Thread: Personal Firearms

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 JimmyHAD

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.

Jimmy, one question, those are a couple of very nice pistols, But when carying something of that size would'nt you prefer the wallop of a 45? I've never compared them side to side but I think my commander is a little smaller and lighter and packs a bigger punch.

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

Jimmy, one question, those are a couple of very nice pistols, But when carying something of that size would'nt you prefer the wallop of a 45? I've never compared them side to side but I think my commander is a little smaller and lighter and packs a bigger punch.

I don't carry those. I carry mostly carry a Kahr P380 .... on the supposition that the 380 you are carrying is better than the 45 you left at home.

OTOH, I do have an IWB holster for them. Too big for me to keep one on my hip for a 10 hour shift. The 45 does hit harder than the 9mm but a Hi-Power has a capacity of 13 and one in the pipe. IIRC the government model is 7 in the mag and one in the pipe. So if I had to choose I guess I'd go for more rounds with less bullet weight. Todays hollow point ammo is pretty deadly even in a 9mm AFAIK.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I don't carry those. I carry mostly carry a Kahr P380 .... on the supposition that the 380 you are carrying is better than the 45 you left at home.

OTOH, I do have an IWB holster for them. Too big for me to keep one on my hip for a 10 hour shift. The 45 does hit harder than the 9mm but a Hi-Power has a capacity of 13 and one in the pipe. IIRC the government model is 7 in the mag and one in the pipe. So if I had to choose I guess I'd go for more rounds with less bullet weight. Todays hollow point ammo is pretty deadly even in a 9mm AFAIK.

I, just don't know,10 hrs your compleatly right, But when I used to go out to collect rent,I always grabbed the .45,instead of my Beretta 92, with the 16rd,mag. In this neiborhood I found that a bigger barrel made me feel better.JMHO

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

I, just don't know,10 hrs your compleatly right, But when I used to go out to collect rent,I always grabbed the .45,instead of my Beretta 92, with the 16rd,mag. In this neiborhood I found that a bigger barrel made me feel better.JMHO

Interesting. I ended up selling my .45s because I decided that for me, in a carry gun, capacity is always going to be king. I prefer my 9mm w. a 16rd. mag to the .45 with 8. Then again, there's an XD in .45 with a 13 rd. mag, I could probably live with that :-) Even better, but this is a big hunk of plastic 'n iron - the Glock 20 in 10mm w. a 15rd. mag! My only worry there is just blowing holes through everything.

I do find accurate follow-up shots faster with 9 than .45 or 10...

Originally Posted by HamburgO

I do find accurate follow-up shots faster with 9 than .45 or 10...

I was going to the range fairly regularly for awhile a few years back. Haven't been for a year or so now. Anyway, in the '70s I shot NRA competition. The Camp Perry type of stuff and I got pretty good with target shooting with handguns. So for the short distances usually practiced for combat shooting I can keep the groups tight and punch them out fast.

One day I stopped by the tattoo shop on the way home from the range. One of my co-workers was tattooing a guy who was an instructor of combat shooting for the state police. I had brought a couple of targets I had shot with me to brag a little bit. The LEO looked at the target and said something like .... if you are in a combat situation and point the weapon, align the sights and squeeze the trigger, as if you are at the target range, chances are you will be dead.

Point shooting is what he teaches. Stick it out there and use instinct to mark your target. So the next time I went to the range I began to do some strings point shooting. I didn't bring any targets to the shop to brag about that day. When I do go to the range I get some practice in with that method. Much more difficult, but while I don't get tight groups , if I point center mass I am 9 times out of 10 scoring a hit.