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Section 8: Handguns Subject: BHP with Commander style hammer Msg# 1122712
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Does FM down in Argentina still make a Hi Power? I have one and while not as nicely finished as FN it shoots well. | ||||||
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: The Hi-Power, while not remotely as ubiquitous as the 1911, is still a pistol in the public domain. To that end I no longer link the term "Browning" and "Hi-Power" together as a phrase and haven't for a long time. When FN/Browning decided to stop producing the Hi-Power they just showed a lack of vision for the future, nothing more. Almost immediately, the Turkish company Tisas introduced their Regent, a Hi-Power with a different name. And it has been well received. At the time it seems the Tisas is the only Hi-Power in current production, but the Hungarian Hi-Powers sell for ridiculously high prices on Gun Broker, and I think it's pretty clear that while the FN original continues to be sought after, people still desire Hi-Powers, not just "BHP" pistols, and anyone could make money and have success with a quality Hi-Power pistol. It's not much different from the 1911 twenty years ago. Today, few people think about Colt when they go out to buy a new 1911, much to Colt's detriment, of course. But it's the way it is. Will it go that way for FN/Browning and the Hi-Power? I'm not predicting it. The Hi-Power is much loved but it still has something of a cult following versus the massive support for the 1911. Yes, it's a massively huge cult following compared to those who love some of the also-ran firearms, but companies will have to think long and hard to follow Tisas into the Hi-Power fray. I'd like to see it happen--I don't have such undying love for FN that I care that they shot themselves in the head. At least it doesn't fill me with the disappointment that seeing Colt commit corporate suicide repeatedly over the last decades. Bottom line--"BHP" and "Hi-Power." Not the same thing. And a huge chunk of Hi-Power fans agree. More manufacturers would just help the popularity of the Hi-Power and introduce it to more people. |