The Hi Power was the brainchild of American small arms legend John Moses Browning, a prolific inventor who also created the M2 .50 caliber machine gun, still in use with U.S. military forces today.

In 1935, the Browning Hi-Power, with a 4 5/8-inch barrel weighing 2 pounds, and able to print 2 1/2-inch groups at more than 50 yards in spite of its heavy trigger pull, was introduced.

The Browning Hi Power is truly one of the world’s greatest firearms. Introduced nearly 85 years ago, it was the military or police sidearm for many countries for most of that time. Somewhat ...

Although Browning is today best known for the Colt 1911A1 handgun and the M2 “Ma Deuce” heavy machine gun, his final pistol design was decades ahead of the competition. The Browning Hi Power ...

After Browning's death, a man named Dieudonne Saive, working for FN, fully developed and brought the Hi-Power to production. In fact, Browning had to work around his own patents on the 1911 pistol ...

These magazines are completely new and are not compatible with legacy Hi-Power magazines or current FNX or 509 magazines, according to FN’s representative at SHOT Show 2022.

Although Browning is today best known for the Colt 1911A1 handgun and the M2 “Ma Deuce” heavy machine gun, his final pistol design was decades ahead of the competition. The Browning Hi Power ...

Object Details patentee Browning, John M. maker FN Location Currently not on view ID Number AF.72185M catalog number 72185M serial number T182227 accession number 283438 Object Name Pisa Other Terms ...

The new guns, the first to be delivered next year, would replace the 9mm Browning Hi-Power pistol that the Canadian military has been using for decades.