MattyD380
10-09-2022, 09:44 PM
Is it a Hi Power? Is it a DA/SA wondernine?? YES!
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Long story short, these things were FN's attempt to turn the Hi Power into modern DA/SA combat pistol, back in the '80s. They competed in the XM9 trial of 1984 and... well... we all know how that turned out.
In any case...
I've put about 300 - 400 through this one and I did a pretty thorough write up/video on it: https://hipstertactical.com/blog/fn-hp-da-bda-9-review-the-mysterious-dasa-browning-hi-power
Thought some of you guys (and gals) might find it interesting--I know there are some Hi Power fans in the house. And I know Suvorov has one of these. To be clear, this thing differs significantly from an "actual" Hi Power... but... you can definitely still see the P35 lineage in the core mechanics. I actually did a fairly in-depth comparison of the internals between the HP-DA and the MKIII Hi Power, if you're into that kinda thing. I was really curious, myself--I'd known these things existed for quite a while I was thrilled to finally get my hands on one. Very interesting to see the how the design evolved from the OG SAO platform.
Just thought this was a really neat piece of wondernine history and wanted to share it. Plus, the internet just needs more HP-DA.
Also... I gave the review sort of a Halloween-esque vibe. Because... why not? :cool:
95435
Long story short, these things were FN's attempt to turn the Hi Power into modern DA/SA combat pistol, back in the '80s. They competed in the XM9 trial of 1984 and... well... we all know how that turned out.
In any case...
I've put about 300 - 400 through this one and I did a pretty thorough write up/video on it: https://hipstertactical.com/blog/fn-hp-da-bda-9-review-the-mysterious-dasa-browning-hi-power
Thought some of you guys (and gals) might find it interesting--I know there are some Hi Power fans in the house. And I know Suvorov has one of these. To be clear, this thing differs significantly from an "actual" Hi Power... but... you can definitely still see the P35 lineage in the core mechanics. I actually did a fairly in-depth comparison of the internals between the HP-DA and the MKIII Hi Power, if you're into that kinda thing. I was really curious, myself--I'd known these things existed for quite a while I was thrilled to finally get my hands on one. Very interesting to see the how the design evolved from the OG SAO platform.
Just thought this was a really neat piece of wondernine history and wanted to share it. Plus, the internet just needs more HP-DA.
Also... I gave the review sort of a Halloween-esque vibe. Because... why not? :cool: