What do you bet we'll have the FN before we see any from Springfield??!!
Yep, just another bet you would lose. I really hate to mention this but the MSRP is listed at $699.00. Currently if you can even come close to one, you will definitely pay more then that. I am frugal enough to say that I seldom pay retail for just about anything. If I can find one have have to eat my words. ......What do you bet we'll have the FN before we see any from Springfield??!!
Classic design, easy to get into production. Gives them something new without a lot of engineering, design and work. Cost and time effective, but with a higher profit margin.
Makes great business sense. The market is ready for some new higher end pistols. With Browning ceasing production in 2018, the prices of Hi-Powers soared in 2020 and 2021.
Absolutely agree 100% with this.SA-35 has been out on the street for at least a month. The FN is a pig and Tisas wouldn't be on my radar. I'm not much of a Springfield fan but that's the one to go with. They've made some needed, subtle updates without going overboard.
Plus any patents attaching to the design expired years ago, so anyone can copy it ... legally.Mike Irwin said:What's with all the High Powers?
Same thing that's with all the freaking 1911s.
Good gun, good design, so everyone wants a piece of the action.
I've handled it.
Maybe, despite all the 'it's too different, it's too heavy' complaints here, FN has seen the market for premium, modernized versions of other pistols, which is likely more accurately indicative of the actual market for this new gun:
I suppose if everyone here were right- "It doesn't look like the original", "They changed it too much" and "It's too heavy", these would be littering dealer's shelves, marked-down and dusty.
Hmmmmm.....
Larry
Thanks for bringing this thread, back on the HP track ....CDW4ME FN discontinues the High Power.