Browning Hi Power revisited.
Had not owned one for several years, altho about 10 or so years ago, I really enjoyed the HP. Old age and right shoulder problem made me look at the light recoiling HP again.
About two weeks ago, one followed me home from the local shop. Had a very gritty/creepy trigger, mags have to be removed by hand, but accuracy was excellent.
A trip to the Brownells catalog brought a set of Navidrex thin grips, and a C&S sear. Sent the sear back today--looked like it had been tumbled. Operative edge was rounded.
Did a detail strip, and cleaned and polished contact surfaces, did a little work on the sear-hammer engagement, careful polish of the disconnector parts, and trigger system. Trigger is now fairly clean, and at 6.5 lbs. Sure, it would be nice if it were at 3 lbs as are my 1911s, but I don't think it can be done with the disconnector in place.
This gun now has about 300 rounds of various ammo thru it since purchase. All but 10 rounds were some sort of hollow point, with about 200 my 125gr Star JHP practice load at 1100fps. Quickest? One GAS round at 1694fps.
No failures of any kind.
My magazine free fall problem is caused by the sear spring. Tried both of my springs, and result was the same--drag at the bottom of the spring. Any suggestions? On order now, a set of Ashley BD tritium. GLV
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: GLV on 2001-07-07 21:57 ]</font>