DECODING THE FÉG HI-POWER

Where else are you going to go for information on Hungarian Hi-Powers?I liked this enough that I bought the paperback for the office shelves after reading the Kindle version. I'm a professional in the field.It is a very slim book and, as a critical review notes, based on a limited number of samples. But it's also based on Jerry Paregien's and Gary Frazier's (Jerry's all-but-co-author's) first-hand observations. This book avoids the "telephone" trap of repeating Internet conventional wisdom of uncertain provenance. The author is very active on a forum related to the BHP, and his invariably helpful posts there lay the groundwork for this short but focused work.There is room for a larger 2nd edition with some more content, for example, more detail on exports to third countries (neither Hungary nor the USA), and more detail on the Mauser SA80 and DA90 and the version sold in South Africa as the Luger SA80, and a serial number list however incomplete. (From even a small number serials it's possible to make production estimates; google the "Tiger tank problem" as taught in B-schools).

Unfortunately, there just isn't a lot known about these Browning Hi-Power clones, but after having 2 of them, they're every bit as good as the Brownings that they're modeled after, except...there are a myriad of model numbers, importers, and even different operating systems. If you're wondering if your FEG is a BHP-compatible clone, this is THE source for information because some are 100% compatible with 100% Browning internal operating system, some are partial compatible with an internal operating system like a S&W 39xx/59xx series, and some have a Browning internal operating system but are only 85-90% compatible.Mr. Paragien has provided a GREAT resource for those wanting information on these inexpensive (definitely not cheap) pistols!

Sad that FEG is no longer in business and parts for these are drying up, but this is a useful work on how to identify your pistol and help with finding parts that will fit & keep it running. Is it exciting? Not in the least. Is it interesting? Only to someone who has one of the FEG-manufactured pistols sold under various distributors here in the USA. This book enables you to tell them apart, since even the same distributor often utilized the same nomenclature for wildly differing pistols over a decade's span [or more] of importation...

I was considerably underwhelmed by it. Not really a treatise on the FEG; rather his personal experiences with a very limited number of samples. no significant information as to s/n ranges, dates of manufacture by model, or overall quantities. A halfhearted attempt to contact former KBI importer Kassnar was referenced and written off as "the Daly website had gone down"--yet, informed internet search has much information directly available online from the Kassnar family representative. Similarly, no information was presented relative to KBI use of FEG frames and FN slides, but thousands of these guns were imported into the US, either directly or as used police guns (primarily from Israel). I shoulda just saved my %5.99 and stuck w/ the internet...

Lots of information based mostly on personal experience and feedback from other owners. O would recommend this for any buyer of an FEG Hi-Power clone.

The most information I have ever seen in one place. Have read a lot of stuff on the internet some good some not so good. Having sifted through a lot of bad information. Have checked out what is in this book,have not found one error yet. When the author does not know He tells you I don't know. He does not assume that's the way it is. He finds the facts. Any one with weapons of this type, or an interest in them. Should give this book a read. Get a copy and keep it for reference. I have a FEG P9RK which is a short version of the P9. Mine has the Smith&Wesson double action system rather than the browning single action. Which means it's not a Hi-power clone. I don't know if you could say it's a look alike. More like a Hi-power type of firearm. This book was still of great help to me. It may even make you a better shot with your FEG pistol.

Nice compendium of information on the FEG Hipower. I have two of them, including the vent rib version, and everything I've read in this little book is accurate. It's interesting that the book says it was printed on 1/15/2015, and I just sat down and went through it today, 1/18/2015. Thanks, Jerry.One other thing, you mention Mr. Camp in your acknowledgements. I assume you were referring to the late Steve Camp, a revered expert on hipowers.

I bought this for Kindle when I started looking for Browning High Powers. Every where I was looking this book was either quoted or referenced. I purchased it and everyone was right. It was a well referenced primer on the FEG series of pistols complete with photos and descriptions. I now know the differences and similarities between these two fine pistols. Great material!

Author knows his subject matter - great resource for owners of Browning based pistols made by FEG.

This book was a wealth of information, but it did not contain what I was looking for. I needed information on a FEG P9R which was only covered very briefly.

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