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The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol available in the 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W calibers. It was based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at FN Herstal.
FN HP-DA, first version, displayed at the Imatra Border Museum. The frame safety is different on the updated/1990 model (above page). The BDA represents the further development of the widely used FN/Browning Hi-Power, which, by the 1980s, had been production for almost fifty years [b] [3] before the design of the BDA was completed.
Manufactured high-quality "fast-burning" black-powder and black powder cartridges until 1973, when it ran out of the specialized charcoal to produce it. Had its head office in London and its factory in Hounslow, later acquiring powdermills in Bedfont, North Feltham, and Tonbridge.
FN/Browning Hi-Power: Single-action pistol chambered for 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W. One of the most widely used military pistols of all time, having been used by the armed forces of over 50 nations. [4] [5] High Power: Single-action pistol chambered for 9×19mm Parabellum. Modern Version of the original design.
1913 FN motorcycle with four-cylinder in-line engine and shaft drive 1931 FN cabriolet FN Browning Hi-Power pistol FN Herstal originated in the small city of Herstal , near Liège . The Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (French for 'National Factory of Weapons of War') was established in 1889 to manufacture 150,000 Mauser Model 89 rifles ...
Manufactured the 9×19mm and 7.65×17mm Snek ("Snail") High-Velocity Armor-Piercing round, 9×19mm +P Extra Sport-AT High-Velocity round (headstamp: LIBRA&AT) and the .17-caliber Libra round. The company went out of business after they were caught in a sting operation in 2004 trying to sell armor-piercing ammunition illegally.
FN Model 1910 of the Gendarmerie of Vaud, on display at Morges castle museum Browning M 1910 disassembled. The FN Model 1910, also known as the Browning model 1910, was a departure for Browning. Before, his designs were produced by both FN in Europe and Colt Firearms in the United States. Since Colt did not want to produce it, Browning chose to ...
The Hi-Power was the first 9×19mm handgun to utilize a true staggered-column box magazine. The large magazine enabled the weapon to carry a total of fourteen cartridges without an excessively oversized or protruding handgrip. FN Browning Hi-Power. France declined to adopt the Hi-Power for its armed forces, instead using the Modèle 1935 pistol ...