No doubt about it, John Browning was one of the best, if not The Best, firearms designers of all time.

We will look at his 9mm marvel, the Browning Hi Power.

Here's our pistols.

Mine is on top, with black rubber grips, and Tman's is on bottom, with some very fine wood grips.

Both are 100% reliable pistols and very accurate.

In the old days of 6 shot revolvers, and 8 shot 1911s, the Browning Hi Power, with 14 shots, was considered to be awesome.

Over twice as many shots as a revolver! How you gonna beat it?

The double-stack magazines and 9mm round made this possible.

I have had mine improved by sending it to Cylinder & Slide and having a trigger job done on it.

You can see the extra hole in the slide where the new trigger assembly has been changed to allow better leverage advantage.

Disassembly of this pistol is very simple.

First, you remove the magazine and make sure it is empty.

Then you pull the slide to the rear and engage the safety into the disassembly notch.

You can then pull out the slide lock assembly.

Lowering the safety will then allow the slide to be removed from the frame.