"Thou shall have 5338 pistols, and neither shall thou have 5337 pistols nor 5339 pistols. The number of the pistols shall be...

Estonia fought amazingly ferocious defensive battles against the Soviets in WWII, extracting significant casualties against the invaders.

Fun fact about Estonia: Finland and Estonia are currently in a booze war. Estonia lowered their alcohol tax to increase Finnish tourism, Finland responded by making travel more difficult (trains suck).

Yet another pistol to add me my list of 350 guns i need to buy

Bit of correction from estonian: Estonia became independent in 1918. Independence was declared in 24th february 1918 (actually independence manifesto was read out already in 23rd), but since german forces occupied Estonia the very next day, de facto independence arrived in 11th november 1918 after Germany surrendered in ww1 and had to give up its conquests. International regognition (officially) arrived in 2nd february 1920, when soviet russia and Estonia were in fact first countries to officially regognise eachother with a treaty, although de facto regognition arrived immideatly after gaining independence due to work from estonian diplomats (hell, french and british were among first ones to regognise us, alongside Finland of course, which was apparent trough british and finnish substantial help during independence war) Goverment system was not unstable during independence, what was, however, was goverments themselves. And while it is true that we ended up with dictatorship, it wasnt military one. Also it lasted not until 1938, but until 1940, when Estonia was occupied by USSR. As for pronounciation, its quite good

The Hi-Power is a beauty.

I saw a guy at a gun show in the early 2000s with at least a dozen of the Lithuanian contract HPs. I could have bought his entire inventory for less than half of what one pistol would cost now. Still kicking myself over that one.

You have to love JM Browning. His pistol, shotgun and machine gun designs are as relevant today as they where in the early 1900’s. Man was a genius.

Thanks gun Jesus.The Estonians are happy to see this.

Literally stopped doing what I was doing when I saw the gun is from my Homeland

I happen to have one of those in my family. Ours is marked E.V. (Eesti Vabariik) and I have seen few more of them which have survived the war and German/Soviet occupation. This sight is amazing, I love to take it to the range once in a while.

Yes, finally a gun from the Baltics! If you ever encounter any Lithuanian weapons, please make a video about them

Off the topic of firearms but if one gets the chance to visit Estonia, and Tallin in particular, I highly recommend a visit to the KGB prison museum and the Museum of Freedom and Occupation. My wife and I honeymooned in northern Europe and Scandinavia this past spring and Estonia was by far our favorite destination. Beautiful country, wonderful people and fascinating history. Love from USA !

Home Guard is actually Omakaitse and Defence League is Kaitseliit. Same organization but name ''Kaitseliit'' came later with little bit different rules.

15 year old, cadet force, helping out in RAF armory. Reward, using stuff on the range. Browning automatic pistol, first shot hits figure 11 smack in the belly, second shot his him in the head, third shot hits half way up the range back wall, fourth shot goes over the wall and heads out towards the far end of the airfield. Later we clean sterlings, my buddy points one at me and pulls the trigger ‘to test the safety’- THEN we find a round jammed in the breach.

I love how you are always concerned about the right pronunciation. Displays your respect for other cultures just finely.

As with most things Estonian, it's good looking, practical, well put together and I want to put my mouth on it.

FN: How many guns would you like to order? Estonia: 5000! FN: ... Estonia: 30... FN: ... Estonia: 8? Fn: Fine, sign here...

The Canadian Infantry also started using the Browning HP in 1944, and it is still in service with our Infantry to this day.

Every time someone asks me what the best pistol is: hi power. You might not have any modern creature comforts or hi-cap mags... but man their indestructible

I use to get lots of recommendations from this channel, I had to search it and subscribe so I can see your uploads now.

Thank you , Ian .

Gotta love the Hi-Power , such a reliable pistol. I have owned one a Inglis one for quite awhile and it's still going strong. Wouldn't trade it for anything.

You are legitimately one of my favorite KZfaqrs

Hyvää settiä etelän serkut! Terveisin pohjoinen veljeskunta. Head nädalavahetust!

Always did enjoy seeing a classic Hi-Power.

We don't have Home guard - Kaitseliit means Defense league and it is a volunteer-based paramilitary force.

Beautiful pistol and very interesting history

Of all the pistols I own, the BHP is still my favorite.

Intrestint is that the estonian GP-35´s were manufactured with 2nd-type of 500m tangent sight eventhough the orders were made in 1937 and those which were bought by Finland with 1st-type of 500m tangetsight - and were delivered in 1940 - earlier delivered Estonian guns were that of later model :)

Looks like quality stuff.

Thank you for including these dates, I have Estonian roots and see I am born on anniversary of international recognition

Wow , a Browning Hi-Power !!!!!!! I love me some Browning Hi-Power's. Thanks for showing this awesome firearm Gun Jesus !!!!!!

I see Eesti, I like.

that was a shorty...now i have to spend the rest of the day re-watching old FW videos... :D

I don't own a gun, never even held one yet I love these videos!

My foster grandmother was an immigrant from Estonia.

Very cool to see an Estonian model!

