FEG

[okierider]

I have an FEG. There is a virtual library of knowledge from the late, great Stephen Camp on Hi Powers, including FEG.

FEG did NOT make things easy, as they produced at least three different versions of the pistol with the exact same model number.

Yours looks like it has the 1911 style slide stop, but it could have a Browning style barrel/lockup. Look for a subtle oval shape on the non ejection port side of the frame just above the trigger. If you see one, you have a Browning lockup with a 1911 style slide stop.

I have seen FEGs with the S&W barrel, but most of them have the safety mounted on the slide, not the frame.

This one definitely has the S&W style barrel, read a book called Decoding the FEG HI-Power by Jerry Paregien and it has a picture guide showing the different type barrels

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

This one definitely has the S&W style barrel, read a book called Decoding the FEG HI-Power by Jerry Paregien and it has a picture guide showing the different type barrels

Well crap, that may be version four. Like I said, they didn't make it easy.

 

[okierider]

Thanks for the tip on S. Camp will look for his ... book I hope. Believe I may have seen a reference to him on the 1911 forum.

 

[okierider]

Yep !! No records and what there is, is confusing, different guns with the same model number, same guns with different model numbers!!! This should to keep my OCD out of control for a while LOL

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

I really think yours is much closer to the Browning style. Meaning slide springs (the extractor spring, a common problem on FEG) are interchangeable with Browning parts.

 

[mightymouse]

Most BHP parts should interchange. Obviously, with the Smith and Wesson style barrel lock-up, the barrel itself will not interchange with one made for the BHP. The extended thumb safety and extended slide release lever on the gun Okierider posted pics of are superior in design and functionality to their Browning counterparts, IMO. I had one just like the one pictured, and it was every bit as reliable as any BHP I've ever owned (10 or more), and more accurate than most. As mentioned, extractor springs are a notorious weak spot on the FEG clones. Replace yours with one listed for the BHP and your son will have a fine shooting, accurate and reliable pistol.

 

[mightymouse]

Cops gun shop had another model, it was a shorter barrel version but seemed to be in good condition. Did not spend to much time looking at it though.

If it is a shorter-barreled BHP clone and is marked "FM" instead of "FEG" (and NOT "FN"!) get yourself down there and buy it ASAP! The short-barreled FM model 90/95 "Detective" model is much sought after.

 

[okierider]

If it is a shorter-barreled BHP clone and is marked "FM" instead of "FEG" (and NOT "FN"!) get yourself down there and buy it ASAP! The short-barreled FM model 90/95 "Detective" model is much sought after.

The shorter one was a FEG !!! The price was like $330.

 

[druryj]

This one definitely has the S&W style barrel, read a book called Decoding the FEG HI-Power by Jerry Paregien and it has a picture guide showing the different type barrels

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I like books with pictures...and especially if you can color them in.

 

[mightymouse]

The shorter one was a FEG !!! The price was like $330.

To my knowledge, FEG never made a short slide Hi Power clone (though FM Industries of Argentina did, calling it the "Detective" in both its model 90 and 95 iterations), so, while it is an FEG, it is another model entirely.