for years that pistol is a very good to shoot, but maybe i'm more used to feel the 1911's trigers and Colt revolvers. What do You recomend me?? Maybe get a new triger group or find another HP to shoot? Thank You
Hey Brownells, since 11 month I am waiting for my new barrel for my Inglis. If the is your favorite pistol, will you give me a chance, to shoot meine someday?
@@keithagn yes the NDP have signalled they won’t trigger an election during the Covid emergency. So it looks like the buy back will pass. The west and the east want Trudeau gone. His base is Ontario. Which I’m in but my riding has constantly been Conservative. Farm country. We need to make Trudeau a drama teacher again lol.
@@CalebSavant Considering it was rusted up and spray painted twice I think it looks awesome. Although it's got some holster wear. But some guys like that look. Other than that the only smudge I see is a finger print.
Cool gun, terrible video. Next time put a little more effort into the presentation and facts about the said gun, maybe even disassemble it for our viewing pleasure.
There's something so beautiful and balanced about the Hi-Power design
Love it! Barbecue and church gun! A couple older ones I like to carry is my cz model 27, fn 1922 and I just picked up a Remington 51 made in 1920
Thanks for the video sir. The John Inglis Company goes back to 1859 in Ontario where they were a machine shop. In WW1 they made shells, shell forgings and engines for ships. They floundered in the Great Depression, but in 1937 began making Bren Guns. By 1943 they were making 60% of the Bren guns for Commonwealth troops. They also made the High Power pistols as well as a 20mm cannon I believe. It was after the war that they got into making household appliances. We had an Inglis washer and drier pair as well as an Inglis stove last more than 25 years...
I believe since Whirlpool owns them now they don't make much on this side of the medicine line anymore, but that's a hunch not fact.
Talked with Canadian Army vets who saw brand new Inglis High Powers still in wax paper and cardboard boxes into the '80's. As of today it's still the issue arm for regular forces.
Mine is not that old, but from 1967. My dads first carry gun!
The Baron "My church and BBQ gun!" hahahaha 1:41
I like that you keep it old school.
I'm in the UK and before we lost our right to own pistols I owned an Inglis Hi Power.
It was an absolute pleasure to shoot.
It just felt like part of your hand and seemed to drop back on target after every shot.
As my Dad would say " Where ,exactly, do you want the little hole? "
When I went to the state's a few years back and had a range day trying Glocks, Sigs, Beretta etc but ended up renting another Browning and spent a lot of money on 9mm nostalgia pills .
Loved that gun, enjoy mate.
BTW "Church and BBQ gun" .......that's possibly the most American thing I ever heard.😄
A Browning Hp will always work 100 % !
Thanks, Caleb for sharing!
Church and BBQ gun, love it!
I had a Belgium HP back in the early 80". I really loved that Gun. Wish I still had it.
I have my dad’s WWII bring back with holster. Great gun.
Owned my BHP since the early 80's and used to shoot practical pistol with it a lot. An awful amount of holster wear, extended safety, light trigger, Pachmayr grips and the basic unadustable sight.
One of the best hand guns ever made I miss mine in the UK.
Very nice rescue gun! 👍
My Dad has a mid-80's Browning Hi-Power....shoot's like a dream.
Cool piece of history
Like that "bar-b-que gun" is coming back into use. I personally know that term dates back at least to my grandfather's and great uncle"s (Texas Ranger) time, around 1900 to 1960s, and has been commonly used by our family for 4 generations.
Beautiful pistol!
Got to love the Hi Power. Mine is from the 1970s and it is easy to run, accurate and real solid.
I was able to pick up a surplus 1993 Belgium made hi power. It was apparently never issued as it was in perfect condition. Not a scratch. My favorite handgun.
I have a Chinese contract inglis and it still works perfectly, love that gun
My Inglus hp pistol has the serial number prefix CH and is part of the Chinese contact but not chines marked .
