Anyone else share a passion for the Browning Hi-Power?

My first handgun which I have since 1967. Will get an adjustable sight slide "someday". Meanwhile I have been shooting it with my Ciener conversion unit.
I have found mine accurate with lead bullets.
 
Speaking of the Ciener .22 conversion kit, what do you all think of it?

Is it worth my time checking into it? It sure would be nice to have an option for shooting .22 with the BHP platform.

Do any other conversions exist?
 
There is an Argentine (?) conversion unit, on another board someone mentioned it has its own slide stop, he was looking for a replacement.
I wholeheartedly recommend the Ciener. I approached handgun shooting backwards, centerfire first, then 22. It is well made, finished and fitted, it is quite literally a drop in unit. Only flaw is the slide does not lock back on the last round. I recommend the CZ with their Kadet as a factory unit for a new shooter, learn to shoot with the Kadet, the transition to centerfire is smooth.
If I could find a Peters-Stahl unit for the S&W M-639 I have I would buy it ASAP. I also have one for my Colt Mark IV and will get one for my Combat Commander.
 
Thanks. I have a Kadet conversion for my CZ 75 and P-01, and I love it. I also have a conversion for my Sig 220, which functions well but I prefer the CZ unit.

Thinking it would be nice to have one for the BHP too.
 
BHP is my favorite for a full sized carry gun. Ciener conversion is flawless, also have a Peter Stahls BHP conversion. May have to get a Capitan some day.

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Jeeze compared to all these purdy Hi Powers, mine looks like it was rode hard and put away wet. It has certainly been carried a lot and shot a bunch over the last 47 years.

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IIRC it was Browning who thought that a double columb magazine was not possible .Saive showed that it was !

Mine had S&W J frame adjustable sights. Fruit wood grips, checkered front and back straps. Mag safety removed , all trigger parts polished . Matt finish.

If you don't care to remove the mag safety .You could polish all the trigger parts AND the front of each magazine where the mag safety rubs. That will help !

Fine gun for sure . I eventually traded it for a HKP7
 
IIRC it was Browning who thought that a double columb magazine was not possible .Saive showed that it was !

Mine had S&W J frame adjustable sights. Fruit wood grips, checkered front and back straps. Mag safety removed , all trigger parts polished . Matt finish.

If you don't care to remove the mag safety .You could polish all the trigger parts AND the front of each magazine where the mag safety rubs. That will help !

Fine gun for sure . I eventually traded it for a HKP7
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It is not that JMB did not think it was possible he considered it unnecessary.

These days the OEM phosphate mags are so slick that the polishing does not change the feel of the mag safety as much as it did in the past. IMHO

highpower3006 said:
Jeeze compared to all these purdy Hi Powers, mine looks like it was rode hard and put away wet. It has certainly been carried a lot and shot a bunch over the last 47 years.
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Yours show honest wear and I personally love it. It is a very nice 1969 C series!
 
I got one of those FEG clones almost 30 years ago. It was my first 9mm pistol. IIRC the only time I managed to make it malfunction was when I tried to feed it a $5 box of Chinese ammo. I still have it, and it is still a good shooter. Like several others have said, it sure does fit nicely in my hand! :)
 
The BHP always has been and always will be a class act. The Inglis has a special place in history. I have one more, unfinished, that I want to have the deep blue polish done to. The original epoxy isn't sexy enough for me.

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Not museum quality but it was my project, done my way. It shoots as nice as it looks. Not bad for a 70+ year old pistol. It will last another 70 years.
 
Another one of those guns you just can't have 1 of...

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The 2 MK3's have their mag disconnect removed. Old one is left stock with horrible gawd awful trigger pull.
 
One more.....

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As promised, my customized and fancied-up BHP. This one started as a LGS find that was beat up. Now it is reblued/polished, target sights, trigger job and mag disconnect, and fancy wood......I carry it for special occasions. Thinking about having just a touch of engraving done on the slide. LOL.

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I have one and passed up an FEG I should have bought that had a good trigger. If you find one at a good price AND a good trigger, swoop it up. I would definitely agree - the trigger design saves room in the gun, but WOW - it comes with a price - two different touchy interfaces rather than one. The result is that if you need a trigger job done, not many are good at it - it is the PhD of trigger jobs. Mine seemed acceptable in the shop, so I snagged it. Over time I got tired of the mags not dropping free and thought of the improvement I might get out of a removal of the disconnect. I dinged up my frame a tad with the punch - they can be VERY hard to remove. I also ended up with an extremely crisp trigger but variable. Sometimes it would get pretravel, and sometimes it wouldn't. So, with 2 trips to a mastersmith and a new sear and hammer (C&S no less) I have a prety good trigger. Pressure seems pretty consistent, and there is a small amount of creep - like a CZ. It is now what I would call good - not excellent. It took an experienced local smith known for 1911 work two tries. Just sayin - it IS the PhD of trigger jobs.

If I can remember right, the FEG I passed up was a good trigger OTB. I have felt FMs that were pretty good. I have felt other BHPs that I wouldn't buy for more than $300, cuz they had terribly stiff triggers. Its a crap shoot.

But I kept it at the time over a P226 (FRG) because it carries better - its lighter and narrower. It is an extremely nice looking firearm, and has cheap mags and lots of holster options, etc.

And it IS fun to shoot for a slender gun. If I find another with a good trigger I may wan to pick it up.
 
I have found that Argy FMs consistently have the best Hi-Power triggers, with and without the mag disconnect.
 
T O'Heir said:
Only real issue is that somebody who doesn't know it's out might pull the trigger on a loaded pistol. And the assorted shooting games like IPSC/IDPA won't let you play with it out.
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I've wondered about that. How do H-P shooters deal with showing SAFE at the end of a corse of fire?

I shoot 1911s. For us it's easy -- drop magazine, rack slide to eject remaining round, pull trigger to drop hammer. Do H-P competitors have to carry a spare, empty magazine around so they can lower the hammer for the range safety officer? My local club has informal, unsanctioned competitions, so I'm not up on the real rules. I have a Hi-Power, and I was thinking I'd have to remove the mag safety if I wanted to use it for competition. Now I see that apparently I can't (or maybe I can locally, but not elsewhere).
 
I've wondered about that. How do H-P shooters deal with showing SAFE at the end of a course of fire?
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Stick your middle finger up the empty magazine well and depress the disconnect while keeping the pistol in a safe direction and pulling the trigger.
 
I shoot 1911s. For us it's easy -- drop magazine, rack slide to eject remaining round, pull trigger to drop hammer. Do H-P competitors have to carry a spare, empty magazine around so they can lower the hammer for the range safety officer? My local club has informal, unsanctioned competitions, so I'm not up on the real rules. I have a Hi-Power, and I was thinking I'd have to remove the mag safety if I wanted to use it for competition. Now I see that apparently I can't (or maybe I can locally, but not elsewhere).
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Check the rules of the group holding the competition, ask about it in advance. This should be done anyway no matter the gun as rules sometimes change. Don't assume.

Many S&W pistols were made with mag disconnects in them over the decades. These were run in competition.

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Both IDPA and USPSA have declared the magazine disconnect a non-safety. Competitors are free to remove it.
If your fingers are long enough, you can goose the disconnect via the magwell opening, but otherwise, you need an empty mag.
Both sports insist that everyone use only the official range commands, but there are no commands to cover inserting or removing an empty mag as part of the unload-and-show-clear, so match officials are left to wing it.
 
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