hi-powers--handguns

Plain talk, based on four decades' experience with the 9mm Hi Power and other handguns

Saturday, May 07, 2011

Is Bullseye Shooting or Shooting From a Rest Meaningless?

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More and more often, I get the impression that there's a notion growing within the shooting community that the discipline of precise bul...
Friday, April 22, 2011

First Shots: FNX9 Pistol

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Hello. I recently tried out two different FNX9 9mm pistols. FNX is the successor to Fabrique National's FNP-handgun series. This polymer...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Which Standard Pressure 9mm Loads for Self-Defense?

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On nearly a daily basis, I receive at least one or two emails requesting recommendations on the "best" standard pressure 9mm fact...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Providing Information or Just Needing to Win?

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It appears to me that there is a growing number of forum participants refusing to accept any viewpoint other than their own. In some instanc...
Thursday, February 03, 2011

FEG Hi Power Information Site

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I am frequently asked about FEG-manufactured Hi Power "clones". My experience with these pistols is limited . I have seen a coup...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

New Hi Power Book is Out...

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" The Shooter's Guide to the Browning Hi Power - REVISED EDITION" is now available. This book is expanded and covers much mor...
Monday, December 06, 2010

Stainless Steel Hi Powers...

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...do not exist if you are speaking of those made by Fabrique Nationale, the original manufacturer of the design. This holds true whether t...
Sunday, November 07, 2010

What is Best: 7 or 8-Shot 1911 .45 ACP Magazines?

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For years there was much effort in increasing the tradtional 7 + 1 ammunition capacity of the 45-calbier 1911-type pistol and not surprising...
Saturday, October 02, 2010

What About .380 ACP +P Ammunition?

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Questions concerning using +P ammunition in one's defensive .380 ACP pistols turn up now and again on Internet firearm forums which is f...
Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Met Up with an Old Friend...

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...from the 1980's and my early years in the tactical unit! This lightly personalized Mk II was the first Hi Power I was "official...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Learning to Use What You Have...

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Hello. While I am no fan of the communist nations, I do appreciate the manner in which this female Chinese police officer dealt with a hos...
Friday, June 25, 2010

Chicago Plans if Their Handgun Ban Falls & Opposing Kagan

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Here’s the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37907626/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/ It is people like these that make it necessary to continu...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Poll That Will Not Die...Dammit!

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Though a little less frequent, I see this poll coming around with the request to vote to protect our Second Amendment Rights. I fully believ...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The Biennial Meeting Of States, And The Arms Trade Treaty

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Here is the copied and pasted text from NRA ILA: “Friday, June 11, 2010 Two major meetings, possibly affecting American gun owners’ rights, ...
Friday, May 28, 2010

The UN Gun Grabber

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Here is the link: http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13846 The UN gun grabber American gun owners might not feel besieged, bu...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Why Do Some Hi Powers Have Serial Numbers in Multiple Places?

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As most know, Fabrique Nationale manufactures the Hi Power pistol. Commonly known in the United States as the "Browning Hi Power",...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

Initial Shots: 9mm Beretta PX4 Storm...

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Hello. For roughly 4 decades now, my autoloader of choice has been a single-action such as the Browning Hi Power or 1911. In the '80...
Thursday, April 01, 2010

"9mm Hi Powers Won't Feed JHP's"...

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...without special work being done. This statement was sometimes true enough with the classic style Hi Powers predating the Mk II, which deb...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Federal 230-gr. Hydrashok: Failure to Expand

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Hello. A friend of mine recently popped a fair-sized feral hog using a 230-gr. Federal Hydrashok fired from his Glock 21. He and another fel...
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Updated Version: Tuff Products' "Pocket-Roo" Snub Holster

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Hello. For several months now, I have been using a Tuff Products' pocket holster exclusively. This has not been difficult in the least a...
Monday, February 08, 2010

My Hi Power's Hammer Nips My Hand. Am I Gripping it Incorrectly?

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I get frequent emails and PM's concerning Hi Powers and hammer bite, but of late more and more mention the problem and seem to immediate...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Will Dropping the Slide with the Slide Stop Lever Hurt My Glock?

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It is not unusual for this question to be found on general firearm forums, but those dedicated primarily to Glock handguns as well. Some exp...
Monday, December 07, 2009

9mm Glock Case Support: Adequate or Not?

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Whether a fan of Glock handguns or not, most agree that the Glock “KB” (“Ka Boom”) is a topic that is both enduring and widely-discussed on ...
Thursday, December 03, 2009

Anti-Freedom Lautenberg at it Again...

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This is essentially federal registration of new firearms though by the FBI and not BATFe, though a separate amendment later own could certai...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Replying to Posts on Firearm Forums: What's the Real Motivation?

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Hello. I doubt that I am alone in noticing that it is not unusual to see some poor soul, new to shooting or not, ask a legitimate question o...
Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Hanging Together...

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At the signing of this country's Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin asserted, "We must all hang together, or assuredly ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Finding Myself Posting Less and Less ...

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...on some boards! I wasn't sure why, but over the past several months I find that I no longer post to the degree I did a few years ago ...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Ruger SP101: A Thousand Rounds Later...

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Hello. Four years ago I wound up with a NIB Ruger SP101 with the 3 1/16" barrel. Almost exclusively an S&W revolver shooter, I was ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Can the Browning Hi Power Still Make the Cut?

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I read and responded to a firearm forum post in which a fellow was concerned about an upcoming IDPA match. It seems that he expected I to be...
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