Brians356
Silver $$ Contributor
My favorite pistol is my '76 Browning Hi-Power, made in Belgium, which I bought from a pawn shop thirty years ago. In 98% condition, I had Gunsite Pro Shop remove the mag disconnect, tune the trigger, bob the hammer, and enhance the thumb safety pad. It shoots like a dream and sleeps next to my pillow.
I only just learned that Browning stopped making the Hi-Power in 2018 by reading Justin Dyal's American Rifleman article about Springfield Armory's new SA-35 High Power. So sudden sadness was as quickly displaced by gratification.
I couldn't have wished for any better company to pick up the mantle of Hi-Power production. Not a dead replica, the SA-35 sports all of the enhancements my own Hi-Power attained, plus a beveled magazine well, rowel hammer, arguably better sights, traditional type firing pin arrangement, a 15-round magazine, rated for 9mm +P ammo. In Dyal's testing the piece has a smooth 4-lb 13-oz trigger and grouped less than 2 inches at 25 yards from a sandbag rest.
What's not to like?
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I only just learned that Browning stopped making the Hi-Power in 2018 by reading Justin Dyal's American Rifleman article about Springfield Armory's new SA-35 High Power. So sudden sadness was as quickly displaced by gratification.
I couldn't have wished for any better company to pick up the mantle of Hi-Power production. Not a dead replica, the SA-35 sports all of the enhancements my own Hi-Power attained, plus a beveled magazine well, rowel hammer, arguably better sights, traditional type firing pin arrangement, a 15-round magazine, rated for 9mm +P ammo. In Dyal's testing the piece has a smooth 4-lb 13-oz trigger and grouped less than 2 inches at 25 yards from a sandbag rest.
What's not to like?
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