General Geoff
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Finally found one, and at a reasonable price too. Got the two-tone version.
Already took it apart and gave it a once-over, and installed a new trigger sub-assembly from BHSpringSolutions, which dropped the trigger weight by over a pound and eliminated the mag disconnect safety, which I don't care for. The original trigger felt OK, was just under an 8lb break with the mag disconnect safety.
Needed to lightly file around the trigger area for fitting as the cerakoted(?) frame was just a tiiiny big too tight in that area for the new trigger to drop in. But with just a couple minutes of light filing there along with filing down the new trigger lever to correct height (they said some fitting will be required!), everything dropped in and worked smoothly.
Really like the ambi safety, it clicks on and off with authority but not so stiff as to be unusable in the heat of the moment. No extended beavertail means a high grip on it may result in some hammer bite, just like an original.
Dimensionally, it is identical to an original FN Hi-Power. I was even able to swap slides between it and a WWII example I have.
The new frame operates the 1940s slide perfectly fine, but due to differences in the sear and the addition of a firing pin block, the 1940s frame will not drop the hammer on the new slide.
Haven't gotten to the range with it yet but with any luck, will put some rounds through the Girsan this weekend to function test. Yeah I know, should have done a function test with the OEM trigger. Oh well
Already took it apart and gave it a once-over, and installed a new trigger sub-assembly from BHSpringSolutions, which dropped the trigger weight by over a pound and eliminated the mag disconnect safety, which I don't care for. The original trigger felt OK, was just under an 8lb break with the mag disconnect safety.
Needed to lightly file around the trigger area for fitting as the cerakoted(?) frame was just a tiiiny big too tight in that area for the new trigger to drop in. But with just a couple minutes of light filing there along with filing down the new trigger lever to correct height (they said some fitting will be required!), everything dropped in and worked smoothly.
Really like the ambi safety, it clicks on and off with authority but not so stiff as to be unusable in the heat of the moment. No extended beavertail means a high grip on it may result in some hammer bite, just like an original.
Dimensionally, it is identical to an original FN Hi-Power. I was even able to swap slides between it and a WWII example I have.
The new frame operates the 1940s slide perfectly fine, but due to differences in the sear and the addition of a firing pin block, the 1940s frame will not drop the hammer on the new slide.
Haven't gotten to the range with it yet but with any luck, will put some rounds through the Girsan this weekend to function test. Yeah I know, should have done a function test with the OEM trigger. Oh well