Browning

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by Eugen

It still has the mag disconnect and it is an earlier model that is easier to remove. But, for now I plan to keep it in place. We'll see. I did buy it to shoot it.

Eugen, if you are going to leave the magazine disconnect in place, I would recommend polishing the area on the front of the magazine where it rubs during trigger use, and also the surface of the disconnect part as well, as the disconnect part does slide slightly on the magazine... polishing will make the trigger pull as smooth as possible. A little lubrication on those surfaces will also help.

FWIW, I once owned a new commercial FN produced HP with the round commander type hammer, the tangent rear sight, but without the frame being slotted for the shoulder stock (the reason I eventually sold it)...

I didn't feel that the sights were an improvement for an un-stocked pistol.

As I recall, I traded it for a NIB Colt Gold Cup National Match .45, which strangely enough, I also no longer own

[Douglas Jr.]

I always though the HP35 as the ultimate FN Browning design.
I managed to get a WWII era made under German occupation (sorry, they are collectable) and a T-Series made in the early 60s - I still kept both.

[Olle]

A customer turned in one of those Portuguese assembled FNs to me and asked me to put tritium sights on it, and I test fired it after I was done. First two rounds at 7-8 yards were really disappointing, I thought I only hit the target with one round. I fired a third and a fourth round with the same result: No more holes so I thought I missed the target entirely. Then I walked up to have a closer look, and found that the hole in the target was a very tight clover leaf, so all four round have actually hit the same hole. After I had the sights adjusted correctly I shot another two rounds at 15 yards, and I think the picture speaks for itself.

I tried to buy this gun from the customer, but he said "out of my cold, dead hands". Those Hi-Powers are amazing guns.