The father of one of my employees passed away recently (my God rest his soul) and the family found a firearm in a safe that they did not realize he owns. The family is afraid of guns and his window has been very depressed so they asked that I take possession.
So, the firearm is a near pristine Belgian made Browning Hi Power. The date stamp is 245RR (1977 per Brownings web page). The manual that was with it was for a BDA and doesn’t match. It had one original magazine. It was in a correct Browning black leather sleeve with the correct zipper and red lining.
The grips are the walnut grips with the red insides. It has the correct fixed front sights and adjustable rear sight. The only flaw of the finish is maybe a slight loss of patina around one letter of the manufacture’s marks. There is visible galling or visible barrel wear. The receipt that they had was stamped 1969 and had the serial number of a different Hi Power on it.
The family is unable to tell me how many rounds have been fired through it.
I found it with the magazine loaded. There were 2 boxes of vintage ammo. One was Remington and the other was made by Smith and Wesson. The brass shows some oxidation.
I want to pay the family a fair price for the firearm, I have no idea how to price this one. My interests up to now have been in more modern firearms. The only similar Hi Power I could find online had 2 original magazines, the original manuals, and had only 1 round through it and was priced around $1900.
I will post pictures after the Maryland mandated transfer process is complete (i.e. 7 day waiting period).
So, the firearm is a near pristine Belgian made Browning Hi Power. The date stamp is 245RR (1977 per Brownings web page). The manual that was with it was for a BDA and doesn’t match. It had one original magazine. It was in a correct Browning black leather sleeve with the correct zipper and red lining.
The grips are the walnut grips with the red insides. It has the correct fixed front sights and adjustable rear sight. The only flaw of the finish is maybe a slight loss of patina around one letter of the manufacture’s marks. There is visible galling or visible barrel wear. The receipt that they had was stamped 1969 and had the serial number of a different Hi Power on it.
The family is unable to tell me how many rounds have been fired through it.
I found it with the magazine loaded. There were 2 boxes of vintage ammo. One was Remington and the other was made by Smith and Wesson. The brass shows some oxidation.
I want to pay the family a fair price for the firearm, I have no idea how to price this one. My interests up to now have been in more modern firearms. The only similar Hi Power I could find online had 2 original magazines, the original manuals, and had only 1 round through it and was priced around $1900.
I will post pictures after the Maryland mandated transfer process is complete (i.e. 7 day waiting period).
