![]() My latest Hi-Power is a blued target model made in 1994. In my opinion the best HP is a 9mm because that chambering offers the best balance of power, round capacity and recoil management. Most Wonder Nines died out fast like one-hit wonder pop bands, and so did the BDA. A double-action model, called the BDA, was developed to keep up with Wonder Nines in the late 1970s and 1980s. As ambidextrous safeties became popular, the HP incorporated them. And as shooting tastes changed over the years, the HP tried to keep up. Early guns had an internal extractor similar to a 1911, but in 1962 that was changed to a more robust external extractor. There have been many improvements and variants over the years. This is a target model High Power with an adjustable rear sight and ramped front sight. ![]() That’s the attraction to the HP, and for some, it ends there. It doesn’t feel like a combat pistol that first saw action nearly a century ago. In hand, the pistol seems almost contemporary. Pick up a Hi-Power and what immediately becomes apparent are the ergonomics. In the U.S., the pistol is known as the Hi-Power, a distinction made by the Browning firearms company when importing the pistols from Belgium.RFI manufactures the Hi-Power in India and calls it the Pistol Auto 9mm 1A.In Israel, the licensed version is the Kareen.In Bulgaria, a licensed copy is known as the Arcus 94.The British call it the L9A1, Pistol No 2 Mk 1, Pistol No 2 Mk 1* (yes, with the asterisk), or Mk 1.
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