Inglis is still in business in Canada, they make washing.machines. I saw the appliance in Canada many years ago.
I carried one of those as a Leopard tank driver in the Canadian Army in West Germany in the 1980's. Ours didn't look as nice as this one.
The Leopard II drivers still have one of those.
That is really cool. An episode with the story behind finding the gun existed would be interesting.
My "church/barbeque" gun is a Colt Lightweight Commander I bought for myself as a 29th birthday present, so I've had it 37 years. I'm the one & original owner. It was smithed up by a guy in Bakersfield CA named Michael Horn, who was a gunsmith & instructor at Jeff Cooper's Gunsite Ranch in Arizona. Had all the standard modifications for a street-carry combat 1911 for it's day. Still have the original box & paperwork.
I would have never guessed you would carry that model.
I have a browning hi power mkIII for my leather holster carry and the glock 48 kydex carry.
I'd like to see one of the Berettas with the tip up barrels, like the 21A, make it into the vault. From what I understand they were popular back in the days before the 380 pocket pistols stormed the market. It's just a unique little gun, and Beretta's still making new ones, but they've been out for a while now.
So nice. Dream pistol. Would love to EDC this gem.
THANK YOU
Beautiful pistol
Old colt 1911 chambered in 38 super made in 1952!
That’s awesome. Great rescue.
I have an early Swiss Sig P226 that I still carry with original Sig black grips.
cool video. tough to beat a Hi-Power. 1911's naturally come to mind as well as my EDC a Bulgarian Black Sea Navy, stainless steel Makarov. Circle 10 arsenal mfg. 1997. Tough as nails, super tough stainless finish. 9 X 18mm Makarov round's a fight stopper as well. very comfortable in my hand. thanks for the video Caleb. My heart skipped a beat or two, thought you might bump and spill your coffee on the P35(: I always keep my beverages at arms length when handling my firearms.
Very cool EDC Caleb thanks for sharing.
P238 mostly. M11-A1(P229) sometimes.
I like it!
Great video thank you for sharing
Beautiful gun!!!!
I carry either a CZ82 in 9X18mak or a Kareen Hi-Power 9mm.
I have a high condition Chinese contract gun cut for a stock. I have the SA Ltd. stock and the hanger as well. This gun is exempt from NFA rules, It's a typically great Hi-Power without the stock and incredible with. I don't carry it because I don't want to mar the finish, but I can shoot it.
I often carry a S&W 39-2 or a 639 which is 70% engraved.
There's a local shop here that has a cool old gun. Model 1911 year 1918 with holster, belt, and lanyard and one old box of ammo. Belt and holster are stamped 1918 as well. Only $3250 plus tax, etc. I can't buy it. Wife would string me up by the lanyard.
Did we just become best friends bro!!??? I absolutely love my Mk2 BHP, that one will go with me to the grave.
I wonder what factory in Canada it was made at. We had an Ingles Factory in Hamilton Ont
Inglis; they also made Bren light machine guns during WWII.
If I wanted to carry a 9mm, the Hi Power would be a great option. They're easy to shoot well. They're reliable.
EDC fot me Detonics Stainless 45acp. Sold Browning 3" mag 12ga to buy it back in the 80's . 2:46
I have a S&W model 60, no dash, that I carry at formal occasions. I've not been to a formal BBQ, yet.
I have one from 1945 with ch number and tangent sight with cut for stock, love it just wish the prior owner didn't cerkote the frame
P 64 in 9×18. Super slim.
9mm mak aint nothing to sneeze at either
Is that an AT4 in the background?
Did you keep the magazine safety? Nice pistol, glad you saved it. .
Thank you for the video! What is the all weather lever gun in the safe?
I would LOVE a browning hi power! I can’t find one for sale anywhere and it honestly makes me really sad
Sarco has some FEG Hi Power $395.00 good condition. Parts are the same as a Browning.
