I doubt John Browning would recognize today’s Hi-Power as his last pistol design. Photo Courtesy Library and Archives Canada munitions plant conduct a final assembly of 9mm High Power-design pistols destined for China in 1944. Perhaps it is because the Hi-Power is a French design (again, sort of, but I’ll get into it). Some will call them quirks or peculiarities. Still, you’ll hear a lot of “buts” when shooters talk about the HP’s characteristics. The design of the HP is seminal and innovative, with many design features copied by manufacturers today. So why don’t American shooter’s embrace the Hi-Power like the 1911? What could be more American than John Browning? What’s not to like? An All-New Pistol Since it was the last pistol designed by John Browning (sort of, but I’ll get into that, too) who also designed the 1911 and which is held in the highest esteem by Americans, we want to like the Hi-Power…but many of us don’t. Ask a grunt from Australia, the UK, Canada, most of South America, in the Mideast, India, and Southeast Asia and you’ll find out.
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Outside of the U.S., the HP-it goes by many different names-is held in high regard. Lightweight, accurate, with a comfortable grip angle and chambered in 9mm with a 13-round capacity magazine, the Hi-Power is still being used or has just recently replaced by military forces in over 50 countries worldwide.
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The Browning Hi-Power pistol, first produced in 1935, is one of the best combat pistols ever designed.