My best friend's wife and son met me today to give me his Hi Power he willed to me. I broke it down for a good cleaning, removed the magazine safety, polished the feed ramp a little, put some Lucas Red & Tacky grease on the rails, and put it together. I need to get a couple of magazines. Any to consider besides MecGar 13 round mags?
Mec Gar 15 rounders are very good also.
I would not be surprised if MecGar is the OEM for Browning on the Hi-Power mags these days. MecGar does excellent work; I use their mags in my CZ 75 which is very close to the Hi-Power magazine design and they work perfectly.
If ya find Oem brownings load 12 and that will work better than unlucky 13's.
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I would not be surprised if MecGar is the OEM for Browning on the Hi-Power mags these days. MecGar does excellent work; I use their mags in my CZ 75 which is very close to the Hi-Power magazine design and they work perfectly.
Mec Gar has OEM Hi Power mags for over 25 years.
If ya find Oem brownings load 12 and that will work better than unlucky 13's.
I have read the Brits only loaded 12 for reliable feeding.
My best friend's wife and son met me today to give me his Hi Power he willed to me. I broke it down for a good cleaning, removed the magazine safety, polished the feed ramp a little, put some Lucas Red & Tacky grease on the rails, and put it together. I need to get a couple of magazines. Any to consider besides MecGar 13 round mags?
I would call him a really good best friend. I had an 82 year cousin that passed away a couple of years ago. I had given him several nice guns over many years. When he passed, his wife never even offered a token of any kind for a remembrance.
Thanks to all for the input. I ordered 2 MecGar 13 round mags. I read reviews on the 15 rounders and sometimes they had a few problems. 13 rounds is plenty for me.
under the heading of what is it worth? probably not much, but anyway.
I was fooling around with the magazine disconnect part in the mag well prior to taking it out. There is a little lever there that presses up against the mag, releasing the blocked trigger. Prior to taking the disconnect out, i tried a mag that had been phosphated, and then a shinny "blued" smooth mag. to me you could tell the difference in the trigger depending on what kind of mag was used.
Even better when the disconnect removed, which i did.
My trigger disconnect was taken out the day I got the Hi Power. Some people like them. I don't.