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Attached File Belgian rebuilt Inglis Hi Power. Both watch and pistol were my Dads. |
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Attached File Lightweight P-35 made in 1979 with an early Milt Sparks Summer Special. I've had it since 1984. Pickedit up while working the 1984 Olympics. I had it refinished and added some new grips as a brithday present. Regards |
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Originally Posted By Joescuba: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/37487/IMG_2979_jpg-2234155.JPG Lightweight P-35 made in 1979 with an early Milt Sparks Summer Special. I've had it since 1984. Pickedit up while working the 1984 Olympics. I had it refinished and added some new grips as a brithday present. Regards @Joescuba 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:     
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| That P-35 is strange. The 215 prefix means it was produced when the assembly line was set up to produce military contracts. That P-35 was made in 1979. It was new, came with a flat black/dark gray frame and military enamel over a park slide. The frame has no means for lanyard ring. It had Pachmayr grips. It feeds HPs all day long without any mods from day one. I purchased (expat diplomat) it while working CT for the 84 LA summer Olympics. It was nice TDY. Worked with FBI HRT, LA Swat, and got to observe the LAPD SIS. I saw some interesting felony take downs with SIS. |
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Got a Hebrew Hi Power a few years ago. Took joescuba's good advice and got the Novaks treatment. Mike was great and called me a couple times to make sure I knew what he was doing and also replaced a cracked fp retainer. Was patient too since I was in SE Asia at the time and I typically got back to him a day later. Great service  Attached File |
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Originally Posted By dedreckon: Got a Hebrew Hi Power a few years ago. Took joescuba's good advice and got the Novaks treatment. Mike was great and called me a couple times to make sure I knew what he was doing and also replaced a cracked fp retainer. Was patient too since I was in SE Asia at the time and I typically got back to him a day later. Great service https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/239278/20230501_171250_jpg-2802788.JPG Looks good. I bet that it is a tack driver. |
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Originally Posted By Joescuba: Looks good. I bet that it is a tack driver. Originally Posted By Joescuba: Originally Posted By dedreckon: Got a Hebrew Hi Power a few years ago. Took joescuba's good advice and got the Novaks treatment. Mike was great and called me a couple times to make sure I knew what he was doing and also replaced a cracked fp retainer. Was patient too since I was in SE Asia at the time and I typically got back to him a day later. Great service https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/239278/20230501_171250_jpg-2802788.JPG Looks good. I bet that it is a tack driver. Took it to the range finally. Shoots well. Low and right, but that may be my shitty lefty shooting. More accurate than I can shoot. Attached File |
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How I received it, rubber grips and 10rd mags: Attached File And with the BH Spring Solutions treatment: Attached File Attached File |
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First post in six months on this thread? I'm feeling like a serious dinosaur with my walnut and steel pistol, but will still post this in appreciation of the BHP.
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I’m sad that I only recently found this thread and so many of the pics are lost in time. There are some really nice guns in this thread. Here is my recently acquired Don Williams lightweight. Attached File |
I don't know how this works, but I nominate Joker and Fluffy for arfcom sainthood.
My last BHP over the last 40 years I currently own. This is a Kurt Wickman built from Novak's early 1990's. Spec Ops Package that I had Novak's put all new springs in about 6-7 years ago. Still my #1 loved BHP but haven't shot or carried in years. Never say never..... 
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Picked up this 1967 T-series a couple of weeks ago for what seems to be a pretty good price. It was definitely shot, but in good shape overall save for a bent ejector that has since been replaced. That and the grips are NOS Browning, it had a set of lasergrips when I bought it.  
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Picked up a Jim Garthwaite last month. Attached File |
I don't know how this works, but I nominate Joker and Fluffy for arfcom sainthood.
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Originally Posted By CFII: 1981 GP Competition, LNIB. Its awesome. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/27821/IMG_5111-3396357.jpg |
In memory of my son Sean James, born 6/25/97. Died 9/16/13.
We will be reunited in heaven.
We will be reunited in heaven.
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"It just gets that much more exciting when it has a carry handle on it. Or tiger stripes. If you have both, then you have the John Wayne in the Green Berets size of a big win."
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Found a matching Silver Chrome slide and fitted a C&S sear/hammer/safety combo. Attached File Attached File |
| Very nice. And now you have an extra slide to build another Hi Power. Sort of like an AR. Is that the stock C&S extended safety? Looks more shaped then the ones I have got from them in the past. |
I don't know how this works, but I nominate Joker and Fluffy for arfcom sainthood.
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Originally Posted By hollowhandle: Is that the stock C&S extended safety? Looks more shaped then the ones I have got from them in the past. It's their standard extended safety rather than the "Target" safety. C&S Extended Safety C&S Target safety |
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