Thread: Personal Firearms

Originally Posted by d. m. ellington

Regarding the Browning Hi Power. Jeff Cooper once said that the High Power needed : 1. A trigger Job, a better sit of sights, feed ramp polished, magazine disconector removed and a modified thumb safety. After these modifications it was good to go. This pistol was once the choice of the British SAS, they now use a SIG and was popular with CIA personnel who went into Laos and Cambodia duting the Vietnam War. With the above listed modifications I would feel well armed with the Browning Hi Power provided I had an adequate supple of Corbon Powerball ammunition.

The 'modern' Hi Power has some of those modifications. The sights are much more eye friendly and the thumb safety is large and ambidextrous. I have 3 Hi Powers. Two 9mm and one .40 S&W. I disconnected the magazine safety on one of the two 9s and it was like a brand new trigger job. The other two have good triggers with the mag safety in place.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Our forces are just starting to replace it. I don't know if they are already done with testing, but I do know that none of those beauties will be sold to Canadian patriots wanting to own a bit of history.. Either sold abroad or melted down

Weren't the Canadian Hi-Powr's made by Inglis? I've handled several over the years and other than the markings, they felt the same as the Brownings. I recall some of the Inglis made guns with tangent sights and the grip made for the shoulder stock/holster set up as was made and used by the Nazi's in WWII.

I had a Nazi proofed tangent sight HP but somebody thought more of it than I did and made an offer I couldn't refuse.

That happened to a LOT of neat old guns I've had over the years. Still kickin myself in the ass for selling some of them. LOL

Here are two of mine. The one is a tangent sight with slotted back strap. A modern made in Belgium back in the '80s IIRC. You can see the larger ambidextrous thumb safety on that one. The matte black fixed sight model is the one I removed the mag safety from. Made it like a different trigger. From hard and creepy to crisp and smooth.

Those are some nice looking pistols.

Jimmy, that's pretty much how I remember my Belgian "made in the early 40's" HP looked. I wish we'd had digital cameras back then. LOL

Nice lookin pistolas for sure.

I guess I got a good one, because the trigger on mine is nice enough it doesn't bother me. The magazine disconnect has never been a big issue for me either. I have no idea why JMB incorporated such a feature though. Always seemed kind of silly to me but I'm used to it now.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

I'm sure there were traffic fatalities involving vehicles sold at government auctions

I agree completely. However, you know that if it were a gun that found its way from the military to an individual that was used in the Toronto shooting recently that there would be politicians and reporters only too happy to scream that it is a tragedy. They would hyper focus on (what they would consider the fact) that a gun which was issued to the military killed a Canadian citizen. It is stupid and the reasoning does not hold up to scrutiny, but emotions rule the day when a shooting occurs. That would undoubtedly get them looking at so called assault rifles again and would lead to crys to ban ANY weapon that is available in any form to the military from being available to a Canadian citizen. In the end we would be left with airsofts, pellet guns and gopher guns.

The point was not that the military should not sell them to Canadians (I would really like to buy one). Rather it was that for reasons of optics and to prevent giving those who hate guns more ammunition is is likely just as well that these are melted down (though it is a crying shame.)

Originally Posted by dolf

I agree completely. However, you know that if it were a gun that found its way from the military to an individual that was used in the Toronto shooting recently that there would be politicians and reporters only too happy to scream that it is a tragedy. They would hyper focus on (what they would consider the fact) that a gun which was issued to the military killed a Canadian citizen. It is stupid and the reasoning does not hold up to scrutiny, but emotions rule the day when a shooting occurs. That would undoubtedly get them looking at so called assault rifles again and would lead to crys to ban ANY weapon that is available in any form to the military from being available to a Canadian citizen. In the end we would be left with airsofts, pellet guns and gopher guns.

The point was not that the military should not sell them to Canadians (I would really like to buy one). Rather it was that for reasons of optics and to prevent giving those who hate guns more ammunition is is likely just as well that these are melted down (though it is a crying shame.)

Sad state that our country's in

So I thought I'd post a couple pics of two of my favorites. It also appears I haven't given them some cleaning love in a while...

Whe I started this thread I did not intend to bad mouth Ruger firearms. It is just that a firearms is foremost a weapon in my mind. Between Brother in Laws, nephews, cousins and uncles there are probably 25 of the 10/22 rifles in my family. I know of one owner of a premier shooting school who uses a Ruger bolt action, 308 with a 20 inch barrel and a 4 power fixed scope as his "Utility Rifle". The single action revolvers are fantastic and people tell me that the new Ruger 1911sr is the greatest value going in a 1911. The Redhawk would make a good wilderness companion for the outdoorsman. By the way the divorce is complete on the old Colt Agent and I am engaged to the Ruger LC9. The Bible says that a man who does not own a sword, let him sell it and buy one. Happy shooting and be safe out there.

My first handgun ever: the Springfield XD 45.



My first AR15. Stag arms lefty version. Messy trunk of my car after a long day of desert-shooting in Arizona



Machine gun shoot in AZ. Got to shoot a BUNCH of full auto guns. Mp5, m16, ak47 and a belt fed 1919. All for free.



And finally me shooting a glock 19 that I rented at the range while visiting FL two years ago. Definitely in need of a shave.