WHY are there no custom Hi-Power manufacturers?

[Apathesis]

I see quite a few perform custom work on Hi-Powers like Novak, but no companies make souped-up renditions of Hi-Powers. Why is that?

Custom 1911's are great, but why is the HP ignored?

It's because of things like this I wish had a degree in engineering and machining skills...

 

[Zappa]

I see quite a few perform custom work on Hi-Powers like Novak, but no companies make souped-up renditions of Hi-Powers. Why is that?

Custom 1911's are great, but why is the HP ignored?

Because the .45ACP is King and they didn't make any Hi-Powers in that chambering.

 

[warwickben]

I'm banned from 1911forum.com but they had a section for those guns. Your jaw will drop if you see the pic threads.

Its not the type of gun you buy off the shelf all done up. Think of it more like Glock . You find a smith that knows then and you let them lose.



Zappa lol.

 

[silversquirrel]

A Custom High Power can be a work of art.

But its still a 9mm.

 

[bullseye]

I'm banned from 1911forum.com but they had a section for those guns. Your jaw will drop if you see the pic threads.

Its not the type of gun you buy off the shelf all done up. Think of it more like Glock . You find a smith that knows then and you let them lose.



Zappa lol.

Since you opened them can o' worms, what the hell did you do to get banned from 1911forum? Tell them 45 sucks!

 

[chinalfr]

Since you opened them can o' worms, what the hell did you do to get banned from 1911forum? Tell them 45 sucks!

+1 Glock rules.

"Send it" via iPhone M107A1

 

[Apathesis]

Because the .45ACP is King and they didn't make any Hi-Powers in that chambering.

But imagine if a custom manufacturer made a HP in .45ACP?

 

[Pilgrim]

there are custom hi-powers

 

[bullseye]

Alloy Frame FN 9mm Hi Power Grade 4

 

[Apathesis]

I'm banned from 1911forum.com but they had a section for those guns. Your jaw will drop if you see the pic threads.

Its not the type of gun you buy off the shelf all done up. Think of it more like Glock . You find a smith that knows then and you let them lose.

Zappa lol.

I really want to find another HP and have Novak work on it. I'd love a hard chrome HP with a spur hammer, wide trigger, and extended tang are definite musts.

 

[Apathesis]

there are custom hi-powers

I know people customize HPs, but I am talking about custom manufacturers akin to Nighthawk, Wilson, Pistol Dynamics, etc.

 

[warwickben]

Cause the 1911 is better. Jk
Not a big enough fan base that's all.

 

[Apathesis]

Okay. I was beginning to think it was some crazy thing to do with patents.

I love the 1911A1, but damnit, the grips HP's and CZ-75's feel so right.

I'm cursed to love stuff outside of the super-mainstream.

 

[warwickben]

I hear you I want a double stack 1911 and a .410 upper for my ar and a 45 upper

I drive cars with rotary motors. I just like different things .

 

[Apathesis]

Different things are good. I'm a very particular person, so rarely am I satisfied. That is when it starts to be a problem.

 

[seanc]

I just wish there were more BHPs out there at all...

 

[warwickben]

Can you find hp's in different calibers then 9mm?

 

[Apathesis]

Me too. I lucked out. Mine was hardly fired. .40S&W version. Just ordered 4 new mags!

 

[Zappa]

I have a custom Hi Power myself, done by a former local guy from Woburn Sal Balesteri, who's now retired.
It started life as a plain Parkerized gun, Sal did it up in double-dipped hard chrome, and the controls are plated in real gold.
I had this done in the early 90's, back when gold was under $300 an ounce.
The whole custom job cost me $320, which was $20 more than I paid for the gun itself.

 

[Apathesis]

Wow. Jealous.