WW2-era Browning Hi-Power - what can you tell me?

[Major Bob]

Right on Maple Leaf.Thanks for the confirmation. I recently bought a No2 with the MAB sicker still attached. True that well worn pistols are used at annual qualifications. We can still score pretty good with them.I heard rumors that we had still War stores of unused Inglis pistols in Longue-Pointe Depot in Montréal.. Now you just confirmed that. Amazing , it has been 62 years since they were made. Major Bob

[Major Bob]

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This is what i was describing before.

Any comments ?

Thanks.

Major Bob

[Major Bob]

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Here is my ''Chinese contract'' Inglis High Power with the wooden shoulder stock.The stock and the sights are oddities that we should not with hindsight critic .

The book says the Chinese were accustomed to the German Broomhandle.So they ordered what they knew.A better pistol , in a better caliber, with higher capacity magazine ..with a shoulder stock. But a sight that elevates to 600 meters ? Go figure ?

Thanks for your interest in this most interesting handgun with a very good and long service period.

Major Bob


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[A square 10]

i dont have that chinese holster but i have all of the others you show in your photos in my collection , no the stickers are gone from both my original finish no2 mkI* and my refinished no1 mkI* , im not looking for the stickers as that would be adding back what is legitamatly gone in my mind

[Major Bob]

Thanks A Square. High Power Canadian holsters From Right to left: Pattern 37, Chinese contract Pattern 37 but also used by Canadian forces in WW2 and Korea according to photographic evidence , Pattern 51 and finally Pattern 64. With the ''Chinese'' contract stock that is also a holster , that makes five . I have also three ( 3) more : 82 Pattern, 2000's Pattern ( a Bianchi holster similar to the US one for the M9 ) and a shoulder holster . If there is interest i will post pictures. In all that makes 8 different holsters for a pistol that has been in service for 67 years ! I have worn in the service in successive order : Patt 64, Patt 82, retired 2000's , tac vest and shoulder holster . Maybe a buddy who has been to Afghanistan could tell us how they wore their Inglis High Power ? It was issued to all ranks in that conflict .Thanks. Major Bob

[browningautorifle]

Now they wear leg rigs or waist rigs from private purchase. There IS a web shoulder holster on issue with mag pouches on the other side but it's not a shade of Bianchi or Safariland. For a time they were issuing the Bianchi green flap holster and mag pouches like the US issue for the M9. We never had mag pouches and this was a great improvement. It's common for the troops to buy Blackhawk or Bianchi or any of the other current market rigs.

[Peter Laidler]

We just wear '58 pattern holsters on the waist belt with landyard around the neck or waist. Nothing fancy................. I always keep in the back of my mind and tell them in as many words that A PISTOL IS THE LAST MEANS OF MECHANICAL DEFIANCE AVAILABLE TO A SOLDIER, (except for a bayonet of course). Always remember and treat it as just that and no more!

[Major Bob]

Well said Peter. A last means of defense but pretty usefull at close quarters when all else has failed. A pistol and a grenade will do wonders in any conflict . Now that carbines ( C-8, C-7A1 ) are so short , they have pretty much replaced pistols for close quarter combat. Still , it is a nice backup when working in a command post or when going to the latrines....

Regards.

Major Bob

[A square 10]

major bob , i will ask this reralising that its somewhat rehtorical , but what in this day and age of disarmament is left to be that 'last measure of defence' ?

"...Well said Peter. A last means of defense but pretty usefull at close quarters when all else has failed..."

it seems to me that the 'modern government' has taken its que from the commies and nazis of the past - disarm the public and controle them , not to start a huge political discussion , but just to push the button on a reality check , there is very little left a common man can rely on ,

[Peter Laidler]

Just taking one bit of your comment A square............I think that there is still one thing that the common man can ALWAYS rely on, and that's a Browning 9mm pistol. Brilliant bits of kit!