John Browning's Final Performance: The Browning Hi Power
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- The Browning Hi-Power was a game-changer when introduced in the 1930s and it’s still a revered gun culture icon today- and for good reason.
Envisioned by firearms genius John Moses Browning in the early 1920s, as his most modern combat handgun, the Hi-Power was strong, simple, accurate and reliable while being easier to manufacture than many contemporary pistol designs. Single-action, like his vaunted Colt Model 1911, the improved short recoil Hi-Power used FN engineer Dieudonné Saive’s staggered magazine to produce a 13+1 round capacity in 9mm.
With the first patents on the Hi-Power applied for in 1923, Browning himself would pass away in his workshop in Belgium at age 71 in 1927- leaving Saive to finish the design. By 1935 it was ready for production and was adopted by the Belgian Army.
During World War II, the Germans took over the FN factory in Belgium in 1940 and continued producing the Hi-Power for their own use while Saive, who managed to escape to the West, would help put the gun into production by English in Canada for Allied use. As such the Hi-Power saw active front-line service on both sides of the conflict.
After the war was over and commercial production restarted, the Hi-Power was one of the most popular military handguns in the West, serving at one time or another with 68 countries, and carved out a stake of the civilian market as well. Browning-marked guns were made by FN starting in 1954 and imported to the U.S. with latter models assembled in Portugal from components made in Belgium.
By 2018, FN ceased the production of the vaunted handgun after a more than 80-year run.
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In the 1970's, I carried a Browning pistol for self defence while working with the military in Central and South America. The ammunition was free, plentiful and accounted for my frequent practice and proficiency. After years of use, my pistol did ratled a bit, but it remained accurate and never jamed or misfire. There were many firearm available to me, but I relied on my 9mm Browning often leaving my rifle behind. Then I was forced to leave my old Browning behind while in transit back home. Along came the Glocks. Not wishing to resist change, I eventually adapted to the trigger pull of a .40 caliber Glock 23. However, after just a few years it did what neither the Browning or the 1911 ever did. The magazin springs weakened causing jam. I replaced the magazines and stiffer springs, but I lost confidence on the weapon. Out of nostalgia, I may now buy one of the Browning clones made in Turkey.
Now you can buy one made by Springfield Armory in the US.
Finest handguns I ever carried. I carried two Belgians manufactured mid 1950's they never failed no matter what ammo I'd run thru them. Springs did not weaken only accuracy problem was shooter error. I have been gifted some of the newer handguns like Glock but no thank you. I no longer need to carry but I still do and The Browning HP's aren't left at home
Years ago I did get some higher capacity mag's even bought a couple of 20rd & 30rd but I'm happy with the 13's and one in the pipe. In the late 1970's I did buy a few of the 17rd mag's they work beautifully with two hi powers each holding 17's and one in each pipe 36 rds should handle most situations if not slam in two 20"s. They have great action accuracy not to heavy but you know they're in their holsters..I was a 1911 man until the brownings came into my life...a dog can't chew up Brownings like these composit plastic weapons..I'm sorry sir my dog ate my Glock..😄😂🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
No "tactical tupperware" for me.
FN started Hi Power assembly in Portugal in 1971, the Browning Arms roll mark change came later. It was done at a plant set up by FN and the results were indistinguishable from Belgian assembly.
All parts were made in Belgium.
The magazine safety was there from the beginning.
The first prototype was not made by John Browning, it was made by his protogé, Dieudonné Saive who later went on to finish it.
Before Browning passed he was working on a 40 caliber cartridge. After his death his protege said screw it and went for the common 9mm.
Smart move. 9mm is far superior.
@@stvnbryan5542 hahaha! well played sir.
Everybody forgets that the original schematics for the Hi Power had a variant with an even higher capacity and that was striker fired. Browning was making Glocks before Gaston was a tadpole in his dad's sack. patents.google.com/patent/US1618510A/en
The most aesthetic and ergonomic pistol ever made.
I have to disagree, it is in essence a 9mm copy of the 1911, which _IS_ the most aesthetic and ergonomic pistol ever made.
I like a 1911, it feels good in the hand, but nothing fits my hand better than a hi-power.
@@scottmurphy650 Exactly which design features are "a copy" of the 1911?
@@rubennasser6907 Have you ever disassembled both and looked at them side by side? I have, I own them both. That would answer your question.
@@scottmurphy6509mm is smoother to shoot in a all steel frame browning design than the 1911. With todays Mecgar mags it can compete with even the modern duty pistols with the barrel length and 20 round magazines.
Double stack brownings > Single+Double stack 1911's in .45
Nice looking handgun,
Man - I wish we'd have stores like yours down here in the El Paso - Las Cruces area!
Idk why these aren't as iconic as the walther or the 1911 or 92 etc
They are truly iconic to those that carried them into harms way. I love em and like you my life was saved more than once by Browning H-P 9MM..and paying heed to 6th sense.
