FN ay, brother....FN ay.

• Aug 30, 2013

• #1

reverendbeer

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Nov 9, 2012

1,119

Anne Arundel Province, DPRM

So this showed up today....

I forsee a dangerous, dangerous problem developing. I thought that I'd identified M57s as my cocaine, but I think I just may have found my heroin....

It's got a couple of blemishes on the front left of the slide, a few little scratches here and there, the barrel doesn't match, and the grips are currently getting 60 years of gunk gently removed from them (hence the hogue grip in the pictures...), but not too shabby for a '52-'53 FN Hi Power...

I need more....MORE...

 

• Aug 30, 2013

• #2

M

Machodoc

Old Guy

Jun 27, 2012

5,745

Just South of Chuck County

Nice!

 

• Aug 30, 2013

• #3

Crab Bait

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Mar 2, 2011

1,372

Pasadena

I hear ya... I bought my FN Hi-Power when the stuff was hitting the fan. I love mine, I'm sure you will love yours. Every time I hold it I'm still surprised how small it is - and every time I shoot it I'm surprised how soft it shoots.

Nice pick up!

 

• Aug 30, 2013

• #4

yellowsled

Retired C&R Addict

Jun 22, 2009

9,348

Palm Beach, Fl

Those guns are just dead sexy

 

• Aug 30, 2013

• #5

Alphabrew

Binary male Lesbian

Jan 27, 2013

40,758

Woodbine

yellowsled said:

Those guns are just dead sexy

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Keep your hands where we can see them! But yeah, that's purty sexay

 

• Aug 31, 2013

• #6

browning guy

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Dec 10, 2009

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The finest 9mm ever made!

 

• Aug 31, 2013

• #7

Minuteman

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browning guy said:

The finest 9mm ever made!

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Not the cz75b? LoL

Seriously, that is a work of art.

(both)

 

• Aug 31, 2013

• #8

TheMaskedRabbit

Active Member

Oct 26, 2011

192

Salisbury

I've been interested in these for a while. Please post pics with the original grips when you get them clean.

 

• Sep 4, 2013

• #9

mawkie

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Sep 28, 2007

4,358

Catonsville

Late finding this thread but IMHO the HP is one of the best C&R purchases out there today. There are plenty of nice post war Belgian built examples selling for reasonable prices just like this one.

 

• Sep 4, 2013

• #10

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Melnic

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mawkie said:

Late finding this thread but IMHO the HP is one of the best C&R purchases out there today. There are plenty of nice post war Belgian built examples selling for reasonable prices just like this one.

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What are "reasonable prices"?

 

• Sep 4, 2013

• #11

reverendbeer

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Nov 9, 2012

1,119

Anne Arundel Province, DPRM

Melnic said:

What are "reasonable prices"?

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For me? The $320 and $415 I spent on Saturday for two more FNs on GB as a knee-jerk reaction to somd_mustangs Hi-Power thread featuring his disgustingly beautiful Hi-Powers.

GunBroker and Cole's Distributing will be the death of me. Seriously. If another Hi-Power shows up at the house, my wife will shoot me in the face until I am dead from it.

 

• Sep 4, 2013

• #12

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dgall

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Aug 22, 2011

66

Baltimore,MD

Very nice piece.

 

• Sep 4, 2013

• #13

rtmhunter

Ammo Hoarder

Jun 8, 2013

247

Rosedale, People's Republic of Maryland

Very, very nice. FNH makes some beautiful great shooting guns. Nice pick up for sure.

 

• Sep 5, 2013

• #14

somd_mustangs

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Jul 1, 2012

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reverendbeer said:

For me? The $320 and $415 I spent on Saturday for two more FNs on GB as a knee-jerk reaction to somd_mustangs Hi-Power thread featuring his disgustingly beautiful Hi-Powers.

GunBroker and Cole's Distributing will be the death of me. Seriously. If another Hi-Power shows up at the house, my wife will shoot me in the face until I am dead from it.

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sorry, man
they're addictive...

Yours looks really nice with crisp markings and nice finish. Get those original grips back on it and shoot some follow-up pics... love to see it in the natural.

 

• Sep 5, 2013

• #15

ma_deuce

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Mar 2, 2011

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Lovely Timonium, the Heart of Cummings Country

Once you've had a Hi Power, you wonder why anyone ever bothered making another 9mm. Re grips, I'm not much of a fan of the factory grips. I like Herrett's, myself.

 

• Sep 6, 2013

• #16

reverendbeer

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Nov 9, 2012

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Anne Arundel Province, DPRM

reverendbeer said:

For me? The $320 and $415 I spent on Saturday for two more FNs on GB as a knee-jerk reaction to somd_mustangs Hi-Power thread featuring his disgustingly beautiful Hi-Powers.

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So the $415 got here today....it was $415 because it was refinished: it'd been park'd.

Look at all of my DON'T CARE....because, I mean, look at it....LOOK AT IT:

(Yes, I know my pics are shite....trust me. It looks as good as circa 1999 Britney Spears. I would possibly consider having sexual relations with this gun....that's how good it looks.)

Edit: A couple more without stupid blinds lines:

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You can take your "OMGrefinished, only worth $2" and keep RIGHT ON DOING IT, thanks.

 

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• Sep 6, 2013

• #17

Sc0tt556

Freedom...."Earn this"

May 14, 2013

198

MD

^^^^^ It's a shooter right? Looks AWESOME and who cares it's refinished!

Nice!!!

 

• Sep 6, 2013

• #18

reverendbeer

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Nov 9, 2012

1,119

Anne Arundel Province, DPRM

Sc0tt556 said:

^^^^^ It's a shooter right? Looks AWESOME and who cares it's refinished!

Nice!!!

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INORITE???

If you're one of those people that think refinishing "destroys the value," I am MORE than happy to meet you.