Oddball Browning Hi Power???

MP38 · 10-29-2016, 06:40 PM

Has anyone ever seen one like this? I don't know what to think of it. I was thinking possibly it is a "last ditch" gun? or a "post liberation" gun?

It has Nazi test fire proofs on it, but no waffenampts. It is all matching. It has the fixed type rear sight, but is slotted for a stock!

Opinions welcome.

Matt

MP38 · 10-29-2016, 06:42 PM

photos

MP38 · 11-10-2016, 05:20 PM

Any thoughts?

Matt

mcg · 11-10-2016, 07:23 PM

Very interesting Hi Power, I hope we hear from the experts soon.
Mark

MP38 · 11-12-2016, 07:50 PM

Thanks Mark. I do as well. That's why I posted it here.

Matt

Eugen · 11-13-2016, 11:01 AM

Cool HI Power.

If I wasn't prepping for a colonoscopy today. I'd get my newly acquired book, "FN Browning Pistols" by Anthony Vandelinden, and try to post like I know something about it.

But, alas I am too preoccupied and will wait to hear from others.

George Anderson · 11-13-2016, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Eugen

Cool HI Power.

If I wasn't prepping for a colonoscopy today. I'd get my newly acquired book, "FN Browning Pistols" by Anthony Vandelinden, and try to post like I know something about it.

But, alas I am too preoccupied and will wait to hear from others.

Eugen, pour yourself another quart and then go sit in the "little room".

rhuff · 11-13-2016, 01:30 PM

I will suggest to the OP to go over to the 1911 Forum, and the Hi Power subforum with these photos and questions. There are some really well informed HP folks over there.....I am not one of them, unfortunately!!

lew1 · 01-11-2017, 08:10 PM

The serial number fonts are not correct. The location of the serial number on the frame is wrong. FN - pre/post occupation and/or the Germans never put the numbers in the tang area.

The frame with the slot was discontinued early on in the WaA 103 range which would have been early in the German occupation.

Could be a sample where parts were unofficially removed from the factory or cobbled together from parts on hand after FN took control of the factory in 1944.

Edward Tinker · 01-11-2017, 08:13 PM

Charlie, good to hear from you. Will you make the Feb SOS show?

I am going, meeting up with Dwight and Lyn - I'll drive down - called about a table today, Bill says he 'thinks I'll get a table, but can't guarantee - made sure I was nice

lew1 · 01-19-2017, 06:40 PM

Depends.

My son is in Beirut and he will be coming back to Dallas for more training. While back he is going to marry his fiancé. Tentatively, this will happen the week before the show. But he does not yet have a hard date. If there is a choice between SOS or the wedding, the wedding will win.

(Makes it hard to make room reservations for the SOS or for plane tickets to Dallas.)

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MP38 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 464 Thanks: 36 Thanked 113 Times in 60 Posts	Oddball Browning Hi Power??? Has anyone ever seen one like this? I don't know what to think of it. I was thinking possibly it is a "last ditch" gun? or a "post liberation" gun? It has Nazi test fire proofs on it, but no waffenampts. It is all matching. It has the fixed type rear sight, but is slotted for a stock! Opinions welcome. Matt Last edited by MP38; 10-30-2016 at 11:03 AM.

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Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 796 Thanks: 403 Thanked 639 Times in 338 Posts	Cool HI Power. If I wasn't prepping for a colonoscopy today. I'd get my newly acquired book, "FN Browning Pistols" by Anthony Vandelinden, and try to post like I know something about it. But, alas I am too preoccupied and will wait to hear from others. __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

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lew1 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,108 Thanks: 82 Thanked 204 Times in 112 Posts	The serial number fonts are not correct. The location of the serial number on the frame is wrong. FN - pre/post occupation and/or the Germans never put the numbers in the tang area. The frame with the slot was discontinued early on in the WaA 103 range which would have been early in the German occupation. Could be a sample where parts were unofficially removed from the factory or cobbled together from parts on hand after FN took control of the factory in 1944. __________________ charlie

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lew1 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,108 Thanks: 82 Thanked 204 Times in 112 Posts	Depends. My son is in Beirut and he will be coming back to Dallas for more training. While back he is going to marry his fiancé. Tentatively, this will happen the week before the show. But he does not yet have a hard date. If there is a choice between SOS or the wedding, the wedding will win. (Makes it hard to make room reservations for the SOS or for plane tickets to Dallas.) __________________ charlie

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MP38 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 464 Thanks: 36 Thanked 113 Times in 60 Posts	Any thoughts? Matt

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mcg Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Houston, TX. Posts: 92 Thanks: 267 Thanked 29 Times in 21 Posts	Very interesting Hi Power, I hope we hear from the experts soon. Mark

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MP38 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 464 Thanks: 36 Thanked 113 Times in 60 Posts	Thanks Mark. I do as well. That's why I posted it here. Matt

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rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,308 Thanks: 2,737 Thanked 993 Times in 729 Posts	I will suggest to the OP to go over to the 1911 Forum, and the Hi Power subforum with these photos and questions. There are some really well informed HP folks over there.....I am not one of them, unfortunately!!

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	Charlie, good to hear from you. Will you make the Feb SOS show? I am going, meeting up with Dwight and Lyn - I'll drive down - called about a table today, Bill says he 'thinks I'll get a table, but can't guarantee - made sure I was nice