ANY EXPERIENCE WITH F.E.G. BROWNING HI-POWER COPY?

Otoman

I went into my favorite Gun Dealers yesterday looking for a Browning HI-Power Practical. I like it because it has the Pachmayr Grips and the ambi Safety and especially the combat hammer. The dealer's employee said Brownings are hard to get and sugested this pistol. He personally had shot one in competition with good results. What do you guys think? they are about 1/2 the price of the Browning and parts are supposed to interchange...advise will be appreciated. Auto

BlueTic

I don't know about the interchangable parts but I had a P9R that shot very accurate. The only problem I had with it (minor annoyance) was the trigger pull was not as smooth as I like. This is something that a trigger job could take care of.

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royc38

I had one for a while. The mags interchange with my Browning. I don't know about the other parts. It was reliable and accurate and I ended up selling it for more than I paid for it. I would recomend it to anyone.

idsman75

I own a F.E.G. Hi-Power clone. I belive the model is the PJK-9HP. It is an economical gun of all-steel construction with a rather cheap finish. It is reliable as hell and is quite accurate for such an economy gun. I took it out to Minneapolis and shot it again at an indoor range this week. It has a magazine safety that prevents it from firing if there is an empty magazine well. When you pull the trigger you can actually feel a part inside of the magazine well rubbing up against the magazine. If that part is not permitted to travel further (hence, magazine is present) the gun will fire. This "rubbing" rubs the finish off of the portion of the magazine which it contacts and makes the initial travel of the trigger feel a bit "gritty". If you look into the magazine well while you pull the trigger, you can see the moving part. Some creative touch-welding could secure this part in place and disable that feature which would make the trigger pull absolutely wonderful. Also, the hammer bites the webbing between my thumb and forefinger every time I fire it. I don't mind a little discomfort in that arena but it is something to consider. The magazines are interchangable but the internal "guts" of the gun are, for the most part, not interchangable with the Browning Hi-Power. However, it has almost the exact same feel of the Hi-Power and performs wonderfully in the pointability department. Everytime I have done a rapid double-tap anywhere from 10-15 yards, both shots have always hit the target within 6 inches. It seems durable but I have only fired about 500 rounds through it. I'm thinking of selling it to an interested buyer REAL cheap because I am purchasing another 9mm pistol in the next few months. I have enjoyed shooting it and it is certainly a great value for the price.idsman75@peoplepc.com[This message has been edited by idsman75 (edited 12-29-2001).][This message has been edited by idsman75 (edited 12-29-2001).]