Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Question about the Hi-power 9mm

https://hipowersandhandguns.com/
I have found alot of HiPower answers there.

i casted a bunch of 124grain lead buletts for 9mm/re:hi power and others, and for .380. never had any issue either.

I have a customized Hi Power that was made in Belgium and assembled in Portugal. Had a beaver tail put on it, steepled the front and back strap of the grip, disconnected the magazine safety and a trigger job and Novak sights and the most beautiful cocobolo stocks Craig Spiegel ever made. Carried it on duty and it rests in the drawer of my night stand. I think I have had it over 25 years and fired the heck out of it. It eats every thing I feed it and shoots great.

There was a reason the Israeli special teams, British SAS, Navy Seals and FBI Hostage Rescue Team and many others used them. I think I would sell my 1911 before I sold my Hi Power and I am a 1911 guy. Cheerish that sweet pistol, nothing ever felt as good in my hands as the Hi Power grip. No striker fired pistol has the graceful feel and lines of a Hi Power.

Do a little search and you will find a big wealth of info and history on the HI Power and 9mm ammo.

The newer 9mm HP bullets typically feed with no problem in the humped barrel versions. Stay under 124grs. if you can.

If all else fails, get the Mec-Gar 13 round standard magazines. This usually will solve feed issues with the less forgiving bullets.

Also, check these people out.

https://bhspringsolutions.com/

I've never owned a Hi Power, but I must say IMO they are one of the prettiest pistols ever. Especially the old school deep blue with wood grips. Just dead sexy.

I should google this, but I'm feeling lazy. What is a "beer can sight", as was mentioned in an earlier post?
Posted by TheKid: I have two, one was a plain fixed site gun made in 1980, the other is a 1970’s production beercan site gun.

The "beercan" sight (I hadn't heard it called that, but it made sense when I thought about it) was a fully adjustable sight available on the guns of the early '70s thru the mid '80s. The rear "leaf" looked for all the world like a beer can with a side opened up, and as flimsy as it was, it worked to keep the rear sight picture in shadow (black). It was an interesting sight (my first HP had it) but it could be damaged easily, and was replaced by a Millett adjustable sight rear (an abomination by any name).

I like HPs too. I've had three Brownings and a FEG, which is a Hungarian copy, and a pretty good one, at that.

Browning does NOT recommend +P or +P+ in the High Power, and you probably shouldn't use any old subgun ammo in it, either. I have a friend who disregarded that, and then they wouldn't warrant the pistol when he sent it in. The only parts I ever broke were extractors, I had to replace a couple of them. I shot mine pretty hard.

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Thanks for the answer! Now, you got me curious and I will have to google up some pics.

As the owner of a pair of them I well know that feeling. Very Dumb move on my part

This is neither here nor there but there's a green (believe it or not a verdigris color including the grips) High Power for sale on the local Armslist that looks like it has an eight inch barrel including some kind of compensator/barrel weight thing hung on the end. Just the kind of crazy looking thing that would have been irresistible to a younger me.

Is it a Competition HP from the 70’s or 80’s? They had a funky stamped sheet metal rear sight in a big cutout in the slide, no front sight on the slide but one mounted on a barrel weight out front. I don’t think they had any holes turning the weight into a comp. Strange looking things, but the two I’ve shot were outstanding. Would love to have one.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/images/hiRes/719014289_1.jpg

That looks like it, minus the color. I'll send you a PM with a link if I can find it again.

Edited for the record, upon further review, it's probably not green, it's just the shading in the picture and my eyesight LOL.