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Title: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: DeaconKC on October 25, 2021, 07:00:08 PM
Springfield Armory is releasing the new SA35, the "Queen of the Nines". Real sights, no mag safety, better safety and redesigned hammer to eliminate hammer bite. And for $699!
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Silver Creek Slim on October 25, 2021, 07:31:36 PM
https://www.springfield-armory.com/sa-35-series-handguns/sa-35-handguns/

Slim
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Major 2 on October 25, 2021, 08:34:53 PM
Saw that , I just got this earlier this month , I have to start saving again  :-\  The cycle just keeps cycling
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Crossdrawnj on November 01, 2021, 03:33:46 PM
Good luck trying to find one!
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Tornado on November 02, 2021, 07:59:27 AM
That seems like a nice gun for a good price, if you can find one.
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Crossdrawnj on November 03, 2021, 12:16:06 PM
It appears they all went directly to the auction sites.
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Yakima Red on April 05, 2022, 06:29:54 PM
Recently procured one. It was easy, I work a gun counter these days and check in the inventory. I "poached" the first one. $588 out the door. Runs like a dream, absolutely the best out of the box gun I have ever owned. Springfield did their homework on this one!
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Silver Creek Slim on April 05, 2022, 06:40:30 PM
Recently procured one. It was easy, I work a gun counter these days and check in the inventory. I "poached" the first one. $588 out the door. Runs like a dream, absolutely the best out of the box gun I have ever owned. Springfield did their homework on this one!
Thanks for the report.

Slim
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Niederlander on April 05, 2022, 08:59:18 PM
It looks great, but I bet it still bites my hand.  I've always wondered why they don't just extend the tang.
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Major 2 on April 06, 2022, 05:55:26 AM
I haven't seen one loose in the wild yet, perhaps a good thing for my wallet.

I do have two Springfield products, the above EMP made 6 /2020,
 I grabbed at my frendly LGS on consignment. (PO had traded it in for a Hellcat)
and a 1911 Milspec made 12/2015 I'm quite fond of.

I also have a Browning like, MAB PA15 Military which was originally purchased in a US Army PX Heidelberg, Germany 1981.
I'll treasure, it was the last trade with my late best friend just days before he passed . :(
MAB PA 15  Controls are Browning Hi-power like,  in fact FN Herstal owned financial interest in MAB.
 
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Baltimore Ed on April 06, 2022, 08:02:38 AM
If they only came in .45 I might get one.
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Abilene on April 06, 2022, 02:07:04 PM
If they only came in .45 I might get one.

Well, you need "something" in 9mm just so when the apocalypse comes you will be able to shoot any 9mm ammo you come across.  :D  Right now my only 9mm is a Keltec P11.  Thinking I need a 9mm 1911, but then I've never shot a Hi-Power.  I should try one out some day.  Had a CZ75B once that was super-reliable.
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Yakima Red on April 08, 2022, 11:47:19 AM
Well, you need "something" in 9mm just so when the apocalypse comes you will be able to shoot any 9mm ammo you come across.  :D  Right now my only 9mm is a Keltec P11.  Thinking I need a 9mm 1911, but then I've never shot a Hi-Power.  I should try one out some day.  Had a CZ75B once that was super-reliable.
I never had a 9mm until a few years ago. I committed a sin by building a 9mm 1911 out of Rock Island slide & frame, the guts are Wilson Combat. It shoots very nice. Since then I bought a Sig 226 and the SA-35. I cast all my own bullets for the ammo. I enjoy shooting the round, but I agree, there is no replacement for displacement. ;D
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: pony express on April 08, 2022, 09:23:46 PM
I saw an article lately, FN is producing High Power's again too, but they're "new and improved" so maybe the Springfield version is more true to the original design.
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Yakima Red on April 17, 2022, 09:01:30 PM
I saw an article lately, FN is producing High Power's again too, but they're "new and improved" so maybe the Springfield version is more true to the original design.

I understand the FN is priced almost twice as much. I don't see how it can be twice as good as the Springfield. We shall see.
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Jeff Michel on June 04, 2022, 02:33:58 AM
It looks great, but I bet it still bites my hand.  I've always wondered why they don't just extend the tang.

Springfield seems to have corrected this problem. I have around 500 rounds through mine, excellent trigger, no bite, decent sights, no jams.....yet.
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Major 2 on June 04, 2022, 05:20:45 AM
Almost bought a post war FN a few years ago. but the serial number had been shaved :o
a MAJOR NO-NO ! ........nooooooooooo

Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: 1961MJS on October 28, 2022, 11:14:53 PM
Hi YEARS AGO, the BATF would put on a new serial number if you turned it in.  A friend of mine did that on a 16 gauge that he found somewhere in water (if memory serves) before 1980.  No clue what they'd do now.

Later
Title: Re: The Hi-Power is back!
Post by: Major 2 on October 29, 2022, 06:35:02 AM
Hi YEARS AGO, the BATF would put on a new serial number if you turned it in.  A friend of mine did that on a 16 gauge that he found somewhere in water (if memory serves) before 1980.  No clue what they'd do now.

Later


Almost bought a post war FN a few years ago. but the serial number had been shaved :o
a MAJOR NO-NO ! ........nooooooooooo



I've had read where a BATF S# can be applied (though I don't know the procedure) or if that is still the case (laws change).
I believe it pertained to a gun that never had a serial number.
There was a time when a number was not a universal requirement.

An FN was not one of those, the gun in question had grip tape where the shaved S# should have been.
The gun could not be legally sold without the S#. The consigner/possessor was so informed.

The possessor (I use that, in leu of OWNER  :-\) was given the benefit of doubt and was advised to disassemble the gun for parts and destroy the frame.
Having it is a felony.