44caliberkid
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I have a 1966 FN Hi Power that I had Heinie fixed sights and a reliability action job done by Cylinder and Slide. I use it for 9mm class combat shooting. Excellent firearm.
I used to own a "made in Belgium, assembled in Portugal"
The Hi-Power was Browning's improvement of the 1911.
For some reason, only the guns imported by Browning were marked that way, but all modern FN Hi-Powers were assembled in Portugal.
Some people think there's cachet attached to FN-marked guns, but they were also assembled in Portugal.
When Browning started farming out assembly to Portugal they lost me. The Bean Counters ruined another company. I don’t even look at them and only take them on trade if a steal money wise.
I have shot more than one more than once.When France approached FN to design a new type of semi-automatic pistol in 1921 with a 15-round capacity, their chief designer, John M. Browning, declined, unimpressed with the potential of higher capacity pistols.
When did Browning stop making them if at all ?