I suppose this could have gone in the Rifle / Long Guns subforum but, since it’s a handgun I’ve got in mind, we’ll start here.
I really like the looks of the fabled Browning Hi Power, or P-35. The elegant lines, the history, all of it looks and sounds so good to me.
One of the most prolific guns across the globe, it served on both sides in the European Theater of Operations in WW2 and was the issue handgun of numerous militaries throughout the Free World (particularly amongst Commonweath nations) for decades following. Even our own FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team deployed a version tweaked by Novak’s, Inc. for a time. Most recently, of course, Springfield Armory has seen fit to introduce its own branding of the design as the SA-35.
All of these things and more attract me to the Hi Power.
I’ve had four of them over the years. Four.
And none of them “stuck” with me.
It’s one of those guns that, despite my fondness for it, just does not seem to “work” for me for whatever reason. It seems to not fill my hand properly or something. I really can’t put my finger on it. I can’t seem to shoot them worth a flip. My most recent example, a gun that had benefited from the attention of a noted customer house…when even THAT didn’t “get it” for me, I decided it was time to cut bait and run haha…
…now…once this SA-35 thing gets up and running more smoothly…
…we shall see. Haha…
Obligatory Hi Power shot below. (And, edited to add: I found a post of mine from five years ago opining on this very gun…it would appear that I did NOT learn haha…)
(Further edited to add even more: See page 2 for a BHP update!)
So…have you had something like this happen to you gun-wise? Details, details, please…
I really like the looks of the fabled Browning Hi Power, or P-35. The elegant lines, the history, all of it looks and sounds so good to me.
One of the most prolific guns across the globe, it served on both sides in the European Theater of Operations in WW2 and was the issue handgun of numerous militaries throughout the Free World (particularly amongst Commonweath nations) for decades following. Even our own FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team deployed a version tweaked by Novak’s, Inc. for a time. Most recently, of course, Springfield Armory has seen fit to introduce its own branding of the design as the SA-35.
All of these things and more attract me to the Hi Power.
I’ve had four of them over the years. Four.
And none of them “stuck” with me.
It’s one of those guns that, despite my fondness for it, just does not seem to “work” for me for whatever reason. It seems to not fill my hand properly or something. I really can’t put my finger on it. I can’t seem to shoot them worth a flip. My most recent example, a gun that had benefited from the attention of a noted customer house…when even THAT didn’t “get it” for me, I decided it was time to cut bait and run haha…
…now…once this SA-35 thing gets up and running more smoothly…
…we shall see. Haha…
Obligatory Hi Power shot below. (And, edited to add: I found a post of mine from five years ago opining on this very gun…it would appear that I did NOT learn haha…)
(Further edited to add even more: See page 2 for a BHP update!)
So…have you had something like this happen to you gun-wise? Details, details, please…
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