Man...I'd really love to get a hi power one day.

That is stunning. Supposedly FEG put nicer finishes on the Mauser marked guns.

Old girl's been around the block a few times:

Yeah. It's a matter of figuring out what needs to be done and saving up the money. I'll have to see if Action Works will work on FEGs.

This is my first foray into the world of Browning HPs. Trigger is thin and awful, safety is hard to actuate and not very positive in engagement. The sights aren't great either.

I had all those issues on an Israeli surplus Hi Power. If Don will work on it, you will get a great product. I was going to send mine out but the wait times are pretty lengthy. So I decided to work on mine so I fitted a new hammer and safety from C&S. I also sent it to Novaks for sights. I am happy with the results. I did remove the magazine disconnect safety and that helped the trigger but my next step will be to purchase a wide trigger. C&S has one but I heard that BHP Springs is coming out with one with combination of springs to adjust.

Melvin_,
Your post got me to got back into working on an Israeli surplus gun. I installed a new C&S Hammer and it works great. I do have a question about the slide dragging on the hammer. With the hammer cocked, the slide goes back and hits the top corner of the hammer and causes the hammer to push slightly back further just a little bit, causing some drag. It did this with the stock hammer as well. I know that this isn’t an issue when firing as the slide has to cock the hammer. But in the pursuit of “smoothness”, is this an area that smiths work on? I have an older SM&A Hi Power and the slide is super smooth and does not hitch on the cocked hammer at all. It looks like the top front corner of that hammer is slightly more radiused than the stock or C&S hammer. Hopefully I worded this correctly. Does your Hi Powers engage the hammer this way? I wonder if I can take down the front corner some.
Thank you for the help.

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years ago AIM had surplus hi-powers with aluminium frame for sale.

Very very rough looking surplus, I might add.
Not sure if aluminium frame is good for +P or not.

But at the time I was thinking to get one of those and then do custom refinish and upgrade.
I missed the opportunity, but hope others got them and applied this custom work.

Hi-powers (and berettas) are just eye candy of the handguns. I can look at those pictures forever :-).