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Come winter, I believe you will be packing that beauty. Spending $$$ on a fancy holster.

I'm a fan of both the 1911 and BHP.

I have a 1990 Belgium FN MKIII I customized with stippling of the grip front and backstrap as well as the slide top. Lots of Cylinder & Slide parts, Novak sights, and Spegel grips.



And here I have a 1992 Argentine FM M90 Detective ("chopped" Hi-Power) I've also customized with stippling, Cylinder & Slide parts, and Spegel grips.



In stock form before customization. Really too bad Browning didn't produce this form factor. Great gun!


Disconnector removed in both.

I hear springfield is coming out with one shortly.

Like something with a basketweave pattern?

That detective model is cool.

I'm kinda the same way. I had a late 60's model Belgian version, very pretty. Got it from my dad. But it didn't do much for me so I sold it for a good price a few years ago and bought a couple pistols that I really like and shoot often. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

I've never seen the detective version before. That's a neat looking gun.

More on the FM M90 Detective:

"Back in 1994 I picked up, from my LGS, an Argentine FABRICACIONES MILITARES (Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares (DGFM) M90 Detective which is a modified shortened slide / barrel P35 made on FN equipment licensed to FM.

After breaking it in, determining that it was a "keeper," I decided in 1995 to customize it.

I bought and installed several Cylinder & Slide parts: CS025C Duty Carry spring kit (hammer & firing pin), CS037 trigger, and CS035 safety. (And yes, the C&S trigger and safety as delivered had a purplish hue for whatever reason.)

I removed the magazine disconnector and tweaked the trigger function. I also beveled the magazine well and stippled* the grip front and backstraps. Had a local shop reblue the gun and then added Craig Spegel madagascar rosewood grips and Hogue hex grip screws.

It uses either CZ75 Compact (Wolff #53917) or bhspringsolutions replacement recoil springs as factory springs have never been available in the States.

The pistol weighs 30 ounces unloaded and uses any Hi-Power P35 13x or 15x magazine.

It remains a favorite. "





* The long ago discontinued tools I used to stipple the gun:

That would work.