Is your Inglis Browning fixed or tangent sighted?
I ordered an Inglis-made Browning High Power from Southern Ohio Gun in ;91 or '92, because it was first Pistol No. 2 MK. I* that I had seen ilustrated for sale. I'd had three tangent sighted P-35s and three more with standard sights, both commercial and military, including a Chinese contract before they started coming in in the '80s.
I knew a Sheriff's Captain in the mid-sixties who carried one of the fixed sight Canadian guns and wouldn't discuss selling or trading it to a newby deputy. I had always wanted one since, so I ordered one from SOG instantly.
It exceeded my fondest hopes. I finally got the foul yellow preservative (do the Brits and Canadians also call it Cosmoline?) When I detail stripped the piece and boiled the stuff off, it had a nice smooth phosphate finish, with just enough wear so I wan't afraid to carry it. It also had the best trigger of any Browning I'd ever used, once I took out the magazine disconnect safety. While the outside had a bit of wear, the barrel was perfect.
I imagine the excellent trigger makes the pistol seem more accurate than it perrhaps really is. In any case, it is a very easy piece to shoot well. I've lost track of all the different ammo I've shot through it, but it is probably six different handloads, eight factory ball and maybe six factory JHP. I thought I'd found one that the pistol didn't like, but it turned out to be a bad magazine. The pistol has just flat NEVER malfunctioned except with that one old mag.
I guess this is about enough bragging on my ol' Canuck. I just flat can't see WHY the RAF withdrew the P-35 and issued Walther PPKs.
Sport, you say yours has no collectors' value. It is REALLY crappy? Like, rust pitted? Also, does it have the internal extractor, like the 1911 Colt pistol, or the external hook set into the side of the slide? Either way, inspect extractor and ejector carefully, or, better still, have your gunsmith do so.
I read one magazine article in which someone took an old tangent sighted HP and attached the windage adjustment part of an S&W revolver sight to the slide, and replaced front barleycorn sight with a narrow flat top post. I always thought that would be a neat rig for 200--400 yard pistol shooting. If yours is the fixed sight pistol, it would be even easier to customize, if you don't insist on adjustable sights.
If you have reservations about sinking good money into this particular example, my e-mail is on profile. Hit me with your best price, and perhaps a couple of photos.
Either way,
Best regards,
RR
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