FN HP Help needed

[AndreasS]

Hello everybody .I bought a deactivated HP last week . The serial No has been taken off , so i can t say anything about the age .A new number has been stamped in and also the word "Brigant R5" . Does anybody knows more? It looks like if there has been something removed at the back left side of the slide . Otherwise the finish looks original except the areas where it was grinded . The TRA is from Transarms , the dealer i bought it from and the stamp next to it is german proof mark for deactivation .

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[Brit plumber]

Its had a Mk3 ambi safety fitted.

[browningautorifle]

It has a commercial frame because there's no provision for a lanyard ring...and a commercial slide by the markings. I'd say an off the shelf commercial pistol made over the last few years. Nothing particularly collectable if it were running. It would have been a nice shooter though.

[WarPig1976]

The slide is older at least "internal extractor"

[browningautorifle]

internal extractor

Good point...

[AndreasS]

Thank you for the answeres .At least i know now that it is a comecial one .

[Paul S.]

The slide is pre-1960s. That is evident by the internal extractor, thumb print cut out on the right side and the profile at the bottom of the muzzle end. I would guess that the frame is as well. The safety is, as has been pointed out, a MkII/III ambidexterous type.

The Israelis surplused a lot of their older FN BHPs about 15 to 18 years ago. Some of their sell-offs were gutted, drill purpose only "red guns" (& actually painted red). Those particular guns had been buggered up so that there was no possiblity of returning them to a functional pistol. De-act, yes; functional, no. It's anybody's guess if this is one of those guns that has been cobbled together, but I suppose it is a possibility at least.