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If they improved the trigger and made a few other changes this could be a way better pistol. People love to swoon at OG High Powers but they were far from perfect. For me my High Power is good enough, I don’t really have a need for it anymore but I won’t ever part with it either.I was just going to post this - I own an original, so pass from me.
An Official Journal Of The NRA | Springfield Armory SA-35 High Power: Classic, Modern, American
If they improved the trigger and made a few other changes this could be a way better pistol. People love to swoon at OG High Powers but they were far from perfect. For me my High Power is good enough, I don’t really have a need for it anymore but I won’t ever part with it either.
Yawn.what’ll it take for that beauty to make the list
Not at all. The Hipower continues to be wildly popular and in demand. That no reputable company currently manufactures them has driven up the price on the used ones quite a bit. It is a classic gun and one everyone should have in their collection. The MSRP on the SA-35 is well below what the browning hipowers are going for used. They ceased production in 2018.Hmmmm. An odd choice in a crowded market.
the grip frame is thin which is why you never see checkered front and back straps on high powers.The lack of back and front strap checkering makes it seem a little cheap for a classic and I'm surprised the barrel isn't crowned. External extractor... why ruin the lines?
A HP with the strap checkering and the top of the slide milled with glare reducing serrations would be highly sexy.
Not seeing why one wouldn't buy a CZ instead since SA didn't take the baby steps to make this a little fancier in a classic way.
ReallyReally???? Hmmmm. LOL
Nighthawk stipples the front and back straps. I thought the sandpaper type grip texture would be standard on a modernish version of a HP.the grip frame is thin which is why you never see checkered front and back straps on high powers.
Article and video says for the most part yes.Are the parts between an actual BHP and this interchangeable?
The mag disconnect can be removed from real (legit) Hi-Powers.Interesting. No mag disconnect. Heard that affects the trigger feel, so maybe this is something new-old.
The mag disconnect can be removed from real (legit) Hi-Powers.
It's Nu-Springfield, I wouldn't expect innovation.True, but still nice option to see straight from the factory without it. I'd like to see the guts of the action to see if its just a delete like one would do prior to this gun.
It's Nu-Springfield, I wouldn't expect innovation.
Their line up is:
- XD series, designed by a Croatian and built in Croatia
- The Hellcat, also designed by Croatians
- M1A series, which are M14 knock-offs
- The Saint-series, which are AR-style guns with no meaningful innovations I'm aware of
- Their 1911s, which they obviously didn't pioneer
- This Hi-Power knock-off
You buy Springfield for their Croatian pistols or their slightly-above-budget reproductions of iconic guns. You don't buy Springfield to expect innovative design or unique features, unless a Croatian is the one coming up with it.
The video states that Springfield eliminated the mag disconnect, flared the magwell, provides 15 round magazines standard, redesigned the hammer/beavertail slightly to eliminate slide/hammer bite, modern Novak dovetail sights standard, and the gun is made from forged metal rather than FN's MIM cast. So I imagine it is slightly lighter and stronger than FN's version due to deleted parts and forging vs. casting.
Can't really knock them for tossing their hat in the ring on AR15's and 1911's. Both are expired patents on two of the most popular and lucrative designs, so everyone makes those regardless if you actually bring innovation. They're trying to corner the market on non-boutique M1A's as well, and that's much of the same. Just a smaller audience. So I don't know if you can fault them on carrying more traditional pattern designs on these guns. They still sell and they don't have to pay any patent fees.
I'm not really intending to knock them too much, you can do worse if you want a 1911 but want to find a middle ground between a Turkish Tisas or a Dan Wesson/Les Baer/boutique one.Can't really knock them for tossing their hat in the ring on AR15's and 1911's. Both are expired patents on two of the most popular and lucrative designs, so everyone makes those regardless if you actually bring innovation. They're trying to corner the market on non-boutique M1A's as well, and that's much of the same. Just a smaller audience. So I don't know if you can fault them on carrying more traditional pattern designs on these guns. They still sell and they don't have to pay any patent fees.
So what?
The people interested in BHPs buy them for the provenance and because people tend to buy what isn't available new anymore. Its a lot like Veprs and Saigas - Saigas were $200 guns new but sold for $2000 this past year.
Go to a USPSA or IDPA match, either pistol or multigun, and count the BHPs. I suspect it'll be either one or zero.
I like the BHP, but it's only going to go so far as a serious defensive or combat pistol. It was never intended to be a race gun. Seriously, a G17 does everything a BHP does but better.
SA's problem is that they donate to anti-gun IL Dem politicians.
I could be wrong, but I believe the only gun they designed is their bolt-action rifle, and I'm not entirely sure about who designed that one. Their 911 is arguable, I'm sure they're not the first company to shrink a 1911.on top of their own designs