Looking for info on Browning High Power

[Danke]

Originally Posted by moderatesniper

Since this is a more recent thread on the Browning Hi-Power, how does one decock the gun? It won't fire unless the magazine is in the gun, and I've already put gas in the mag. With mag in the gun, you can slowly let the hammer forward but it doesn't seem to go all the way forward...it's in a sort of half-cock that is different from the pictures in the manual.

Seperate slide and frame, press magazine safety with your finger, and ease springs with your other hand, thumb on the hammer and finger on the trigger to release.

[Moderate]

Originally Posted by Danke

Seperate slide and frame, press magazine safety with your finger, and ease springs with your other hand, thumb on the hammer and finger on the trigger to release.

Thanks, I was able to do it by having the magazine 3/4 of the way in, and doing the usual thumb on the hammer and finger on the trigger to release. I didn't have to take the slide and frame apart though. Still it's a bitch to have to do all that work just to decock the gun, even if it is a gun that has no replacement parts...and a gun that I will baby forever

It's a very cool gun, good weight even though it's mostly plastic, and should go great with my kit as soon as I can find a good holster for it.

Anyone have any idea what that separate metal piece is on the right hand side of the slide (grooved section where you would put your fingers to pull back slide). I was fiddling with it with the slide off and it seems to wiggle a piece inside...but I can't seem to find out any practical use for it. Perhaps just attention to detail on the real thing?

[NEVjr]

Originally Posted by Moderate

Anyone have any idea what that separate metal piece is on the right hand side of the slide (grooved section where you would put your fingers to pull back slide). I was fiddling with it with the slide off and it seems to wiggle a piece inside...but I can't seem to find out any practical use for it. Perhaps just attention to detail on the real thing?

on the real thing its the sear retainer if its oval shaped, or its the extractor if it extends over to the ejection port