I used to have some shirts marked "K. L." inside the collar, but that was the abreviation for the dutch airforce.

1000m was a "little bit excessive"......

Cool to see something from the Baltics.

Tubli töö Ian! Great work Ian! You make a small nation feel good. Your pronunciation was not bad at all. Is it known how this particular gun got to US?

My hand nearly started bleeding just looking at that hammer and grip tang...

Next time you’re in Estonia go to the arms museum in Narva. The collection of German and Russian weapons is stunning.

Elagu Eesti Vabariik :)

vennad eestlased, rise up :D

I've always lusted after these.

A gun we know of, but from a country most have forgotten and some never even knew of. LoL

I always wanted to test the tangent sight on a HP. I wouldn't go past 200 yards, because that would seem ridiculous. But it would be interesting to see what sorts of groups or clusters you could put up, and how close the POI actually is. I bet you could hold minute of enemy soldier with a little practice. So, yet another nation which adopted the HP as its service pistol. Great video as always. Thank you

I prefer using my old surplus High Power to a lot of more modern pistols, they're just little workhorses, and gorgeous too

I hope you get to take a look at a WW2 German Hi-Power someday.

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The second attept on "kaitseliit" was quite good. T shoukd be a bit stronger, but quite good. All this talking about finnish guns must have prepared you for this also.Now how the hell did it get there?

Still very handsome guns...

1000 meters is really a bit optimistic, but 500 is just fine.

I wish Star had made the Star B with a 13+1 or even 15+1 capacity but keeping the slide line.

Last time I was this early, the T1000 hadn't shown up yet.

Be aware that in Holland the Dutch army has KL as markings KL stands for " Koninklijke Landmacht " ( Royal Dutch Army ) KL on a HP-35 is common on a old Dutch army HP-35 (1946-1994) So not all the KL marked HP pistols are Estonian

I recently saw disturbing video of a gun "buy back" a few years ago and they trashed ,what I think was a Browning High Power. Ether that or an early Colt automatic.

They put those sights on when they heard about the hindenberg

It's like an m9 and m1911 combined!

Интересный пистолет чем то напоминает старые браунинги

That is a beauty! When did FN go to an External Extractor?

huh I'm estonian and I didn't know we had an gun other than the reval smg which is a generic tube smg

And they had a singing revolution iirc

Was it a fully semi-autocratic form of government from 1934 to 1938?

I love the quip about "dictator" Päts. Alot of people (especially older) here get offended when his autocracy is mentioned.

Now that's pistol sights......

Tuhat ja tuline !

I see baltic and i click like Hello fellow balts in the comments section!

Dang. People are quick to post.

hi Ian, do you think it is a good idea to do a video about the comparisson of different rifle calibres used during the first half of the 20th century? It would be nice to know about the different balistics, accuracies and implementations if the different rifle calibres

I feel like the really long zero was for mass indirect fire, like you arent supposed to try and snipe a dude but maybe 40 people shooting at the same time will line down a position

Eesti Eest!

Has there ever been an attempt at producing a polymer framed high power ?

Indian ordnance factory, produces the same weapon , for Indian armed forces , under license, from Browning inc.

Eesti, Eesti, Eesti kaipaan sinne perkeleesti

I am guessing it is a standard Hi-Power on the inside--hence no dismantling on this one?

Now. That. Is. Hot.

the soviet killer

Ahhh Estonia 🇪🇪 😌 The country of my grandparents. A country ripe with history surrounding its longing to join the western modern world and constantly getting pulled back to the regressive eastern powers *cough* Soviet Union *cough* Now look at them. One of the most advanced and digital countries in the world, and it only has a population of around a million. This neat little pistol definitely represents that drive to modernize.

روعة

Please explain why this handgun & others have a hole in external hammer?

Marine: Gee i want new pistol A watcher of video: use estonian high power Marine: It sounds like i prefer another firearm

It wasn't Estonia that got the first contract for the P35 it was the Swiss Boarder Guard in 1935.

Kaitse Liit, Defense League. ..... or as we meme here - Kaits. ELIIT (Elite) :D

WOT... Ian getting the name wrong... Its a HI-Power!

Wouldn't it be quite easy to fake one of these by just putting the initials on the back strap since not much else sets them apart? Or is there a certain sub set of serial numbers these come under?

🤔.... What caliber is it??

Are the Estonian stocks unique in any way?

Abit of an irrelevant thing but can you guys please brings back the 2014-2015 intro:v

High not Hi?

Martin Riggs should have carried one of these.

how much knockdown power would this thing even have at 500m? lol

2:15 Just a little bit, yeah 😏

Hi-Powers are just so sexy, have to get my own one of these days theyr prett expensive, well where i am they are, love it!

first time I ever was exactly # 1000 K thumbs up person

Kind of looks like that Canidan Hi Power made for the Chinese army in WW2 With that rear site.

The were not looking for armaments in Soviet union but were pressed into Soviet service... 😉👍

Friend, I'm not able to find out the age of my browning. It is from the T377808 series. It is Belgian and has a symbol that is oval and has a crown. You could help me?