Browning High Power Identification, Help Needed !!

[moebaz]

Hi ,

I need help to identify this browning high power. The serial seems to be strange. also the stamps on both the gun and the barrel , I was not able to Identify- all help is appreciated

 

[hso]

Odd since that is outside the published standard T series serial number range at Browning.

I recommend emailing them.

 

[Mal H]

That is a FN Hi Power so the list found on the Browning website won't help as that covers only U.S. imports. I can't find a similar list for FN serial numbers, but my best guess is it was born somewhere around 1971.

You will have better luck with your info search at the Hi Power site: https://highpowercollectors.proboards.com/board/4/fn-browning-high-power-pistols

 

[Spats McGee]

Another resource: https://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

FWIW, Anthony Vanderlinden's book Browning Pistols p 350 states that the T-series High Powers began in 1963 and was superseded in 1969 by the C-series. Photos of many pistols in this book show the same pattern of SN marking as yours. Unfortunately I couldn't find a serial number by year table in this resource.

If you don't find a satisfactory answer right away, try contacting Vanderlinden via this page:

https://www.fnbrowning.com/contact

 

[hso]

This from https://highpowercollectors.proboards.com/thread/75/fn-high-power-date-manufacture

Although date of manufacture for Browning Arms import “T” prefix series pistols from ’64 though ’68 may be found on the US Browning website (www.browning.com/support/date-your-firearm/hi-power-pistol.html), FN actually produced the “T” series circa ’63 through ’72. The US Browning website “T” listings are specific only to the “T” prefix series pistols imported by Browning Arms. If a “T” series pistol is FN marked…or is outside the serial number range listed on the US Browning website you’ll have to treat it as a Post ‘45 “Classic” pistol…see below.


For Post ’45 “Classic” pistols, Post-Occupation “A”, German Occupation and Pre-War pistols identification becomes just “a bit” more complicated and requires reference materials, a knowledge of period serial and contract numbers, a thorough understanding of all the markings…usually quite extensive, to be found on/in such pistols. And then there’s the Ouija board, mystical incantations, the cauldron and of course chicken bones.

Can you get some better pics (outside in the shade of the house are best for lighting) showing the proof marks so those can be more clearly made out?

 

[hso]

Here's something from highpowercollectors -