New Springfield hi power

[dirtmcgirt76239]

Cant give you figures but i believe the Hi Power has been issued to more military and police units around the world than the 1911, truly combat proven in its own right.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Hi-Power

About 70 countries.

[JimSig]

Cant give you figures but i believe the Hi Power has been issued to more military and police units around the world than the 1911, truly combat proven in its own right.

You are right, and I know this fact, and it is a great handgun. Yet this does not make it better than the 1911 from a design perspective, I am very specific and can't emphasize this more. The proof is that the 1911 survived for a longer period, invaded 4 calibers (45 ACP, 40SW, 9mm and 10 mm), the 1911 trigger runs circles around the Hi power trigger from reset, to crispness to pull weight.. The 1911 trigger design allows for tuning while the hi power trigger does not.

I like what springfield did to the sights and the thumb safety. I wish they can modify the frame at the beaver tail and extend it a little bit, and do something on the trigger mechanism to bring it down to 4 lb and make the reset more tactile, then it would be a gun to compete with CZs and Sigs plus the nostalgic factor..

[JimSig]

=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Hi-Power

About 70 countries.r..

It is not the gun design alone that played a role in that, it is the caliber as well.. The hi power design was a 9mm that is more favored outside the USA, plus it was the only good reliable design in that caliber since the mid 1930s till the late 1960s, so obviously it would be adopted by alot of countries.. The 1911 was only a 45 ACP which is a very hard round to purchase outside the USA. You can not just pull one fact or data point and conclude a list of attributes from it. You have to look at the big picture..

The Hi power is a good gun, but it is not better than the 1911 from a design perspective. It is a more practical design with high capacity, but the 1911 is a more refined engineering design.

[Mr. Waverly]

Has anyone looked at the prices on Gunbroker??? Do a search for Springfield P-35 on GB - There are only a handful of vendors offering them for sale, and one had a bid just over $1,300!

[Burk48237]

As a Glock guy now who carried 1911s for years, the hi-power is far from obsolete. I always hoped someone would start producing custom shop Hi-powers with better triggers, improved safeties and a lot of the fit and finish and add ons you see in custom 1911's. They are a nice slim package (probably close to a Glock 48 ) and have a classic appeal. I like them far better than the Smith 39's, they're less clunky. Cool guns. And Beverly Hills cop carried one.

[Blue XJ]

Has anyone looked at the prices on Gunbroker??? Do a search for Springfield P-35 on GB - There are only a handful of vendors offering them for sale, and one had a bid just over $1,300!

I saw a couple with bids up over $2400!!?!?! I just hope the one I ordered comes in soon!

[wsr]

It is not the gun design alone that played a role in that, it is the caliber as well.. The hi power design was a 9mm that is more favored outside the USA, plus it was the only good reliable design in that caliber since the mid 1930s till the late 1960s, so obviously it would be adopted by alot of countries.. The 1911 was only a 45 ACP which is a very hard round to purchase outside the USA. You can not just pull one fact or data point and conclude a list of attributes from it. You have to look at the big picture..

The Hi power is a good gun, but it is not better than the 1911 from a design perspective. It is a more practical design with high capacity, but the 1911 is a more refined engineering design.

The hi power trigger is tunable it’s just more involved the only one of your criteria that can’t be achieved is the tactile reset which is of debatable benefit anyway

[dirtmcgirt76239]

I saw a couple with bids up over $2400!!?!?! I just hope the one I ordered comes in soon!

At that price I'll wait. A year if I have to. I want a detective model. 600 bucks or less if I wait

[Rasher]

No more obsolete than any other gun, just because it aint plastic its ready for the scrape heap??. Mine is a 1987 model made in Belgum by FNH, i was able to pick up one of Safarilands als holsters within the 5 minutes they offered them, and after some Cylinder & Slide Chrome goodies, It has become my edc.


Maybe now there will be more hoster options.

[Blue XJ]

At that price I'll wait. A year if I have to. I want a detective model. 600 bucks or less if I wait

Yeah, no way I would pay that price. Mine was either retail or just under.