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Monday, 25 October 2021 11:06

Springfield resurrects the "HiPower"!

Oh wow! This is a complete surprise and a pleasant one too! 

Springfield had teased with a workbench featuring a picture of John Moses Browning along with a clock stopped at 1935 and the words "We're bringing it back."
https://www.guns.com/news/2021/10/22/is-springfield-armory-making-a-browning-hi-power

We had dared hope that it was true. If you have read this blog for awhile, you will know that I am a HUGE fan of the FN/Browning HiPower. I own a few different ones currently (FN, T-Series, FEG, a 40 converted to 9mm for +P+) and I was sad to see Browning discontinue them. There is still controversy as to why and who is responsible. I asked both the Browning and FN Rep. at SHOT when they were discontinued (2018) and both pointed their finger at the other. FN indicated that production could come back if wanted/needed and Browning said that they were pursuing a modern replacement that never came to fruition. As we know, you can't necessarily trust sales people anyway ;)

This is brand newly introduced (today) so there is little info on it other than what SA has released, but based on what I read:

TAKE MY MONEY!!

 

You can read the details but for me a couple of the highlights are forged including barrel (interesting since FN moved to cast frames for more strength), dovetail sites, ring hammer, functional and positive safety, decent trigger (comparitvely according to the brochure) and NO mag disconnect! 
Mags will drop out freely! 

 

https://www.springfield-armory.com/sa-35-series-handguns/sa-35-handguns/sa-35-9mm-handgun/

Here is a pic taken from the Springfield link above:

 

For fun here is my personal favorite HiPower. It's my FN 40-to-9 (BarSto), with some C&S parts and the now (sadly) defunct Robar NP3 nickel finish. 
The amazing stippling (front and back from top to bottom) was done by Karl at Federal Way Discount Guns in WA.  
 

 

 

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