FN is releasing the HP again....

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Wiki says FN made 1.5+ million FN Hi Powers between 1935 and 2018.
Quote:
"After 82 years of continuous production, FN Herstal announced that the production of the Hi-Power would end, and it was discontinued in early 2018 by Browning Arms."
So why is this new one a big deal at all?

 

[gerhard1]

At a starting MSRP of $1300.00 makes it a big pass.

It's been a while but I bought an FN (Belgian) Israeli police gun that a gunsmith familiar with it said was in great shape. IIRC, it was about $600-700,

Here is the thread on it.

https://www.okshooters.com/threads/browning-hi-power-9mm.222162/#post-2825771

 

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[okierider]

Completely redesigned with no parts interchange with HP's. No RMR cut, no rail................ $1300 for a couple more bullets.......... Bring on the Girsan..

 

[Okvet03]

I love Hi powers, but I'm just going to say it.. that's ugly! I think the Springfield version is a lot slicker. The one I got from Jimmy is my favorite!

 

[jakeman]

I love Hi powers, but I'm just going to say it.. that's ugly! I think the Springfield version is a lot slicker. The one I got from Jimmy is my favorite!
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Yeah, that is buttass ugly. The Springfield looks much more like the HP I own.

If you're gonna do something like that, why not do it right?

 

[red442joe]

I have an FN Hi-Power in 40 s&w and absolutely love it. Mag disconnect removed and My own grips.
I have a Girsan 1911 and it is NOT a perfect copy; I have a Tisas 1911 that is a good clone.
I wonder which has the better/faithful copy of the Hi-Power?

Joe

 

[O4L]

I have an FN Hi-Power in 40 s&w and absolutely love it. Mag disconnect removed and My own grips.
I have a Girsan 1911 and it is NOT a perfect copy; I have a Tisas 1911 that is a good clone.
I wonder which has the better/faithful copy of the Hi-Power?

Joe

Apparently it's not the new FN from what I've read.

 

[Blue Heeler]

I agree with others. The "new" FN High Power is ugly. Looks like a High Point that got really drunk, lost a bet and had to have sex with a cheap Turkish clone and that FN is the baby they made.

The new Springfield Armory SA-35 is half the price and better looking ... for the win.

I am partial to the clean lines and flat out drop dead sex appeal of a Browning Hi Power. Below is one that Austin Behlert tuned.

 

[O4L]

One man's opinion...

You will never be a real FN Hi-power Mark III. You have no parts compatibility, you have no magazine compatibility, you have a full-length guiderod. You are an FN DAC twisted by minor aesthetic tweaks and the removal of double-action into a crude mockery of John Moses Browning and Dieudonne Saive’s perfection.

All the “reviews” you get are only for clickfarming. Behind your back people mock you. Your parent company is disgusted and ashamed of you, your “userbase” laugh at your ghoulish appearance behind closed doors.

Shooters are utterly repulsed by you. The over 80 year service record of the Hi-power has allowed men to sniff out cheap clones with incredible efficiency. Even clones which “pass” look uncanny and unnatural to a man. Your side profile is a dead giveaway. And even if you manage to get a drunk guy to buy you, he’ll go straight back to the local gun store and put you up for consignment the second he gets a whiff of your extraction issues.

You will never be competitive. Your shills wrench out a fake video with plenty of slow-mo every single week and say you're "just as good", but deep inside you feel the higher bore axis and inferior ergonomics creeping up like a weed, ready to crush you under the unbearable weight.

Eventually it’ll be too much to bear - you’ll be carelessly left in the glovebox of a 1998 Ford Escort, and be crushed along with the car when it's inevitably abandoned at the tow yard. Your manufacturer will discontinue you, disappointed at the lack of sales but relieved that they no longer have to have such an unfaithful "clone" in their lineup. They’ll put you in the discontinued section of the website mentioning the DAC you were a ripoff of, and every enthusiast for the rest of eternity will know a DAC is buried there. Your frame will rust and go back to the dust, and all that will remain of your legacy is a dust cover that is unmistakably generic.

This is your fate. This is what you chose. There is no turning back.

https://boards.4channel.org/k/thread/51693540/you-will-never-be-a-real-fn-hipower-mark-iii-you