WW2 Browning Hi Power Pistol | Walk-in Wednesday

Carried an Inglis Hi Power in the army in the sixties. Loved it so much I always wanted to get one when I left. Indestructible, reliable, and accurate.

The idea of having a stock for an automatic pistol seems to have originated with the Broom Handle Mauser of around 1895 or so. The Boers used them quite extensively against the British in South Africa in the second Boer War of 1899 to 1902. There are a couple of them in the Battlefield Museum in Ladismith in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, where the Boers besieged the Brits for several months.

Excellent video-very informative about an iconic handgun. As the son of a WWII vet from the ETO, I have to admit that I was unfamiliar with the High Power. In the 1973 Al Pacino movie, “Serpico”, Frank Serpico , Al Pacino’s character, wants a handgun with more firepower and ammo capacity than the J frame Smith and Wesson revolvers that the NYPD detectives were carrying in that time frame. Serpico is finding out about some of the corruption in the NYPD and doesn’t know who to trust. The handgun that he chooses to carry is the High Power. A side note about Herstal and Liege, Belgium. Dad’s Division, the 99th, was deployed in what was to become the northern shoulder of the Battle of the Bulge. Since it looked like the war might be over by Christmas, several US generals, Courtney Hodges , Mark Clark among others were coming to the Browning factory to be fitted for Browning Superposed shotguns. They were going about December 18th. Unfortunately for the generals, the Germans had other ideas. I don’t know if they ever got their shotguns. My Dad was supposed to see a USO show on December 17th, 1944 with Marlene Dietrich in Liege. Since Hitler had a price on Ms. Dietrich’s head, the USO evacuated her back to England. Dad said they didn’t get a show until after the war since they were in combat almost continuously.

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I love browning high power 9 mm. My favorite one. Unfortunately I don’t own real original high power; however, I have cloning high power from turkey made Tisa BR9. Thank you for this story of about high power.

Very interesting. I like the detailed manner in which you explain stuff plus the variety of pistols you display. It does make a guy want one.

As a kid, we regularly shot my buddy's dad's late war hi-power that was brought back from Europe. This was good information in the video. Thanks!

I have a late war browning hi-power that my Grand Dad brought back from WWII it is my most prized possession and will end up with one of my boys one day! Thanks for the information!

Thank you, glad I found your channel! Have a great day

this model is called le capitan,the real wooden stock was hollow and the gun fits inside,they are not that rare,lots of belgian collectors have one.i have an engraved capitan but without the wooden stock,mine is post WO II.i also have a new practical.

Although there were several great pistols from the Second World War, I would have to rate the Browning Hi-Power as the best (yes, number 1) handgun of the conflict. By the way, Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre translates as "The National Factory of Weapons of War" into English. Thank you for posting this Tom! Well done! How about a video on the FN 1922?

Nice collection of the evolution process and wonderful paired with the history. This video made alot more sense than any others i looked at sofar. Well done

During the 1970s in the British army (RMP), I came across several Inglis Brownings that were slotted for a stock.

Nice presentation Tom, the Hi-Power was truly a marvel from the mind of JMB. I have the tangent sight WaA140 without the stock slot. Came with an original 41 marked holster and spare mag though so even without the stock slot I'm happy with it

This was my issue sidearm in The Australian Army during the eighties, still love them to this day. Our version had the simple peep sight, however Ronnie RAAF had the tangent sight, making their Queen’s Medal Shoot Team almost unbeatable out to fifty meters. Not exactly illegal, but not Cricket.

A friend of mine has a hi-power with stock produced in the late 30's. It was a military issue and the holster differs from the one you have. His holster had mag pouches for (30 or 32? rd) magazines.

Beautiful Hi powers. Ive never seen one slotted for a stock before. Ive always wanted to get my hands on a Hi power and was heartbroken when they were discontinued a few years ago and the prices skyrocketed on the ones leftover.

I have one of the German P-35 FN High-Power 9mm with fixed sights. I had to do some work on it, because it was pretty much rusty. It works like a well oiled machine and is very accurate. I use for hunting wild boar as a backup weapon.

Love me some Browning Hi-Powers !!!!!!!!! I absolutely love my fathers Browning Hi-Powers Practical in 40 S&W , sweet shooting pistol.

Great video, very informative.