@@barryrickert6544 are they the same quality? I don’t want something that is gonna preform poorly. I have a 1991 1911 at home and i’ve never had a malfunction of any kind with it, i was looking for that same reliability in another handgun
Check gunbroker, they have a few decent ones.
My first impression on viewing that gun I thought I was looking at my CZ 97B! CZ being a .45 of course. I always liked the 1911 but thought it's single action was limiting .. so the CZ with the double action is my 1911 of the future. LOL
Nice. Love seeing people who carry full size, metal guns.
yeah, portable polymer is a lot easier to pack 16 hrs in, I guess, but it's funny how people act like larger/heavier guns are somehow impossible, ignoring the fact folk carried 30-40 oz metal guns for decades, because we had no lightweight wonder guns (heck aluminum WAS the lightweight option), and somehow managed.
My own carry gun for years was a Beretta 92 Centurion (sometimes my full size 92). 28oz it was too bad though that fat butt was the biggest issue. But I'm also 6'3" so YYMV. A 5'2" victorias secret type might find that problematic. Just find it nice to see someone who understands that one CAN carry something besides the latest greatest featherweight tactical tupperware, and not die because of it.
Admittedly were I to buy a new CCW specific gun, the Glock 43x or Sig365xl would probably be on my list to look at, but so too the Rex Zero and Delta. a Taurus G3C might round out the 5 I'm most likely to consider. the Hellcat/p365/g43 IMO are all too tiny to really shoot as well as I'm comfortable with, at my size. But that's me. Might be totally wrong for you.
The original SA 35 period
Causally has an AT-4 in the gun vault 😂
For a long time, this was pretty much the lost modern pistol available.
Made By My Friends To The North Canada 😀😊😀
Cant beat it for a carry gun
I've got a Gen 2 Glock 19 back from 1995... Is that old???
I do have a unique carry gun, more on that latter, but I typically carry a CZ P01 in the winter and now a P365xl with a Holosun 407k the rest of the year.
For anyone wondering I don't carry the p365 in the winter because I'm concerned about the optic fogging up. At least when it's super cold.
However my unique carry gun is something I haven't even been able to find online. An it's also my church and BBQ gun so to speak. It's a Para Ordnance Light Double Action High-Cap Stainless Elite. Yeah good luck finding that anywhere else. It's one of the Canadian made Para Ordnance guns. Not that post Remington BS. An unlike the other LDA guns the trigger has a distinct wall that breaks like glass. An with a 14rd magazine it's a chunker. So I carry it in a shoulder rig that I made myself with a two mag carrier, flashlight, and knife on the opposite side for balance. Benifits of being a holster maker. You can set your personal rig up your way.
I got it used for a steal at $500 an it had some serious wear. So I had the lower and slide refinished. Also added some new big dot tritium sights. An to top it of I had a friend make me a set of custom micarta grips with my family crest on a inset coin. Now it's a gorgeous beast of a gun.
Use a product called Cat Crap Antifog/Cleaner on your holosun. I use it on my pistol red dots, my carbine optics, and my prescription glasses. Getting in and out of a patrol car causes fogging issues if you don’t. My pistol mounted optics do not have nearly as many fogging problems in a IWB rig as they do stuck out and exposed in the duty rig.
@@banditone00 Thanks. Although I actually use cat crap. It really does help. However when it's - 20 I still don't trust it 100%.
@@project86xero ouch! Here in OK and TX we thought we were going to die just being in the single digits a few nights in a row.
@@banditone00 I live in PA and it gets 20 below every so often. Sub zero isn't uncommon either. So yeah.
Beautiful weapon! When carrying concealed, what state is it in? (No judgement or criticism, whatever your answer)...Thanks for posting this video!
Kick me...I worked for a distributor back in the '90s when we got a bunch of surplused Canadian Inglis pistols; they even had a Canadian flag decal on the frontstrap. I passed...now I have to be satisfied with an Argentine FM--great pistol, an exact clone of the Belgian pistol, but just lacks the character of those Inglis guns.
