Value Thoughts on Browning Hi Powers

[harbormaster]

Having never bought on Gun Broker I bid nearly $1k on a nice one this week that was in state and thus easy to get. I got out bid but only by a little. Is that the price point on the last ones they built? Like new condition? Looking for thoughts on their price point.

[SDDAVE56]

https://truegunvalue.com/pistol/Browning-Hi-Power/price-historical-value

Sounds about right. I've seen them here in the market place, asking price $1500 - $2500.

[harbormaster]

https://truegunvalue.com/pistol/Brow...storical-value

Sounds about right. I've seen them here in the market place, asking price $1500 - $2500.

Yes I saw the one recently in the market place. I don't know their value well; trying to learn. The seller had a CZ on sale at a price higher then retail which made me conclude maybe the Hi Power was asked for high as well. Will keep looking thanks for the link.

[Reno-Kid]

Having never bought on Gun Broker I bid nearly $1k on a nice one this week that was in state and thus easy to get. I got out bid but only by a little. Is that the price point on the last ones they built? Like new condition? Looking for thoughts on their price point.

Here in Reno they come up to $800-$900 at Cabalels and Whiley Brothers. The 50 year old C&R are available for California buyers. You might try Triple A in Vallejo if they have any in inventory.

[acaligunner]

When I was at Ammo bros in Cerritos I saw 2 browning hi powers for $1,000.

I went home, looked at my Belgium T-series Browning Hi-Power and said “ Damn girl you’ve been hustling “ !
😁

[MajorSideburns]

There are different models and different production factories. The FN ones were made in Belgium for a while, then Portugal, then here in the states. The ones made in Belgium probably carry a premium. $1,000 sounds like a fair price for a Belgian pistol from the last 30 years if condition is good. It's not like you can just walk into a shop and buy one if you want one here in California. You have to get lucky and find them on consignment or via private sale. Or go for an older C&R eligible one if shopping Gunbroker.

[jyo]

Over the decades I've owned several Browning P35 (Hi Power) pistols---still have two; a 1978 polished blue with fixed sights in really good condition considering the many years I carried this pistol most every day while managing gun stores here in L.A.---a real great shooter too---still tight and reliable---feed ramp polished to feed JHPs and magazine "safety" removed by the old (and long-gone) Kings Gun Works in Glendale...
My other P35 is a rather rare bird---a matte finished FN labeled (not Browning labeled Hi Power)---a much more modern version with three dot sights and factory installed SFS trigger system! For those who don't know what this system is; the SFS system allows you to carry the pistol loaded with a round in the chamber, but with the hammer in the "down" position, not cocked & locked with the hammer back! To fire the gun, you press the ambi-safety down and the hammer springs back to full cock position ready to fire in the usual single-action mode! A very clever system that was available, for a period of time for both Hi Powers and 1911 pistols as well, but rarely seen these days... I've been told that only about a thousand of such factory SFS guns were imported by FN here in the USA... Another fine and reliable Hi Power pistol but with good sights---if I were to carry a P35 pistol these days, it would be this pistol.
And rated for +P ammo as well...! This gun is very near new in it's factory box with two California legal 10 shot magazines, but I have several original factory Browning 13 rd magazines that fit and function just fine in this pistol...
I've owned several older Hi Power pistols that would be quite valuable to collectors these days, but sadly traded off long ago... Shot them all, and enjoyed every one of them...!

[Ruber]

$1k for a like new MkIII seems reasonable to me, that was their msrp 10 years ago. Figure in tax and inflation, not bad if really like new. $800 + for one with rounds through it. I picked up the newer MkIII that needed some tlc below for around $700. I think there was some hype when the SA clones came out, but that seems to have faded away.

That said, who knows what a collector wants and is willing to pay for. FN changed a few things, like the trigger, in the last few years that a collector may pay more for to get a specific variant.

[Sauermonkey]

Let’s clarify some of the responses here. Hi-powers whether they are Browning imported or FN imported were made in Belgium from 1935 until the early 1990s thereafter the major components like frame slide and barrel were made in Belgium and then assembled in Portugal quality is the same. Original production Hi powers were never made in America. The only licensed production Belgian Hi Powers was FM of Argentina and there license expired also in the early 1990s . That said original production Hi Powers (1935-2017) whether Browning marked or FN Marked are gaining in value I would say a very good condition pistol would be $1500-2000

[Ruber]

Just to add to that, the Portugal factory was operational by 1971, and assembling high powers in earnest by 1972-3. It is quite likely my 74C hi power was assembled in Portugal even though it lacks the "Assembled in Portugal" rollmark that appears on the Browning imported Hi Powers starting in the late 80's

[SDDAVE56]

Bought these two in 2015 within two week. Top one from a coworker $600, bottom one from Grabagun $850.

[DanGunner]

My sad story is that I snagged a Belgian army model with tangent sights and shoulder stock slot for $85 from a gun store in Fresno circa 1968 but it was stolen from trunk of my car about five years later in Sacramento. I wonder how much it would bring today.j

[Reno-Kid]

My sad story is that I snagged a Belgian army model with tangent sights and shoulder stock slot for $85 from a gun store in Fresno circa 1968 but it was stolen from trunk of my car about five years later in Sacramento. I wonder how much it would bring today.j

AI

A 1968 Belgian-made FN Browning Hi-Power is a valuable collector's item, with prices varying widely but generally falling in the range of $1,000 to $1,850 or more, depending on the specific condition, markings, and features of the individual firearm. For example, a 1968 model sold for $1,625, and another example in new-in-box condition sold for $1,850.

[smokycuh]

LGS has a 40cal LNIB for $1500 on consignment
im thinking about offering $1200 max

[harbormaster]

There was a nice looking .40 cal in the market place recently. I don’t own the caliber so I’m stuck on 9mm for me