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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. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized.
FN requested John Browning to prepare a prototype in 1901. FN manufactured a few samples for Norway and Sweden to consider as military weapons. Norway opted for the Colt M1911 pistol in the form of the Kongsberg M/1912 , but Sweden ordered 10,000 pistols (designated m/1907 ) as standard military sidearms in 1907.
There is a grip safety blocking the sear unless fully compressed, but the control in the same position as a thumb safety on a Browning Hi-Power or M1911-style pistol is not a safety. The take-down lever is used to lock the slide back (as the Browning Hi-Power safety is used) during disassembly to allow removal of the slide release lever.
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.
Browning Hi-Power: 9 mm Pistole 641(b) FN M1910/22: 9 mm Maschinenpistole 740(b) Pieper Bayard mle 1934: 9 mm Leichtes Maschinengewehr 125(b) Mitrialleuse Maxim: 7.65 mm Leichtes Maschinengewehr 126(b) Fusil-Mitrailleur mle 15-27: 7.65 mm Leichtes Maschinengewehr 127(b) Fusil-Mitrailleur 1930: 7.65 mm Schweres Maschinengewehr 220(b ...
FN HP-DA (Hi-Power Double Action) [1] is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol developed by Belgian Fabrique Nationale arms factory in Herstal.In North American markets, it was marketed as the Browning BDA (Browning Double Action, [1] also BDA9) and is also referred to as Browning DA and Browning Hi-Power BDA.
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 ...