Talk:Browning Hi-Power

Dispersion Data

In the Section on the Technical Specifications of the Mk I, it says:

Dispersion (firing 10 shots with rest)

• at 15 metres: 95 mm (height 50 mm, width 45 mm)
• at 30 metres: 200 mm (height 105 mm, width 95 mm)
• at 50 metres: 320 mm (height 170 mm, width 150 mm)

There isn't (at least I cannot see it) any reference given to where these data come from and how they were measured. Taken in themselves, these data don't make a lot of sense to me, since the aggregated data are merely sums of the height and width data. Assuming that the height and width data show the distance from the centre point of aim to the outmost of the ten shots, the linear measure to that outmost shot from the centre point would be - after the Pythagorean theorem:

• at 15 metres ≈ 67mm
• at 30 metres ≈ 141mm
• at 50 metres ≈ 226mm

and maybe even less, if the extremes from height and width came from different shots.

Could anyone clarify that?

Name given to the 1935 Belgian Browning 9mm pistol

I would like the reasonably verified, earliest known date of the name Hi Power being applied to this pistol. Specifically was it used before the German invasion and operation of the FN factory in Liege.

thanks!

D Treadwell Texas dtread44@gmail.com 69.58.154.161 (talk) 02:03, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Production line moved to Canada

Incorrect. Belgian engineers assisted the Inglis firm with reverse engineering and manufacturing; the tooling remained at FN in German-occupied Belgium. 2600:8805:3804:F500:41D0:B4F:124E:1C28 (talk) 01:47, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Need to revert stuff Urayahahah did

With a few exceptions, he didn't get consensus for the new Hi-Power-derived articles he did. And he nuked his own account too. Ominae (talk) 16:20, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

@Ominae Agree on that, their account dates from November and mostly was used to un-merge articles (with merging history dating back to often 15+ years) with no explanation for doing so. Flying Ventana (talk) 02:36, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

Indeed. Hopefully the other editors (if they can) can take the lead on this. Ominae (talk) 05:42, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Merge other Hi-Power articles Urayahahah did

Most of the articles Urayahahah wrote are derivatives of the Hi-Power with some exceptions. IMHO, I'd not merge the FM (Argentina) variant, but that's me. Ominae (talk) 16:35, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

I turned the L9A1 into a redirect, as that's literally just a different name for the standard Browning Hi-Power. I think the Inglis (Canadian) variant has enough differences in design and is historically notable enough to keep it's article, though, and was treated as a separate weapon by the British. Vesperius (talk) 11:16, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

I guess the others are going to be redirects. The FM/Inglis HP pages need to be neater, especially with the user portions. Ominae (talk) 04:03, 15 January 2026 (UTC)