Posted: 4/5/2004 10:48:43 PM EDT
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Is there a good, inexpensive Hi-Power clone? I have a 1911 and have recently become interested in getting a Hi-Power, but I do not want to spend a lot of money. Bruce Wayne |
| I have also had (mostly) good luck with the FEG Hi-Power knock-offs. I have one of the older hard-chromed models that is utterly reliable & a great shooter. The only one I ever had problems with was a more recent one - blued with the "vent-rib" on top of the slide. The extractor broke almost immediately & it was/is extremely ammo-sensitive. But I've had several come through my hands & this is the only "lemon" I've encountered. |
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The FN P-35 SA and the Browning HiPower are the same gun. FN has always been the company that made the HP. I own most of the clones as well as the Brownings. Functionally, I'd rate the Arcus as the best, followed by the FM M-95 and the FEG PJK 9HP as the prettiest of the bunch but not quite up to the other two in quality. The Charles Daly is being made by Dan Wesson from parts brought in from Hungary. I don't know if the parts are still made by FEG and if so, they are very definitely a changed design from the FEG PJK 9HP. That would not be surprising because FEG was known for making changes in the frames and slides almost annually. |
Aren't FEG high powers double action? |
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I owned an FEG Hi-Power a few years back...I regret getting rid of it. I was originally looking to use it as a base for some custom work (i.e. reliability package, barrel crowning, trigger job, and sights) but was initially concerned of the steel quality. So, I contacted Don Wiliams @ The Action Works: www.theactionworks.com/Default.htm ...regarding the quality of materials used in the FEG model. His comments were favorable of the steel used and mentioned that using the FEG Hi_power as a base for custom work wasn't a bad idea. I may still get around to that project here in the near future... |
Not exactly. FEG made a traditional DA auto that you might say was "inspired" by the HiPower (it vaguely resembled an overly-large HiPower). It went by a few different designations (the ones I have are model "PR-9") & had a DA trigger, a hammer-drop safety a la S&W, and a proprietary 15-round magazine (it did NOT use HiPower mags). The ones all/most of us are talking about here are actual copies (clones, if you will) of the HiPower design and DO utilize HiPower mags. The best of those I have is called a "PJK-9HP." |
10-4, thanks I'll have to check out a PJK-9HP. |