Saw in the Sep 6. 2010 Defense News that the British Army is seeking to replace the Browning Hi-Power.
According to article they are still planning on using a 9mm pistol to replace it. Brit Spec ops uses Sig P226.
A lucky company could get to produce 26,000 pistols for the MOD and 70,000 for everyone else.
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Britsh Army launches competition for new pistol
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Whats going to happen to all those surp Hi Powers?
OH Snap it's England, they will destroy what little defense budget they have melting them down instead of selling them.
OH Snap it's England, they will destroy what little defense budget they have melting them down instead of selling them.
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Like the old Robin Williams stand up act about bobbies and being unarmed...
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I definitely wouldn't mind an old Hi-Power, I almost bought one from my FFL, but then he discovered that it was part of a special run, and worth MUCH more than i was going to spend. haha.
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Yeah I would love to have a used FN Hi-power. Or new, don't care either way I'm going to be shooting it alot.
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Ditto on wanting a Hi power, they would be stupid to scrap them all.
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Re: Britsh Army launches competition for new pistol
Correction: "...they would be British to scrap them all."User42 wrote:Ditto on wanting a Hi power, they would be stupid to scrap them all.
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That's why I carry sub-MOA rocks in my pockets at all times, they are internationally legal! :lmao:
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