Ultimately, France decided not to adopt the pistol, instead selecting the conceptually similar but lower-capacity Modèle 1935 pistol. It was first adopted by Belgium for military service in 1935 as the Browning P-35. By 1934, the Hi-Power design was complete and ready to be produced. This version featured the removable barrel bushing and take down sequence of the Colt 1911.īy 1931, the Browning Hi-Power design incorporated a shortened 13-round magazine, a curved rear grip strap, and a barrel bushing that was integral to the slide assembly. In 1928, when the patents for the Colt Model 1911 had expired, Dieudonné Saive integrated many of the Colt's previously patented features into the Grand Rendement design, in the Saive-Browning Model of 1928.
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The design was refined through several trials held by the Versailles Trial Commission. This model was striker-fired, and featured a double-column magazine that held 16 rounds. The locked breech design was selected for further development and testing. Both prototypes utilised the new staggered magazine design (by designer Dieudonné Saive) to increase capacity without unduly increasing the pistol's grip size or magazine length. One was a simple blowback design, while the other was operated with a locked-breech recoil system.
Browning built two different prototypes for the project in Utah and filed the patent for this pistol in the United States on 28 June 1923, granted on 22 February 1927. Army automatic pistol to Colt's Patent Firearms, and was therefore forced to design an entirely new pistol while working around the M1911 patents. Browning had previously sold the rights to his successful M1911 U.S. It was to accomplish all of this at a weight not exceeding 1 kg (2.2 lb).įN commissioned John Browning to design a new military sidearm conforming to this specification. This last criterion was seen to demand a caliber of 9 mm or larger, a bullet mass of around 8 grams (123.5 grains), and a muzzle velocity of 350 m/s (1148 ft/s). the gun be capable of killing a man at 50 metres.the gun be robust and simple to disassemble and reassemble.the gun have a magazine disconnect device, an external hammer, and a positive safety.the magazine have a capacity of at least 10 rounds.The Browning Hi-Power was designed in response to a French military requirement for a new service pistol, the Grand Rendement (French for "High Yield"), or alternatively Grande Puissance (literally "high power"). It is most often called the "Hi Power", even in Belgium.Ī FN Browning High Power, belonging to the Indonesian Marine Corps The terms P-35 and HP-35 are also used, based on the introduction of the pistol in 1935. The pistol is often referred to as an HP (for "Hi-Power" or "High-Power"), GP (for the French term, "Grande Puissance"), BAP (Browning Automatic Pistol), or BHP (Browning High-Power). The Hi Power name alludes to the 13-round magazine capacity, almost twice that of contemporary designs such as the Luger or Colt M1911. After 82 years of continuous production, the Hi-Power was discontinued in 2017 by Browning Arms, but it remains in production under license. The Hi-Power is one of the most widely used military pistols in history, having been used by the armed forces of over 50 countries. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized. It is based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal, Belgium. The Browning Hi Power is a single-action, semi-automatic handgun available in the 9mm and. Fabrique Nationale (FN) John Inglis & Co.
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