New (to me) Hi Power

scarymike23 · January 26, 2015, 09:22:06 PM

Thanks to a heads up from folks on the board I was able to pick up one of the surplus Hi-Powers that Numrich was offering earlier this month. Finally got a chance to go get it from my FFL today. Sorry for the crummy cellphone photos - I'll have time to get some better ones in the next week or so. This is my second surplus Hi-Power. Last year I snagged a handpicked one from AIM. Here's the new arrival:

Here it is with its brother. Newest one is on top:

The finish might be a tad bit rougher than the AIM specimen but it was also $100+ less expensive! Insides look great & the bore is beautiful. There's a bit of corrosion on one of the grip screws but beyond that there's no rust. If it's anything like my other Hi-Power it'll shoot like a dream. At right around $330 this feels a little like theft

More pics and a range report to come!

Adam7 · January 26, 2015, 09:29:42 PM

Really hard for me to see serial.. But it looks like PX? 1983? Very nice pick up!!

scarymike23 · January 26, 2015, 09:50:55 PM

Thanks! Yeah, I wasn't giving the SNs much love in those pics. The one from Numrich is a PR so that's an '87. The one from AIM is a PT, putting it at '86.

Dannyboy53 · January 26, 2015, 09:52:40 PM

Very nice score scary...can hardly wait for the range report!

Loose}{Cannon · January 26, 2015, 11:31:43 PM

Dang nice.... you going for all 1980s years?

running-man · January 26, 2015, 11:59:24 PM

Posts like this kinda make me wish I'd have pulled the trigger on these...but heck, who am I kidding, RM only buys junk guns!

Nice score Mike!

(you might have to sell a mosin or two to make room for it in the safe!)

scarymike23 · January 27, 2015, 12:16:23 AM

Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on January 26, 2015, 11:31:43 PM
Dang nice.... you going for all 1980s years?

Hah! Not unless they get as cheap as Type 53s!

Quote from: running-man on January 26, 2015, 11:59:24 PM
Posts like this kinda make me wish I'd have pulled the trigger on these...but heck, who am I kidding, RM only buys junk guns!

Nice score Mike! (you might have to sell a mosin or two to make room for it in the safe!)

Good point! Oooooor..... I could just ship one of them to you.

Phosphorus32 · January 27, 2015, 02:41:59 PM

Nice score! I really like the looks of those. Glad you and Adam managed to get them before they evaporated from the Numrich warehouse.

RM definitely needs a Mosin. I think a beaver-chewed-driftwood-stocked T53 would look good next to his T56s

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