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Posted: 1/11/2017 12:09:34 AM EDT
hipowertalk seems like the old go-to but defunct
Thumbprint slide, fixed sights - front appears modified to add notch and white dot Ring hammer Internal extractor [pre-1962 as external introduced then] * over D proof [Marchal Rene chief of Proof 1951-1968] Lion over P.V. proof ELG Circle Crown proof No USA importer marks, no military unit marks S/N: 38xxx I suspect 1951-1952 based on some leftover postings referring to an old hipowertalk thread dating a similar-sounding specimen w/49xxx S/N to 1952. Value? |
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Posted: 1/10/2017 10:10:44 PM EDT
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No idea but tagging for more info. Mine came from AIM last year in a small batch of C&R eligible High Powers that sold out quick at $599. I'll have to dig it out some time for proof marks, but S/N is in the 33xxx range, so probably a little earlier than yours.
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Posted: 1/10/2017 10:16:25 PM EDT
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There is a Browning section in the handgun forum here. FYI
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Posted: 1/10/2017 10:31:41 PM EDT
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There is a Browning section in the handgun forum here. FYI Doh! I looked in the Armory and found nothing but didn't think to look under Handguns - I'll ask a mod to move the thread, thanks! |
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Posted: 1/11/2017 1:21:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/11/2017 9:19:20 AM EDT
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hipowertalk.com For me that yields a parked domain page and no content - does it work for you? |
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Posted: 1/11/2017 3:52:47 PM EDT
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1911forum or m1911.org forum have the more active and knowledgeable HP communities. Look for info from Burgs or submoa, as they know more than the rest of the forum combined.
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Posted: 1/11/2017 6:02:54 PM EDT
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For me that yields a parked domain page and no content - does it work for you? |
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Posted: 1/11/2017 6:27:38 PM EDT
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Yes it does, I'm using firefox. I'm baffled - the domain is registered to an advertising/parking company and has been for more than a year.... no idea how you're getting real content when you go there! http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=hipowertalk.com&type=domain |
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Posted: 1/12/2017 11:31:52 PM EDT
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Awfully generous of you ark_lite, thanks. I do stop in here on rare occasion...slightly different name though
As you likely know, because of the manner in which FN produced and numbered their BHP pistols, "SN" alone may provide little help in the way of dating a BHP...especially a '50s BHP. The surest way to date such pistols is a close inspection of not only the features, markings and "proofs", but also of all the small inspection stamps. With that caveat, making the...likely, assumption OP's 38XXX is a SN and not a Contract Number...it's unmolested and all original, OP's pistol would have been produced in '52. Hope that helps 
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Posted: 1/13/2017 12:21:02 AM EDT
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As you likely know, because of the manner in which FN produced and numbered their BHP pistols, "SN" alone may provide little help in the way of dating a BHP...especially a '50s BHP. The surest way to date such pistols is a close inspection of not only the features, markings and "proofs", but also of all the small inspection stamps. With that caveat, making the...likely, assumption OP's 38XXX is a SN and not a Contract Number...it's unmolested and all original, OP's pistol would have been produced in '52. Thank you kindly @realsubmoa! I was just collecting pictures to post in one of your other haunts - I saw elsewhere you wanted the inside of the slide and I didn't get that The ones I did get didn't come out terribly well either. (Some blame for the liberal coating of lubricant I left on at time of photographing.)
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