My grandfather passed his browning down to me, his grandson after my grandmother passed last September. I grew up firing this gun and never expected that I'd own it. It means the world to me, every time I hold it it takes me back to firing it at my great grandfathers home in North Carolina

I bought a Hi-Power, took it to the range for the first time and my wife said, "Can I try that out?". I haven't seen it since then.

The one thing you missed is that Browning no longer makes them. I have several, including the one I carried when I flew fighters in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. There is no finer personal defense pistol made imo. And they now have become an investment. Enjoyed the video.

Excellent pistol. We had them as issue in the Royal Marines, when we needed a side arm. One thing to be aware of. The firing pin retaining plate at the very back of the slide has been known to fail after a significant amount of use. Causes the firing pin to fly out of the slide when being shot. Easy to check and replace. Push the firing pin in against its spring pressure, slide the retaining plate downwards and out, being aware and careful that the firing pin and spring don't leap out and hit you or go missing. Examine the retaining plate carefully for cracks or fractures on all surfaces. Use a magnifying glass. Replace or put back as required, in a similar manner to removal. If yer not happy to do this, get a decent gunsmith / armourer to do it for you. Happy shooting with this classic.

Carried the BHP for years in the British Army, lovely weapon.

Mr. Browning said he did everything RIGHT with the Hi Power that he SHOULD have done with the 1911. He thought 9mm was easier to shoot and he had the simplified take down (example compare a 1911 barrel link to a Hi Power barrel link). He actually didn't like the 1911. Imagine that.

I bought my hi-power in 1969. Still my favorite pistol.

#11. FBI used the Belgian Browning Hi-Power to create the HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) Browning. I own 2 of them, you can't jam them. I used them at the National Tactical Invitational twice.

I cut my teeth on a series 1 Hi Power in the early 60s. To this day, I still load and reload right-handed, even though I'm a lefty. If I'm pushed for time, I just fire right-handed. Being ambidextrous is handy, sometimes!

I have a detective slide that was purchased separately from my HI-Power, I love it; makes the pistol very conceleble. I must have picked it up about 20 years ago, bought it from a gun shop in Arizona I believe. I found the ad in Shotgun Magazine before the internet was the place to buy.

Great job an i learned a bit of more knowledge. Thank you Sir

Love you channel. Perfect topics. Thank you for your time and efforts.

Had a high power in 1984 still the best ccw I have ever had

I have a BHP from 1999. I bought it in a gun shop on route 66 in Winslow Az as an off duty piece brand new. I believe it was $299 back then, and I've never had a problem with it.

Charly Daly BHP is a less fancy variant. Get rid of the mag. safe...add better sights..a national match bbl...combat trigger and springs...you got yourself a great carry piece.

That is so Cool with the Shoulder stock. Great History.

My HP is the first pistol I ever purchased. I had it customized by the late Trapper Alecksiu and it is a fine shooter. Removing the magazine safety is the single biggest improvement you can make. Springfield Armory has recently introduced an HP clone and I'm eagerly waiting to try one out.

*Here's one for ya: After the germans captured the factory they were unable to manufacture the HP-35 up to pre war specs do to material shortages and sabotage. So pre invasion HP-35's were highly sought after. :>)

I love my Hi Power. Mine is an Israeli Kareen, and it's a little rough, but it shoots great.

Thank you for for standing up for god. Are you a preacher?

My father gave me his 1973 Browning hi-power 9mm.. I love that gun. One of my favorites Is there a way I can send you a photo of the one I have ? Mine has fixed iron sights. 13 cap mags. All original... never had to have been serviced or anything ... God bless you Your brother in Christ Alexander

I thought I knew a lot about the BHP but I never knew that there were two different full auto variants. 😁

One of the most handed down "father to son" pistols in history - I was 10 years old when I first fired it and scared the pants off me!

stay blessed brother gods speeeed!

Excellent episode !!!!!!! I love FN Browning's

John Browning began his relationship with FN in 1900. Colt later got rights to the US market, FN had most of the rest of the world. This dual licensing was successful and has been called the John Browning armistice. His designs were so popular in Europe that everyone, for a time, referred to any autoloading pistol as a Browning. Dieudonné Saive worked under Browning as a protégé before rising to become the chief designer at FN. He did not take advantage of patents expiring, that's internet folklore. FN was fully licensed in Europe, it was never an issue and wouldn't have been an issue. It was, in French, the _Haute Puissance,_ literally _High Power_ in English. The name referred to the high magazine capacity. When Browning Arms decided to finally import them, they changed the name to Hi Power to avoid confusion with their High Power Rifle at the time. Its "real name" is not the Hi Power. Its original name was the Haute Puissance, and when it became commercially available, its name was the FN High Power if it came directly from FN, or the Browning Hi Power if it was sold to Browning and imported into the US. (For a time it was called the Hi-Power.) Browning Arms never made the Browning Hi Power. The rest of the name confusion you cited is largely colloquial. I hope this helps you with your confusion about its lineage and names.

