Feg Pjk9hp

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Abominable No-Man

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Saw an interesting pistol a while back. It is a Hungarian copy
of the Browning H.P. P-35. It looked good, nice finish, pretty
solid workmanship, but I've never heard of FEG before.
According to an a**hole buddy of mine, FEG made P-35's for
Mauser-Werke, I guess back in WWII.

My question is, how close are they to the Hi-Power? Do mags
interchange? How about parts? Does anyone have one?

ANM
 
I had one and it was every bit as good a performer the BHP. Very reliable, accurate and well made. I sold mine only because I had too many 9mm's (I know, blasphemy!). I would recomend them, they are very fun to shoot, but watch out for the infamous "Hi-Power hammer bite". I have an FEG SMC-380 ppk clone that I would not trade for ANY american made ppk. FEG are good guns. As far as your friend saying they made P-35's in WW2, I would ask him what medication he is on (or needs to be on).:rolleyes:
 
I believe some parts are not interchangeable (Grips?) They are however accurate and reliable.The stock trigger is horrible.I have had the mag safety removed on the two i have owned.
tracer
 
There are now two types of FEG Hi-Power clones. The older type is mostly interchangeable with the Hi-Power except for a few minor parts. Magazines interchange with no problem mostly, although some people have complained that the 17rd KRD magazines won't work in their FEGs. They seem to work in most FEGs so I imagine its a slightly out-of-spec gun or magazine.

The new and "improved" FEG Hi-Power clone that they started releasing in late 2000 has a three-lug barrel lockup and some other changes to the internals that make it mostly incompatible with Hi-Power parts. I guess FN sent them a harsh letter or something. In my view, the mechanical changes weren't an improvement.

My only experience has been with the older FEGs. They are good guns. They aren't made with the same quality materials or workmanship as an actual Browning Hi-Power but they are a good value at $250-280 new. As Tracer noted, they will suffer a lot of the same flaws as the Hi-Power (such as trigger/mag-disconnect) and parts that require close attention to detail to work well (like the trigger) will probably be noticeably worse than a Browning.
 
I am not positive, but I am pretty sure...that the newer model Bartholemew discusses has a different part number. I believe the PJK-9HP is the "true" HP clone, hence the last two letters in the part number.

I've got one. KRD mags work well in mine (my favorite mags). Most, if not all, parts are compatible. I know the extractor is, barrel too. Bartholemew, any idea which parts are NOT compatible?

The trigger on mine is pretty decent, as long as the KRD mags are in it. The finish of the magazine affects the trigger pull, since the mag safety strokes against the magazine as the trigger is pulled. KRD mags are a "poor man's trigger job" because their finish is so nice.

FEG is the arms-maker for the Hungarian armed forces. They have lots of history, good practices, and are generally a well-respected arms-maker.
 
I also have the PJK-9HP, and the mag disconnect (it's not really a "safety") was the first thing to go. Made a large improvement in the trigger, and some rounds downrange smooths up what's left pretty well. It's still a bit heavier than I like, but not bad for a gun that cost $229 out the door. :)
 
I'm was going on memory but a Forum search of http://www.fnhipower.com/ should turn up which parts from the FEG are not compatible with the FN/Browning model.

My memory is a bit foggy but it was one or two minor parts if I remember correctly. Nothing earth-shattering for the older FEGs.

I'm not sure if FEG has changed the model number or not but a quick way to check would be to simply take a look at the barrel and count the lugs.
 
I have one as well, and it's nice. The rear sight was offset from the factory, but 4 minutes at the local smith fixed that. Shoots nice, looks good, cheaper than a real BHP...but it's also not a real BHP. On the other hand, for $270 a year ago, I've shot more than that money in ammo through it without major problems.
 
I've got an older FEG PJK 9HP (with the ribbed slide) and am real happy with it. I got it used 10 or 12 years ago and the onlyiest problems I have ever had with it were using that dang'd Wolfe ammo.

Mine still has the mag safety - I didn't know until recently that it could be removed, so I guess it still has the tough trigger pull, but it is what I know and so I don't notice it. The pistol will shoot better than I can.

I certainly like it better than any other pistol I have fired ( 'cept maybe the 1911) Karh, Sig, Glock (Never tried a real BHP). It fits in my hand like it was made for me.

I may be biased.
 
Thats funny, every mag I've ever used in my FEG has worked flawlessly EXCEPT KRD mags. Its not a question of the fit or finish of my pistol, the follower in the KRD mags sticks like crazy. When you go tap/rack/bang on a KRD mag you may well get tap/ oh crap all the rounds tried to come out at once. Supposedly bearcoating the INSIDE of the magazine body or follower can drasticly improve these mags.

As far as new vs old FEG's. My old model had a rougher finish, tool marks on the end of the slide and the bluing on the grip wears fast.. but I have notoriously acidic hands apparently. The factory safty was tiny and gritty, I replaced it right away and put a houge monogrip on it. Lastly, and rather recently I removed the magazine disconnector. Vastly improves the trigger pull, but just remeber now it can fire with a mag out of it.

The new model has better sights, a factory installed extended safty and slide release and overall fit and finish are vastly improved. The slide and slide release are slightly different on the new model (different cuts) and I'd bet this a mfg process improvement for them rather than a "correction" to keep from infringing on anyone's patents. In fact its likely that these changes were made so that FEG can patent this pistol as "thiers". The BHP patent likely ran out in 1985, if it lasted that long. (patents usually go something like 50 years). Mauser also marketed a BHP clone in the early 90's for a while, its a very proven, popular sidearm that required no R&D to sell to the hungry for hi-cap wondernine american market.

Bottom line is yes the new ones are slightly different. They use the same magazines as the BHP. Both are a value. They shoot well.
 
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