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the last edition of the Capitan? I've always admired Hi-Powers just like 1911's and last week, I took the plunge at a local dealer who had one last BHP in stock, other than a Mark III 40S&W (boring), yes it was a NIB Capitan with 2 10-round mags. Love the tangent rear site! It's a BEAUTIFUL gun and now I'm having second thoughts about shooting it. I picked it up for only $499 plus 6% PA sales tax. I've seen the same gun on the Net from $675 to $850 (a bit over priced, but non-the-less) much more than I paid. I am not to crazy about the trigger pull, I've only dry fired it a few times, guess it's that damn mag safety I keep reading about. Anyway, it's in my safe, still a virgin. Should I shoot it, or not?

Anyone have one of these odd little beauties!
 
I bought a used Practical 2 weeks ago and am currently removing the mag safety.SHOOT IT.Life is short.
tracer
 
I own and have owned very few handguns that I haven't shot. Does this include expensive ones? Yes, when I bought my Walther P88 I couldn't wait to get it to the range. Regards, Richard
 
Last weekend I picked up a 68 HP in blue with the wooden grips.

When I got it home and took it apart to clean it up it became apparent that this particular pistol had never been fired.

I wrestled with saving it or shooting it.

Then I took it to the range and ran the first hundred rounds through it!

Someone has been missing a lot of fun for the past 30+ years with this one.

So now I have a pristine HP to shoot whenever I want with no remorse or feeling of guilt.

Shoot it man!
 
I got one, recently, made in 1963. Fine gun.

And when I removed the mag safety, the fine gun became a superb gun. Outstanding! (I shot it a few weeks ago in a small, local IDPA match, and I've never shot so well. It was the gun.)

Prior to this my CZ-85 Combat was my favorite; now its a toss-up.
 
That gun nnneeeeddsss to be shot. The Hi Power is one of the finest (if not the single finest) 9mmPs ever created and it would be a sin and a shame to leave it in a box and not use it.

Yes it will drop a little in values to a collector, but very little i would suspect as long as you maintain it well.
 
The mag disconnect (I don't consider it a "safety") is pretty easy to remove, and there are instructions in a number of places on the web. Here's a description that I captured some time back, and it was good enough to get it out of mine. :)

1) Remove the magazine and UNLOAD the gun!

2) Remove the slide from the frame.

3) On the right side of the frame is a pin holding the trigger assembly in the frame. Drive out this trigger pin from right to left. Use a starting punch to loosen it, as it is in tightly on most Hi-Powers and without a starting punch you'll damage the pin (been there, bought starting punches. [G]). It helps to put a piece of plastic electrical tape over the pin and surrounding area to protect finish. If tape wears or cuts, use new piece. I put a couple layers on the frame myself.

4) Remove the trigger assembly downward into the trigger guard while pushing in on shoe of magazine disconnect (MD), which is the flat, square, spring-loaded piece sticking into the magazine well. (You can tip the trigger lever (the lever on the trigger asssembly that rises up along the right inside of the frame, as viewed from the rear) rearward and slip it off the trigger assembly first if you like. This isn't mandatory but makes trigger assembly removal easier. Less stuff to fit through a small space.)

5) Once the trigger assembly is out of the gun, drive the MD pin, which is in the bottom of the trigger body just above and to the rear of the finger surface, out from the trigger body. NOTE: hold the MD in during this as it is under spring tension! Once the pin is out remove the MD and its spring from the rear of the trigger.

You can replace the MD pin if you like, but I suggest that you DO NOT. While it may not stay in and you don't want to lose it, more importantly, a Hi-Power with an empty pin hole in the trigger body is recognized by people familiar with Hi-Powers as an indication that no magazine disconnect is in place in that gun. It's a small thing, but might prevent an accident when someone is being otherwise neglegent.

6) Reassemble the pistol in reverse order, minus the MD.
 
Thanks for the quick response. I heard some place that it is also a good idea to replace the trigger spring with a Wolff while doing this. Any experience with this??
 
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