I believe you are mistaken when you suggest that the early commercial models lacked a magazine disconnect. That's been a feature of the Hi Power since day one (1935). Your specimen which lacked that feature likely had the disconnect device removed, which is an easy operation to perform.
Browning Hi-Power, P-35 até a data presente, continua sendo a Arma da atualidade é uma clássica, ainda mais no calibre
.9mm Parabellum.
I got a nice Belgian high power. Great pistol.
Some corrections:
1. time 0:29 - production already started 1935 since it was officially adopted by the Belgian army in that year.
2. time 1:31 - the dimple is on the other side of the slide and not what you are pointing. It was dropped in early '60s.
3. time 1:45 - ring or round hammer, not ring trigger.
4. time 1:49 - older (even later) models will not fire if magazine is removed unless someone has the magazine disconnect safety removed.
100% correct. I felt like I was watching some bad gun shop/gun show explanation of the gun.
pjk9hp - All of the examples he showed have the modern, external extractor. However, the original P-35 and the Inglis variant both had an internal extractor similar to the 1911 extractor. The only reference I could find said that the extractor was changed in 1962. This guy has zero credibility.
Right not sur I would buy from these guys, he got a lot wrong, I also didn’t like way he handled the pistols, if this had been a gun shop I would have walked out.
Assembly in Portugal started in the mid-1980s, not the 1970s.
Do not forget the name: Dieudonne Saive !!
Yo Java Junkie, Parts made in Belgium; and assembled in Portugal. A Browning Corporate cost cutting maneuver. Sweet Shooter nonetheless.
magazine disconnect was a feature that the French demanded in 1935 before rejecting the HP. The French military required that:
the arm must be compact
the magazine have a capacity of at least 10 rounds
the gun have a magazine disconnect device, an external hammer, and a positive safety
the gun be robust and simple to disassemble and reassemble
the gun be capable of killing a man at 50 meters.
We called them the bap in the Irish army,I fired thousands of rounds out of them ,great gun.
كيف يمكن ان احصل على قبضة برونك مثل هذا النموذج الخشب
Just think if John would have made this in 38 super?
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I left the British Army in 2010, the only weapon I miss to this date was my L9a1
always wanted one but i want a working gun.So not looking for an expensive collectors piece but a gun that i can shoot regularly and not have to worry if it gets a scratch or nic? I will have to take a look around for a New inexpensive model for targets and training? Any suggestions?lol
Glock 34
CZ P10c Got mine new for $434. Accurate out of the box with one of Thee best triggers!!!!! It's a Glock killer that fits your hand. Well, the price went up; grabagun.com/cz-91517-p10-9mm-15rd-black-ns.html
Cz-75. You will find all the parts anytime you need. A little triggerwork and go.
No credit given to Dieudonné Saive? Who designed the double stack magazine (kind of a big deal) and probably had more of a hand in it than Browning did?
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i got a remington rand 1911 45 cal . better than 9mm 7 rds capacity
You probably have a great gun and there’s no arguing with the fact that the combination of the 1911 and the .45ACP is a wonderful thing...but in my humble opinion modern hollow point +P ammunition in 9mm has dramatically improved the effectiveness of that caliber.
But i carry old ruger security 6 357. 2. 3/4 inch barrel rugged reliable good power!
@@edt8535 It has but consider this in a self defense scenario. The 9mm round is light and fast. That means there is a high likelihood that it will pass through and through. A 230 gr JHP will not pass through and therefore dumps 100% of its energy inside the threat.
@@scottmurphy650 …modern hollow points have been a game changer. The narrower bullets of similar weight and caliber have proven extremely successful (.357 mag with a 125 gr hollowpoint, and the .357 Sig with a similar bullet). The 9+p and +p+ stuff are limited by case capacity (or 9mm in general I should say), but the hotter stuff with hollow points seem to grown in popularity to the point where the once extremely popular .40 is nearly dead.
My hat is off to the venerable .45, it’s a good one without a doubt-but the 9mm +P with a 115 or 124 gr hollowpoint is nothing to sneeze at 🤧…
…In my humble opinion
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WHY IS THE TRIGGER PULL AND SLIDE SO HARD TO PULL BACK
I suspect you need to go the gym and work out. I never found either to be hard.
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I had one for a number of years but just did not like the trigger. I ultimately sold it and got a Colt 1991 Series 80. The pistol itself was very well made, but having been issued a 1911 in 1981 and VERY begrudgingly turned it in for an M9, I just cannot rely on 9mm for self defense compared to .45 ACP.
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The High Power is back in production. The patents have expired- Springfiield is the first to market but will not be the last. The CIA loved these…
" great gun but obsolete, grandpa's time (hemm except the 1911 0f course.)" I would risk my family's lives with a hi-power, mac1950, walther p-38. I'm sure I missed one or two more.
the extractor is ugly
So that is your reason for not liking one? SMH
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