So, What is a Browning Hi Power?

[Seismic Sam]

Sam and I bet that it shoots as well as any of the new wonderguns....

The BHP was my first pistol - What a gun. I miss it.

Actually, I shot the smallest 10 shot group I ever had with my Browning 9mm. And it was because I WASN'T trying to do so. Had just started handloading, and had picked a powder that didn't really work well with the 9mm, and I had jams and failures to cycle up the wazoo. It was obvious that this recipe sucked big, flat rocks. I did, however, have to fire it all off to retreive the precious brass cases, and back in 1974 or so being able to scrounge 9mm brass was simply NOT an option.

So I jam the last 10 rounds in the mag, rack the slide, stuff the gun out in the general direction of the target 50 feet away, and start blasting. DIE!! stinky handloads, DIE!! After the smoke clears (I was shooting Lyman 356402 lubed bullets) I go look at the target, and there, in a hole the size of the head of a house key (or quarter) were 7 of the ten shots. The other 3 were quite close by. Never shot a group that small since. I have heard about some other people who have had similar experiences with other stinky or cheap ammo (Like S&B) who were just burning through it as fast as they could like they were on an episode of Miami Vice and wound up with surprisingly small groups.

[Gecko, Extra Crispy]

So does the HP really shoot better than the 1911? I'm having a hard time believing that they would be any different accuracy wise....

In the average persons hands it will just depend on how the person likes it or how it feels(ergonomics.) Ford vs Chevy kinda thing.

[Holland&Holland]

So does the HP really shoot better than the 1911? I'm having a hard time believing that they would be any different accuracy wise....

In the average persons hands it will just depend on how the person likes it or how it feels(ergonomics.) Ford vs Chevy kinda thing.

Wouldn't really be more of a chevy vs saab thing?

[Drizzle]

I've climbed a few ship's sides at sea with one hanging from a lanyard around my neck.

Wow, Benny, did the Royal Navy run out of holsters?

I can hear the bosun talking "Ere you go, lads, just take this piece of line and string it though yer short, there."





And yes, before anyone posts, I know why Benny would have a lanyard through the loop on his HP.

[Seismic Sam]

And as far as Browning Hi-Power's and lanyards go, THAT was why the Mark I design had the rounded hammer spur with the hole drilled through the middle of it. That was the lanyard attachment point, and every historical picture you've ever seen of a Canadian Royal Mouted Policeman with that very decorative lanyard going from one shoulder to the other hip ends at the hammer of a Browning Mark I.

[Ramoel]

Interesting that Brownings Hi Power has an external extractor. You have to wonder why he changed it from the 1911 internal extractor.

[Rem700]

Any word Pinnacle?

Remake of a Classic

[selurcspi]

Interesting that Brownings Hi Power has an external extractor. You have to wonder why he changed it from the 1911 internal extractor.

JMB didn't, the original P35s had internal ones, I believe his son made several changes after the initial release of the gun.

[selurcspi]

And as far as Browning Hi-Power's and lanyards go, THAT was why the Mark I design had the rounded hammer spur with the hole drilled through the middle of it. That was the lanyard attachment point, and every historical picture you've ever seen of a Canadian Royal Mouted Policeman with that very decorative lanyard going from one shoulder to the other hip ends at the hammer of a Browning Mark I.

Sam, these would have been Inglis Mk 1s wouldn't they?

[hammAR]

......... I know why Benny would have a lanyard through the loop on his HP.

It was because he lost so many without the lanyard...............

[Squib Joe]

And as far as Browning Hi-Power's and lanyards go, THAT was why the Mark I design had the rounded hammer spur with the hole drilled through the middle of it. That was the lanyard attachment point, and every historical picture you've ever seen of a Canadian Royal Mouted Policeman with that very decorative lanyard going from one shoulder to the other hip ends at the hammer of a Browning Mark I.

Are you sure about that? I have a Canadian Inglis MK 1 here in front of me and it has a ring hammer and AND a lanyard ring. I've never see anything attached to a ring hammer - seems to me it would bind up or make the pistol inoperative with a lanyard attached.

Do you have a picture of a Mountie with a lanyard through the hammer? I'd be interested in seeing that.. seems strange.

[selurcspi]

......... I know why Benny would have a lanyard through the loop on his HP.

It was because he lost so many without the lanyard...............

The only reason I was there in the first place was that there were no Marines (whose job it was supposed to be) to board these ships!
You can never find a Marine when you need one, unless it's chow time.

[hammAR]

The only reason I was there in the first place was that there were no Marines (whose job it was supposed to be) to board these ships!
You can never find a Marine when you need one, unless it's chow time.

During your time in service, I believe that the Marines were busy in Tripoli...
and regarding chow time, you squids do have great food and laundry services.........
did they make you tie a string to you cutlass too......

[Pinnacle]

Any word Pinnacle?

Remake of a Classic

Standby

[Seismic Sam]

And as far as Browning Hi-Power's and lanyards go, THAT was why the Mark I design had the rounded hammer spur with the hole drilled through the middle of it. That was the lanyard attachment point, and every historical picture you've ever seen of a Canadian Royal Mouted Policeman with that very decorative lanyard going from one shoulder to the other hip ends at the hammer of a Browning Mark I.

Are you sure about that? I have a Canadian Inglis MK 1 here in front of me and it has a ring hammer and AND a lanyard ring. I've never see anything attached to a ring hammer - seems to me it would bind up or make the pistol inoperative with a lanyard attached.

Do you have a picture of a Mountie with a lanyard through the hammer? I'd be interested in seeing that.. seems strange.

Hmmm.... Now that you mention it, it does seem strange, but my aged foggy brain seems to remember a reference somewhere either a reference to a lanyard on the hammer, or the used of the pierced hammer and a cord to simulate recoil and cock the gun during dry firing drills. You have to remember, I'm EFFEN older than that geezer Tootsie!!!

EDIT: After a brief internet ramble, I have come to the conclusion that the lanyard ring was indeed on the butt of the gun, and what I was remembering was how to use the hammer for a dry fire drill. Sigh, I'm getting so EFFEN senile...