3194 FINE BROWNING HI POWER GP COMPETITION

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Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 500.00 USD
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SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL WITH HARD CASE & FACTORY LETTER. Cal. 9x19mm. S# 245PZ48737. Bbl. 6". Hi Power GP Competition semi-automatic pistol mfg. in Belgium and imported by Browning Arms Company in 1981. The left side of the slide is marked with Browning's importer information, with "MADE IN BELGIUM/ BY FABRIQUE NATIONALE HERSTAL" marked on the right. Frame and slide exhibit a phosphate finish, with small parts exhibiting a blue finish. 2-piece bbl. is polished in-the-white. Bbl. weight exhibits a black enamel type finish. Frame is mounted with a 1-piece Pachmayr Signature Model wrap around grip. Fixed high profile blade front sight (integral to bbl. weight), with adj. square notch rear sight. Matching numbers are present on the frame and bbl. MAGS: 2 13-rd. phosphate mags. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: factory hard case, containing a cleaning rod, bbl. weight removal tools, as well as 1 50-rd. box of Sellier & Bellot 115 grain Range Safe ammunition. Pistol is also accompanied by a factory letter, indicating that this example was sold for $450.00 to Sportsman's Den in Odessa, TX on May 21st of 1985 (Invoice #131477). CONDITION: fine, with metal components retaining bountiful amounts of their original factory finishes, exhibiting some very light wear on protected surfaces from cycling of the action, with some light edge wear present on the bbl. weight. Brilliant mirror bore, exhibiting well defined rifling throughout. Grip is excellent overall. Case shows some superficial marks from handling and storage, but otherwise remains sturdy and serviceable. PROVENANCE: From the Estate of Jon Thomas, Gunsport, LTD. (25-1135/MLW). MODERN. $1,000-1,500.