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WWII FN (Browning) Hi-Power

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#1 ·
A P35 Hi-Power made under German occupation during WW2

 
#2 ·
Nice video, Shep, and that's a beautiful gun. I have a Hi-Power made in 1969, and it's identical to what you display here, except that a previous owner added Pachmeyer grips. I consider that an improvement. The bluing isn't as nice as yours, but I have mixed feelings about having it redone. On one hand, re-bluing will hurt the resale value, but on the other hand, it will make it last longer as a great shooter. JLA quoted me a price for Ceracote and I'm tempted to send it to him, since I don't plan to sell this absolutely wonderful gun. I've never owned or fired a gun as nice to shoot as a Browning, and this one was my first. I've acquired some more since, of several brands, and I've yet to find anything that can equal Browning engineering or manufacturing quality.
 
#3 ·
I bought a new Browning Hi-Power in 1978, but didn`t have enough sense to hang onto it.
So when I saw this one at a local shop about 4 years ago I jumped on it.
 
#4 ·
I have a few of them including a WWII gun with the tangent sight and original holster with the extra magazine. I had one in the 90s that I did a lot of shooting with. I learned a neat lesson with it. When I reloaded the standard .355 lead bullets I got about a 4 inch group. I then tried the .356 bullets intended for the 357 / 38 and the groups were cut in half.
 
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QUOTE="O.C. Merritt, post: 1294882, member: 70298"]Tony, Since the BHP in question is C&R, does the shoulder stock present a legal issue?[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure probably considered a sbr because it's not original to the gun. It sucks to shell out the money but I would go ahead and get the tax stamp for a short barreled rifle just to be sure.
 
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Shep. The original magazine for your Nazi P35 would not have been numbered to the gun. It would have a brushed blue finish and it might have a German marking on it, although by about 1943 (the year your pistol was made) many of these pistols had magazines w/o inspection markings. The base plate of war time mags have two slits at the back which formed a spring finger to keep the base in place.
 
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