Lovely work. Can you recommend a High Power clone that is worth buying? Do you carry that in condition 1?
Springfield Armory is making an updated version that may actually be better than the original.
Is it just me, but does anyone else think that Caleb is a time traveler from 1950?
Possible range video soon?
I'd be curious if he ran into to part compatibility issues between the Inglis and the FN produced ones.
the bottom front end of the slide shows drag marks from cycling into the frame. this is not normal. too much frame/slide tightening or what?
That is actually holster wear.
What replacement safety did you use? The original safety is the only thing stopping me from EDC with a 1944 Inglis I got for $300 (dealer had no clue what he had). Runs like a top!
Cylinder & Slide
@@CalebSavant thanks so much! That was really fast too.
Ive got a question for you guys to do. How long do barrels last?
That depends on many factors.
Kaleb, what safety did you use in this gun. I have a 1950s Belgian made HP and the safety is the one thing I would change.
Caleb what after market safety are you using?
Cylinder and Slide
Did you remove the magazine safetey?
Yes!
Big improvement in trigger pull taking that out of an Inglis in my experience.
@@chipsterb4946 I never thought the stock trigger with the magazine safety was that bad. Maybe because I'm so used to shooting DA revolvers.
@@redcat9436 it might depend on the specific example. The trigger wasn’t awful before, but my Inglis feels very much like a 1911 trigger now where it didn’t before.
Hey Caleb! I do have a Capitan Model (Tangent sights and rear cut for stock)from 1976 in pristine conditions with engraved grips all original! Beautifull gun .... But is so beautifull that makes me to not shoot it, plus a heavy triger (unpleasent) maybe too unused ... And the magazine safety.
I hear for years that pistol is a very good to shoot, but maybe i'm more used to feel the 1911's trigers and Colt revolvers. What do You recomend me?? Maybe get a new triger group or find another HP to shoot?
Thank You
Check out what Cylinder & Slide has to offer, they sell great parts to fix up that pull.
@@CalebSavant thank You for your valued time! I Will check it out( hopefully they send overseas 😇)
Are those craig spegial grips?
Same hi power model used in Rainbow six siege.
Hey Brownells, since 11 month I am waiting for my new barrel for my Inglis. If the is your favorite pistol, will you give me a chance, to shoot meine someday?
The hi power is a beautiful gun but I prefer my CZ 75 B
maybe Im the only idiot, but I just cant love my hi-power, 1911 and Sig p226 feel better to me and when I shoot the Hi-power its kinda meh?
Browning has discontinued production of the Hi-Power. Do you think this is permanent or just a pause to build up interest in people like me?
It's permanent. But there are still plenty of them out there.
Get one as soon as you can bro, their price is going up yearly.
I carry a handgun, made of my fingers 😊😊
Carry gun in Canada = prison time and all you firearms seized lol
Yes, and when Dear Leader gets his super majority back after the next election all our firearms will be gone.
@Jeff Jeff 2 right back atcha amigo!
@@keithagn yes the NDP have signalled they won’t trigger an election during the Covid emergency. So it looks like the buy back will pass. The west and the east want Trudeau gone. His base is Ontario. Which I’m in but my riding has constantly been Conservative. Farm country. We need to make Trudeau a drama teacher again lol.
Bluing doesn’t look so good man.
Lots of holster wear on that gun.
@@CalebSavant Considering it was rusted up and spray painted twice I think it looks awesome. Although it's got some holster wear. But some guys like that look. Other than that the only smudge I see is a finger print.
trigger disconnect. hanmer bites you
remove it. hold it right. problem solved.
No mag safety in my gun, never bites me. After all the work I did restoring it, it knows not to bite the hand that feeds it.
Cool gun, terrible video. Next time put a little more effort into the presentation and facts about the said gun, maybe even disassemble it for our viewing pleasure.