I got to shoot a full auto Browning hi-power that have been cobbled together, a really nice job though in Central or South America. Believe it was South America but I'm not sure. It was set up with sights on the right-hand side of the slide and you fired it in full auto by grabbing a grip that attached above the firearm and you held the firearm in a 90-degree to the left position. It actually shot very nicely. It did not have the shoulder stock on it shoulder stock on it though it did have the relief cut for it. It was actually designed to be fired with both hands. Nice weapon.

this was my fathers gun.... thanks for the background. pretty historic piece

Great video on Browning Hi Power

Thank you! God bless!

I bought my Hi-Power in 1972 new for $135 and kept it ever since

I have an OD green 1979 Hi Power the finish is a little rough but it gives character..I got it from my late Grandfather

The High Power Detective model made from FM (Fabricaciones Militiares) was produced in Argentina until 1995 by Domingo Matheu's military factory.

Classic and great pistol. Does the British SAS still use these? They have for an amazingly long time. The final legacy creation from the American firearm genius, John Moses Browning. It just feels so right, and balances so well in the hand.

You have a treasure!!

I bought the BHP w/adjustable sight in 1970 ..... great gun and fun to shoot.

I just replaced the "detective" slide with the full length slide on my Argentina made Hi-Power. It does make a difference in feel.

I just HATE all these "Modern" plastic frame wonders! LONG LIVE THE HIGH POWER and all of J.M.Brownings incredible designs! When lives are in the balance, including my own, give me a tried and true, ALL STEEL DESIGN every time!

Does anyone have any info on the fully automatic version that he mentioned for issue to British Special Forces? The L9A1 reference he used refers to the general issue semi-automatic version.

I have a Canadian Inglis with the shoulder stock. Love it! All serial numbers match including the stock however the rear sight is optimistically ranged out to 500 meters. lol.

I remember alot diehard 1911 45 friends purchased high power after shooting mine

You referred to WWII as The Great War. That appellation applied to WWI, but not to WWII. It applied to WWI because no one could have conceived of WWII.

any of those: i'd like to get a hold of one (or more) of them too. good vid!

The First Browning Hi-Power DA 9mm was made at the request of the British SAS and was not Commercially available till years later. Then after that FN also made a couple more Pistols they branded as Browning HP DA but these were not based on the Original Browning HP-35 as the SAS Pistol was. I don't know if any of the SAS HP DAs were made in Select Fire. Thanks for the Video.

There was also a. 22 rimfire top made by FM. I'm so glad I purchased one.

Such a stylish beauty.

My girlfriend just gave me this pistol as a present.

also was offerd by fn as double action

It would have been cool if you discussed the "Thumb print". Its origin and deletion.

I have owned 2 FM Detective pieces. I early, one later. Argentine mfg. under FN license and tooling. I gave the older one (the best one) to my daughter as she asked for it after shooting it ONCE. Where are you located if you want to see one?

Full Auto Hi powered! My god, it was built with a fun switch

I would like to hear your thoughts on the sights and their differences and uses on the hi-power.

Mark i have one of the original roll marked Hi power 9mm detective models !

God has blessed america with great great men men like sam colt, and john Browning. I know that god let the word see true brilliance for a short time. Till he called them home.

Only fault with the Browning Hi Power is that since Browning and Dieudonne Saive designed it around the 9MMP it can't be chambered in 38 Super or 45 ACP without a major redesign and retooling. They eliminated some of the faults of the M1911-the barrel bushing, the swinging link and pin of the barrel, e.g.

Mine is a 1986 BHP . I'm still crazy about it. Have shot squirrels in tall trees with it. Tack driver. had several glocks and 1911s but that old 1935 is still my all time go to gun.

Axel Foley: (Laughs)

I always thought it was a great shame that after the 1911 patents ran out, they didn't incorporate the 1911 stirrup type trigger release in the HP instead of the rather quirky 'rocker' that it has, we know it would have worked because it has in the high cap 1911' like the Para Ord P14.

There is a video on forgotten weapons about the 1911 and, as shown on that video, most interesting features like beavertail, inertia firing pin, half cock, thumb safety, luger style magazine latch and the single link were all designed by Colt's employees, not John Browning. Maybe Browning was planning to sell improvements one by one to Colt?

The Detective model was produced by FM in Argentina. IIRC it was not a licensed copy of the Belgium BHP.

When John Browning released a pistol with a magazine, this pistol became unpopular because Americans were used to revolvers. And so Jhon Browning traveled to Europe. One of Browning's models, the FN Model 1910 made by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal in Belgium, is known as the weapon used to assassinate Franz Ferdinand of Austria. This murder sparked the First World War. a Turkish militant who tried to assassinate then Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981 and also used a Browning hp Ağca described himself as a mercenary .So the Browning gun has a lot of history

The grip screws 3-48x3/8" or m3x0.50.

Only mistake Browning made was not designing a 45 ACP HP. Probably would have but he died first.

