Tangent site Nazi High Power

[chevy]

Just could not help my self at the last Charleston gun show found this tangent site code 140 browning high power at a table. Lots of finish left on it very good bore. Made 1941? serial # 95429 no suffix. Took grips off to make sure no oxidation underneath. Any other information appreciated. such a great forum!

[318is_Parabellum]

Looks like a nice 'type 2' High Power to me! Nice score!

Is the front sight unaltered? Looks OK to me, based on your photos.

I have seen a lot of these with 'filed down' front sights. The only explanation I can think of for this is that the 9mm ammo available here in the US during the post-war period was quite underpowered compared to the wartime German-issued 9mm, and the pistols' owners compensated for POI by filing down the front sight. One of my 2 (type 3) High Powers has been altered in such a fashion.

If you shoot it, Winchester White Box should function fine.

[lew1]

What is the color of the grips on the inside of the grips?

[LU1900]

On mine sn 40798 no WaA the inside grips is near orange
And the front sight is not altered

[lew1]

40798 is pre war, most likely Belgian military. (Too close to the war to be commercial.) Your grips are correct for a pre war Hi Power.

Yours probably has Belgium Government Proofs-- “C” in square and small crown “AC” and small crown “GC”

Possible yours could be -- Belgium Government Proofs-- “C” in six sided box (Transitional proof) and two small crowns “AC” but I think yours is not early enough.

[chevy]

Thanks for all the replies. My grips are reddish brown looks to me like walnut pretty oil stained in some places. The sites have not been altered.

[chevy]

Forgive my spelling on sights its late at night

[John Sabato]

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[LU1900]

Originally Posted by lew1

40798 is pre war, most likely Belgian military. (Too close to the war to be commercial.) Your grips are correct for a pre war Hi Power.

Yours probably has Belgium Government Proofs-- “C” in square and small crown “AC” and small crown “GC”

Possible yours could be -- Belgium Government Proofs-- “C” in six sided box (Transitional proof) and two small crowns “AC” but I think yours is not early enough.

Yuo are right , just some pics for info :

[318is_Parabellum]

Now that's just lovely! You need a shoulder stock for that weapon! Yours may be too pristine to shoot...

I've a Chinese contract Inglis with the shoulder stock, sooo much fun to shoot.

[lew1]

Originally Posted by chevy

Thanks for all the replies. My grips are reddish brown looks to me like walnut pretty oil stained in some places. The sites have not been altered.

The grips are proper for that period.

WWII grips were not finished on the back side. The only exception were the early German Hi Powers as the Germans used the pre war Belgian ones that were in the bins when the Germans took over the FN plant.

[lew1]

Originally Posted by LU1900

Yuo are right , just some pics for info :

Very nice condition. Thanks for posting the pictures.

[LU1900]

Originally Posted by 318is_Parabellum

Now that's just lovely! You need a shoulder stock for that weapon! Yours may be too pristine to shoot...

I've a Chinese contract Inglis with the shoulder stock, sooo much fun to shoot.

Yes funny and very acurate to shoot with stock : I do it wih my LP14 , about the GP , the stock sn39880 is not arrived at home , got the gun since only a week !

[lew1]

When you receive the stock, would you post pictures of it ?

[chevy]

Had a chance to have one of the archaeologist at Brockington & Associates of Mt. Pleasant SC to take a couple of images of the tangent high power using their forensic high resolution digital camera they use for artifact pics. I am a metal conservation consultant for them and helped set up the electrolysis baths for the company. When I was in the process of getting the images the historian came up to me and said he had a luger that his dad had retrieved in the European Theatre during WWII. I will discuss this topic in the luger section of the forum.

[lew1]

Good pictures. I wish that I could do that good when I take pictures.

[Douglas Jr.]

Your HP35 is a great addition to any collection.
Just the correct amount of wear for a combat pistol with more than 70 year old on its back.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

[Curss]

If I ever get another Hi-Power, its gonna have to have the tangent sight. Such an intriguing variation!