This FEG Hi Power Cant Stop, Wont Stop

It’s an old, battle-tested design that still gets the job done. Meet the Hi-Power.

John Moses Browning graced the gun world with a wealth of amazing firearms, but his “final design” delivered – if not fully completed – something truly special. We’ve actually already done a nice video covering some of the variants. So here we will do something different and pay homage to a gun that lived a rough life and keeps on ticking.

The Hi-Power became one of the most-serving military pistols in history, fighting on both sides of World War II and even making its way to the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In fact, last we checked, the Canadian military was still working to replace their aging Inglis Hi-Powers from World War II.

If there’s one thing that really stands out about the Hi-Power, it has got to be the capacity. In the 1930s, Browning’s design delivered 13+1 rounds of 9mm. It did this by using a double-stack magazine in a platform that was also reliable and easy to maintain and mass produce.