Decisions-CZ-75--or--Browning Hi-power???

Doubs · 09-27-2002, 10:44 PM

[quote]Originally posted by Heinz:
<strong>This is an interesting thread for me. I have owned only 1 FN high power, 30 years ago. It was Nazi marked with the tangent sight and the shoulder stock mounting in the backstrap. I could not hit a doorway at 50 feet with that thing.<Snip></strong><hr></blockquote>

Over the years I've probably slugged at least a dozen military Hi-Power barrels and without exception they were all over .357" groove diameter. A friend in England had an Inglis and two slide/barrel combinations... a tangent sight slide and a fixed sight slide. One of his barrels slugged .358" and the other was .359". That's pretty typical of what I've found.

Certainly though, the dismal accuracy you've experienced with your Nazi P-35 is not "normal". You may have had abnormal slop elsewhere in the slide/frame or the barrel/bushing fit.

My CZ-75 has a .3575" groove diameter and I load cast bullets sized to .359" to use in it. I've also shot a lot of .357" jacketed bullets through the CZ and a Hi-Power or three. I had a machinist in England make two expander plugs for my Lyman "M" die that open the mouth of a 9mm Luger case to accept the larger bullets. Accuracy is greatly improved when the larger bullets are used.

Interestingly, my 586 S&W revolver has a groove diameter of .3565" and the Lyman 356402 bullet (9mm truncated cone design) is wonderfully accurate in it. My mold is a two cavity model that's old and it drops bullets of .360" which I can size to .359 - .357" as needed. The newer Lyman molds usually drop bullets that are too small at .356".... unless they've changed in recent years.

09-27-2002, 10:44 PM	#10
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 819 Thanked 1,769 Times in 586 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by Heinz: <strong>This is an interesting thread for me. I have owned only 1 FN high power, 30 years ago. It was Nazi marked with the tangent sight and the shoulder stock mounting in the backstrap. I could not hit a doorway at 50 feet with that thing.<Snip></strong><hr></blockquote> Over the years I've probably slugged at least a dozen military Hi-Power barrels and without exception they were all over .357" groove diameter. A friend in England had an Inglis and two slide/barrel combinations... a tangent sight slide and a fixed sight slide. One of his barrels slugged .358" and the other was .359". That's pretty typical of what I've found. Certainly though, the dismal accuracy you've experienced with your Nazi P-35 is not "normal". You may have had abnormal slop elsewhere in the slide/frame or the barrel/bushing fit. My CZ-75 has a .3575" groove diameter and I load cast bullets sized to .359" to use in it. I've also shot a lot of .357" jacketed bullets through the CZ and a Hi-Power or three. I had a machinist in England make two expander plugs for my Lyman "M" die that open the mouth of a 9mm Luger case to accept the larger bullets. Accuracy is greatly improved when the larger bullets are used. Interestingly, my 586 S&W revolver has a groove diameter of .3565" and the Lyman 356402 bullet (9mm truncated cone design) is wonderfully accurate in it. My mold is a two cavity model that's old and it drops bullets of .360" which I can size to .359 - .357" as needed. The newer Lyman molds usually drop bullets that are too small at .356".... unless they've changed in recent years.