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Browning Hi-Power

OtomanOtoman Member Posts: 554 ✭
edited March 2002 in Ask the Experts
SN 245RN119XX, made in Belgium. Year of mfg?? Thanks.
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  • OtomanOtoman Member Posts: 554 ✭
    edited November -1
    I need some opinions on the Browning Hi-Power pistol.

    I am thinking about getting one and need a little input from members who have some experience with them.

    Thanks

    Rockton
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  • OtomanOtoman Member Posts: 554 ✭
    edited November -1
    Is it normal for the hammer to require an unusual amount of pressure to cock or does the unusual pressure indicate a malfunction or problem?
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  • OtomanOtoman Member Posts: 554 ✭
    edited November -1
    Does anyone know a top notch gunsmith that can fit a Browning Hi-power with a 2 or 3 slot combat trigger and Novac Low Mount sights?
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  • OtomanOtoman Member Posts: 554 ✭
    edited November -1
    Does anyone know in what year Browning quit making the Belgium made Hi-Power with the fixed sights and the nice blue finish?
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  • OtomanOtoman Member Posts: 554 ✭
    edited November -1
    Have a couple of questions about Browning Hi-Powers:I understand they made some in .30 Luger, is this true? Does anyone know if they were a limited run, how many were made?Also, I seriously doubt it, but was there ever such a thing as a Belgian made .40S&W Hi-Power (not "Assembled in Portugal")? .40S&W came out since assembly was moved to Portugal, correct? Finally, the current Hi-Powers are marked "FNMI". I haven't seen one in person but are they assembled in Portugal but just not marked so on the slide?Thanks in advance for any replies.[This message has been edited by Blokey (edited 03-08-2002).]
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  • OtomanOtoman Member Posts: 554 ✭
    edited November -1
    I just bought a Browning Hi- Power 9MM silver chrome NIB with 2 pre ban clips. Just wondering what retail price should be or did I get clipped?
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looked in a number of reference books and haven't found the specific date....but it was sometime in the late 80's or early 90's.
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  • OtomanOtoman Member Posts: 554 ✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Rembrandt, I appreciate the information. If you have any info as to how the serial numbers relate to the Belgium manufactured guns I would apppreciate it. The only Ref. manual I have is the Blue Book and it doesn't cover what I need to know.
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  • drachdrach Member Posts: 130 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Brownings website will give you a complete breakdown of serial number to manufacturing years and how to figure them out, closest date you can get is year though.
    Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est ("A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands") ~~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca "the younger" ca. (4 BC - 65 AD)
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