The original pistol, as introduced in 1935, and all subsequent variants marked and sold by FN, were labeled High Power. 2. The black paint found on some High Power pistols originated from a French ...

In 1935, the Browning Hi-Power, with a 4 5/8-inch barrel weighing 2 pounds, and able to print 2 1/2-inch groups at more than 50 yards in spite of its heavy trigger pull, was introduced.

The Hi-Power — known as the Browning Hi-Power, the Browning Automatic Pistol, the Grande Puissance, P-35, Pistole 640(b), and so many other names — is arguably the most widely-used military ...

The Browning Hi Power handgun was designed by Browning in the late 1920s in response to a competition for the new French Army pistol, which was dubbed the Grande Puissance (“high power”) 35.

The Browning Hi Power handgun was designed by Browning in the late 1920s in response to a competition for the new French Army pistol, which was dubbed the Grande Puissance (“high power”) 35.

After Browning's death, a man named Dieudonne Saive, working for FN, fully developed and brought the Hi-Power to production. In fact, Browning had to work around his own patents on the 1911 pistol ...

The Hi Power was the brainchild of American small arms legend John Moses Browning, a prolific inventor who also created the M2 .50 caliber machine gun, still in use with U.S. military forces today.