jamaass@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Jeffrey A. Maass) (05/19/91)
I have just purchased a Browning Hi Power (adjustable sights, Belgian/
Portugese version), and have been out shooting with it for the first
time today. I was amazed at my groups, considering that this is my
first centerfire gun and I've only fired 10 rounds of centerfire in
my life!
I am _ONLY_ interested in paper-punching (no plans to use
for home defense or for carry), but I am interested in making the
gun as accurate as possible. To this end, what would all you
experienced folk suggest I have a smith do to it? I've read that a
trigger job is all but required, but what about some of the other
functional (not cosmetic) modifications which will make this into
a better shooter?
Any recommendations as to pistolsmiths who are particularly good
with Hi Powers and who is not backlogged through Fall? (My local
shop recommended Wayne Novak, but I'll settle for less !)
What factory ammo has proven best generally with this gun?
Are there any _good_ technical books on the Hi Power (i.e. history,
technical descriptions, etc.)?
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who doesn't have their own obnoxious signature yetmdg@oberon.com (Mark D. Grover) (05/21/91)
In article <34653@mimsy.umd.edu>, nstar!bluemoon!jamaass@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Jeffrey A. Maass) writes: |> I have just purchased a Browning Hi Power |> |> I am _ONLY_ interested in paper-punching (no plans to use |> for home defense or for carry), but I am interested in making the |> gun as accurate as possible. To this end, what would all you |> experienced folk suggest I have a smith do to it? You can have the slide tightened. Being a military design, the parts are looser to be more interchangeable. You don't need this. - MDG - -- Mark D. Grover (mdg@oberon.com) Oberon Software Inc.; 1 Memorial Dr; Cambridge, MA 02142 617-494-0990 (9am-7pm) 494-0414 (fax)
utidjian@remarque.berkeley.edu (David Utidjian) (06/13/91)
Congratulations you have made an excellent purchase!! I have two of the Browning HP's myself. Mine are both of Belgian manufacture. I have seen the Argentinian version and it appears to be an excellent model. I have had no problems with mine in the fourteen years that I have owned them. I have not heard of anything bad about the Arg. model either. Well enough backslapping.... Care and feeding: Clean imediately after use.( This may sound like I am being condescending but you might be amazed at some of the stuff I have seen.) Use a VERY light coat of CLP on all parts of the gun. Store it in the original box. Never in a holster. As a regular diet I use lead handloads loaded down for accurate practice at the range. I reload my own since I shoot about 600 rds a year. This will probably lead your barrel but if you shoot a few jacketted rounds just before you clean it it will make things much easier. For "business" ammo I use Winchester 115 gr Silvertips. I have found that these guns will shoot just about any thing that you can chamber in them, even 380 ACP's. I was younger and more foolish then and would try just about anything. They are very unfinnicky about the ammo that they will shoot. Magazines: Buy Browning. I have some non-Browning mags that never given me any trouble but I have had some bad ones too. Accurizing: I was lucky and had my HP's accurized by Bob Chow in San Francisco before he retired back in the late 70's. All he did was remove the magazine safety and did a ramp job so that it will feed empty cases! This is one case where there is a good reason to remove the mag. safety other than those cited by people in the current thread on the news. It has to do with the way the mag. safety works on the HP. That is all you should need given the out of box accuracy that you are already getting. I like the Pachmayr Signature grips, some find them a bit too "full." Enjoy...!!! -Dave- Utidjian at your service... email: utidjian@remarque.berkeley.edu