File talk:Flickr - ~Steve Z~ - 1971 Browning Hi Power 10.jpg

Browning or BHP

Comment by IP 2601:701:c001:1fe6:20c8:d51a:9e9e:88ce : This cannot be a Browning Hi Power 10. First, the Hi Power designation was a result of the expanded magazine capacity - not the fact that the bullet was any more powerful. Browning HP was introduced with a 13 round clip. The 10 round magazine was not introduced until the 80's when states started banning high capacity magazines. Second, the Browning HP pictured appears to be be an 80's baby. BHP were manufactured in the tens of millions however, there were only 11,209 (of which you have at best 11,208 opportunities to own & probably far less) nickel plated BHPs produced - they were all produced in the 80's. I suspect this is a BHP from either California or New York from the mid 1980's. [1]