Aim Surplus FN Hi Power, possible FEG clone?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Aim Surplus FN Hi Power, possible FEG clone?

Posted: 8/15/2014 2:42:30 PM EDT

Just picked up a Hi Power from Aim Surplus with a "L" prefix serial number (L58886). In trying to date the pistol it would seem that FN didn't use the "L" prefix and that possibly this is a counterfeit clone made by FEG for some Iraq contract. Aim responded that this is "internet chatter", just curious if any Hi Power experts can chime in...is it a real FN?

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Posted: 8/15/2014 3:38:16 PM EDT

[#1]

It is sporting Liege proof marks on the barrel and frame.

Posted: 8/15/2014 7:21:12 PM EDT

[#2]

Yes, it is in fact a FEG clone. You can definitively tell these by the thickness and shape trigger guards. I have one exactly like yours. Gary Cole of Cole's Distributing exposed these a few years back. I bought mine from him for $199. If you compare these to a marked FEG, they are identical. Also, no FN with an external extractor shares the same features as these.

Vs. Real FN of the era

Posted: 8/15/2014 7:55:12 PM EDT

[#3]

slightly OT,

what ever happened to Cole's

I used to follow his auctions on GB, and bought an item or 2 years ago, but now he has practically disappeared,

Posted: 8/15/2014 8:33:31 PM EDT

[#4]

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Quoted:
slightly OT,

what ever happened to Cole's

I used to follow his auctions on GB, and bought an item or 2 years ago, but now he has practically disappeared,

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their new name is CDI Sales, still sell all the same stuff.

Posted: 8/16/2014 6:07:26 PM EDT

[#5]

thanks!

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Aim Surplus FN Hi Power, possible FEG clone?

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