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John Browning’s swan song handgun design, the Hi-Power, had reached its zenith by the mid-1980s, and a special run from that heyday is breathtaking.
Mr. Browning filed patents in 1923 for what would become the Hi-Power just three years before he died in Liege, Belgium, his workshop at FN left empty. This final concept pistol, finished by Belgian firearms designer Dieudonné Saive– the man from whose mind later sprung the FN FAL– entered production in 1935 and would remain a staple of the company until 2018 when it was discontinued.
To celebrate the Hi-Power, which was coming up on its 50th year of production in 1985, FN produced the Browning Classic series which included engraved “1 of 5,000” pistols and gold-inlayed “1 of 500” pistols, however, actual production numbers fell short of the monikers, with less than 2,850 engraved Browning Classic Hi-Powers of all types constructed between 1984 and 1986.
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John Browning's Final Performance
Mr. Browning filed patents in 1923 for what would become the Hi-Power just three years before he died in Liege, Belgium, his workshop at FN left empty. This final concept pistol, finished by Belgian firearms designer Dieudonné Saive– the man from whose mind later sprung the FN FAL– entered production in 1935 and would remain a staple of the company until 2018 when it was discontinued.
To celebrate the Hi-Power, which was coming up on its 50th year of production in 1985, FN produced the Browning Classic series which included engraved “1 of 5,000” pistols and gold-inlayed “1 of 500” pistols, however, actual production numbers fell short of the monikers, with less than 2,850 engraved Browning Classic Hi-Powers of all types constructed between 1984 and 1986.
The Short-Lived (Shorter Than You’d Think) Browning Classic Hi-Power
John Browning’s swan song handgun design, the Hi-Power, had reached its zenith by the mid-1980s, and a special run from that heyday is breathtaking. Mr. Browning filed patents in 1923 for wh…
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John Browning's Final Performance