I have a Detective Hi-Power and a extra Detective Hi-Power slide

I have one that was passed down to me by my father. He was in Germany near the end of the war. It was willed to him by his uncle who was a 1st Sgt to General Patton. The lore passed down through family members, it that it belonged to General Goering. I can't authanticate that. It does have the Phoenix stamped on it in several places. 38 cal. Any help with trying to authanticate the lore would be appreciated. It was never fired by the previous 2 family members, but I shot it this past 4th of July....

How about a video on its clones?

I have a FN High Power with the WaA190 stamps on it

The British L9A1 was the designation of the STANDARD issue pistol in the Brit military, postwar. It was a Mk2. In the Paras, it was the standard issue pistol from 1944 onward, rollout to the rest of the army happening in the 1960s, I think. I used the L9A1 on the range back in the 1980s/90s and the wartime Inglis No2 Mk1* at my gun club. (Showing my age! UK gun laws are VERY different now. Gun crime not reduced but increased, knife murders, especially amongst kids, are going through the roof over here...) The SAS used/trialled(?) the Mk3, if I recall correctly - I don't know it's Brit military designation. It had an enlarged ambidexterous safety catch but I didn't know that it had full auto capability. Some SAS soldiers favoured the M1911A1 for the stopping power of .45acp. The GP35 is one of THE most iconic and go to 9mm pistol! In turn, derived from the classic 110 year old M1911 - was John Moses Browning a genius or what?!

I have one!!

I love my hp TISAS it is Turkish made

Its final , I will buy one...

Brother Mark, what happen to between your eyes next to your right eyebrow, "Scope Bite", never notice this before? If I were to buy something besides the Beretta 92 FS Inox that I currently own it would be this as John Browning Jr. like his dad were true firearms innovators and way ahead of there time. Continually sending up prayers for you, your family and church.

Also in .30 Luger and .41 Action Express. The Great War was WWI. There are several Inglis variations.

One of those guns Id love to own but I don't wanna pay the price for a good one.

In what countries was the Browning HP manufactured? Are the Belgian models the most valuable?

I inherited mine

I have a brownie 9 mm 1911 it says Belgian on it on it how can you tell if yours is the truoh if yours it's a true 19 on bobbin

If this browning has a stamped on the slide stating made in Belgium and assembled in Portugal, does this make it less valuable? Ray

Can you run hollow points through the Hi-Power

Mine has the Safe Fast Shooting (SFS) lever instead of the hammer block. We're they produced with this feature or is it an add on? My understanding is the HP was NEVER produced by Browning, all by FN. Is that true?

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The original patent drawings did not include the infamous magazine disconnect safety.

I do believe the BH Springs is actually making a version of that detective model. And there are a couple of companies now that are copying the P35 also manufacture that. I have no interest in it. I have an Argentine version of the high-power which is the most accurate 9mmm I have ever witnessed in my life. And it is felt enough to carry as my everyday carry gun. The only thing I don't like about it is it still a 9 mm. I'm still trying to find one in 40 Smith & Wesson.

how much could worth one made in Belguim with serial number less than or with 4 digits. i wonder.

what is the best model of browning hi power ?

Saive spells it out like the english "save"

Fast forward to 2021. Springfield Armory now has the SA 35. Every thing good. And eliminated the bad

why do some have the external extractor?

Saddam Hussein used to carry one!! There is a video footage of him shooting with it!

They should have added an extended beaver tail to prevent the hammer bite. Maybe they can't do that with a Browning Hi-Power Mk-VI?

Chester county armory has a full auto hp 130k though

Still got my 9mm browning hi power my old daddy gave to me.i just love this pistol. my pistol and John:3:16. For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life) That is all we need!

I just inherited a 1941 German stamped FN high power. Don’t know much about guns at all. I was gonna use this as a home defense gun. Is this a bad idea? Going to take a safety class this month and I was gonna bring it. Will I be looked at as crazy for bringing such an old gun?

I have a question, something I have wanted to know for years, why the use of the word ( Hi power) it I just an ordinary 9 mm?

I wish I had a gun right now I want you to train me how to use it please I need to send me automatic or a 35

I don't need to own one I guess, but I would certainly like to fire one.

I have an original FM detective in the original box... Let me know what you would like to see and maybe we can make it happen.

Didn't Colt produced one too?

my favorite gun,i want to buy that one,but i live in indonesia,and,to own a firearm,you should be a doctor,official,businessman,and a lawyer,and to get is so expensive,apprioximately about $10.000

I had one for a few years back in the 90's but never really could get used to the trigger. I took it to a gunsmith and he worked on it but it was still not was not to my liking. I eventually sold it and got a Colt 1991 and shot much better with it. 2:22 I have to say, adding a stock to a pistol is _downright laughable_ , most especially with 9mm. If you cannot fire a sidearm well offhand, you desperately need to transfer to admin or finance and become a REMF in the rear with the gear where your likelihood of even having a firearm in your possession is _infinitesimal_ .