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FN is back in the game with an All-New High Power?

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January 18, 2022, 12:19 PM
CPD SIG
FN is back in the game with an All-New High Power?
I'm going to see how this thing shoots.
Man, it sure does look like shit..


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January 18, 2022, 12:25 PM
Keystoner
I'm so picky about esthetics. Growing up I hated the High Power cut. I hated it on 1911s. Now, I love it. This is even less of a High Power than this FN, so it's thread drift, but what an attractive gun. I had never heard of this CZ clone until very recently but now I find myself Googling for pictures of it constantly.




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January 18, 2022, 01:19 PM
bald1
I'm hearing *rumors* that the MRSP on the new FN abomination will approach $1300 USD. If true that becomes another nail the coffin.



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January 18, 2022, 01:22 PM
RichardC
MSRP:
Stainless Steel = $1369
Black PVD = $1269
FDE PVD = $1269


https://www.thetruthaboutguns....gh-power-9mm-pistol/


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January 18, 2022, 01:29 PM
parabellum
HA! SA, Inc is gonna eat their lunch.
January 18, 2022, 01:30 PM
Pale Horse
quote:
Originally posted by RichardC:
MSRP:
Stainless Steel = $1369
Black PVD = $1269
FDE PVD = $1269


https://www.thetruthaboutguns....gh-power-9mm-pistol/


Well fuck that. Back to waiting I guess. For that price I’ll find an original.




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January 18, 2022, 01:32 PM
Black92LX
As this plays out further It’s almost as if this should have been an April 1st announcement.


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January 18, 2022, 01:33 PM
RogueJSK
There's still a segment of the population that will pick it over the SAI because it's an FN.

Just like some folks buy new Colt 1911s just because they're Colts, despite there being other better options in the same price range (or lower).
January 18, 2022, 02:00 PM
parabellum
But it's not really an FN. It's not a product of Fabrique Nationale of Belgium. It's a product of a US-based company that's trading on the FN brand.
January 18, 2022, 02:06 PM
PASig
quote:
Originally posted by RichardC:
MSRP:
Stainless Steel = $1369
Black PVD = $1269
FDE PVD = $1269


https://www.thetruthaboutguns....gh-power-9mm-pistol/


They are smoking crack Roll Eyes


January 18, 2022, 02:25 PM
RogueJSK
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
But it's not really an FN. It's not a product of Fabrique Nationale of Belgium. It's a product of a US-based company that's trading on the FN brand.


And Colt has been restructured, renamed, bankrupted, spun-off, reacquired, and bought out numerous times over the years. It's not really the same old Colt circa early 20th century.

FN America is still a direct subsidiary of FN Herstal.

That's similar to saying Glock Inc. (Glock Ges.m.b.H.'s US subsidiary) is just "some company trading on the Glock brand".
January 18, 2022, 02:29 PM
Genorogers
quote:
Originally posted by Black92LX:
As this plays out further It’s almost as if this should have been an April 1st announcement.


I agree 100% this clone thing is a joke. Whoever indulges in the SA or FN and has the opportunity to shoot a real Hi Power is going to be disappointed. The SA and FN fans might be happy but it won't be the real deal IMO.
January 18, 2022, 02:43 PM
parabellum
Suit yourself, Rogue.
January 18, 2022, 03:05 PM
Lefty Sig
The ambi features are of interest to me. The takedown of Hi Power is great - pull slide back a little, engage the safety into the takedown notch, remove the slide stop. No reason to change that unless they figured out how to add a magazine lockout to the takedown lever (like on P320's and VP9's) which forces you to lock the slide back and remove the magazine before rotating the lever.

But the overall look kind of reminds me of the Colt Double Eagle double action "1911" that sucked. The rear is extended back like a classic Sig which is not how a Hi Power is shaped.
January 18, 2022, 04:16 PM
mbinky
Not a High Power, never will be.

Yuck.
January 18, 2022, 04:34 PM
Dakota Slim
I would literally take my polished blue FEG Hungarian wanna-be "Hi Power" clone over this... this... whatever it is.
No. Just no.
January 18, 2022, 04:35 PM
longjohn
I will let you guys know how one shoots once they are out.
January 18, 2022, 04:59 PM
monoblok
Dunno about PVD. SIG certainly bombed with that finish on their early Legions. At least FN resisted (for now) the urge to put front serrations on the slide. The price points are ridiculous, though. FN already learn that lesson when the Ruger 57 came out (price drop), and that one isn't even a clone of the Five-seveN.

I don't think it's particularly ugly though I agree it's also not true to the original. However I'll wait on how it performs rather than ripping it right out of the box on its aesthetics alone. It's not as flagrant a foul as SIG NH regurgitating the 'P225' name, at least to me.


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January 18, 2022, 05:22 PM
KML
Doesn’t look right. Plus they made changes and they want to charge $1200 to $1300 !
They will be canceling it by June while Springfield Armory sell like crazy.
January 18, 2022, 05:28 PM
RichardC
I could buy an MR73 with what the set of three would cost.


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