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Well, that's interesting. All of the LW Hi Powers I've seen in that serial number range for that year and with the 215 prefix have been from a Belgian contract, including one that I just recently picked up. I'm curious about the original finish and stocks that came with it when you bought it. The police ones had the slide, hammer, safety, and sights finished in the black enamel paint over Parkerizing finish (mine and many others have had a second coat of paint applied by Belgian armorers that isn't as well done as the factory finish); a black anodized frame; the barrel left in the white and polished; and most of the other small parts having a highly polished blue finish like what you might see on a commercial gun. Mine came with black plastic stocks with the left one having provision for a lanyard ring, as did the frame, but with no ring installed (and no evidence that the pistol was ever used with one installed). Was yours set up for a lanyard ring and/or come with one, originally?
What did you have done for refinishing?
I'm considering refinishing mine (either in the original style from the factory or MK3's bluing black Cerakot finish) and doing work on it that may require some modifications to the slide, at least (for more visible sights) in addition to a C&S no-bite ring hammer and sear, trigger job, new stocks (wood), installation of an FN extended ambi safety, and installation of a lanyard ring. I haven't had a chance to shoot hollowpoints through it, yet, so it remains to be seen whether or not the humpback feed ramp can stay or not, but it could use some polishing (despite how polished the rest of it is).
My new Hi Power below: