Handled one at a gunshow today.....and was surprised by that trigger.....very nice....probably due to the absence of the mag safety that make them all feel grity....
Picked one up. Trigger was perfect but every 10 rounds or so it was like the sear had a snag on it. I put a dummy round In and pulled the trigger slowwwwly smoothing out the snag. Then put 200 rounds through it. It took that to remove the trigger snag. Now shes consistant. Other than this break in period. Excellent pistol.
I bought one two weeks ago. What an accurate shooter, holy moly. Was shocked by how it grouped with 124 grain at 14 yards. It wasn't problem free however. The slide stop was very sensitive to any accidental touch during firing and would prematurely lockback if I made accidental contact with my thumb. Once I moved my thumb down to the trigger guard, no problems while firing. And I had to adjust the rear sight slightly to the left to get center hits from bench-rest. Not sure this is really a ding against it, but it looks like the lanyard loop is staked on, and the sear spring button is a little rough around the tooling. So you'll likely have to get lanyard loop grips, or modify non lanyard grips to fit around it. Other than those things, the damn thing has been worth it's wait in gold as a Mark 3 high power clone you don't feel guilty for scuffing or scratching up. It's an Inglis in name only, but I love mine so far. I'd recommend it if you can ever find one.
The P-35 Hi Power was so good everyone was carrying it in WWII… Allies, Axis , Chinese in Asia … I wouldn’t doubt the Soviets and maybe the Japanese got their hands on some captured ones .
I just discovered your channel. Thank you so much for your excellent review! I was planning on purchasing a Browning Hi-Power clone but was only familiar with the Girsan model--think I will get this one instead!
Definitely going to pick one up. Looks great! So many of the old ones are incredibly rough shape. This looks like the best way to get a true Hi Power experience today.
I like it and if my local shop gets one in I'll certainly look to purchase it. I currently don't have any of the new production Hi-power pistols, just some of the originals.
Thanks for the review. Also thanks for doing a filed strip of the pistol. I am happy to see the firing pin block on this repro model. I hope to have one in my collection later this year.
I don't know if it screws in or is staked in. It looks staked, but I cannot say for sure. The next model that will launch in a month or so, will not have the lanyard (I believe) and will have walnut grips.
As far as know, they are both forged. To me the quality and fit & finish between the two are comparable. I prefer the finish, safety and walnut grips of the SA35, but the Inglis does have a firing pin block and ambi safeties and some will prefer the smoother finish of the Inglis.
SDS / Tisaş should consider making Hi-Powers in .380 ACP and 30 Super Carry too. Perhaps also a .38 Super / 9x19mm model with two respective barrels much like the Tisas Desperado / Regulator / Stakeout 1911s? And have you explored whether a similar concept is possible with the .40 S&W and 10mm rounds?
I would say they are on par. I have a Girsan Match and it is my all time favorite HP35 but that is just because of the big beavertail preventing hammer bite.
@@TheShocktrauma A spokesman for SDS, the importer, denies that they are made by Girsan or Tisas in a video that is circulating online, and only states that they are made in Turkey by a company that has mostly made shotguns in the past. I would be interested to know if anyone has information about the actual manufacturer.
@@bub-gy2bq Ok, I would like to know who the manufacturer is. And I would like to know if the production is made under true inglis patent with original specs.
Having served alongside Brits and Aussies in Afghanistan - who carried L9A1s - and having some appreciation of historical FN/BHP models (which i own), I fail to see how this is an “authentic” copy of an Inglis L9A1 (or any Inglis HP). The Inglis has an early MkI style internal extractor, does not have a Mk III action, has different sights, has an ugly black enamel paint-like finish, has the mag safety, thumbprint slide cut, etc. This is in-fact a Mk III with a lanyard loop and it akin to calling a 1911A1 with a polished blue finish, combat sights and an extended beavertail “an accurate reproduction of a GI issued WW2 Colt 1911…” SDS and Tisas can do better. Tisas is making a very nice HP called the SA-35, so they could tool up and make an appropriate Mk I style Inglis HP.
Mostly accurate but not entirely true. It's not an accurate Inglis, or an accurate WW2 Hi Power, but it IS an accurate rendering of at least ONE version of the L9A1 - while the initial L9A1 pistols were Inglis guns with Mk I features etc., there were later batches of FN-made BHPs produced throughout the rest of the 20th century that shared the exact same designation. Reusing the designation makes it a bit nebulous but you can get an understanding based on auction photos and photos in service. They should not have described it as accurate to WW2, but it is also not true to say that it isn't an L9A1. It is pretty close to the last few batches purchased by the British, though from photos those seem to have almost all had spur hammers instead of the rowel or ring type (and making it more frustrating, there are also a bunch of odd mixed-parts guns as in any military).
Ordered 419$, dad had an HP as a kid in Namibia, kept us safe. You’d be crazy not to grab one of these for that price. Need a holster now.
Handled one at a gunshow today.....and was surprised by that trigger.....very nice....probably due to the absence of the mag safety that make them all feel grity....
The hammer configuration appears to follow the Cylinder&Slide pattern for remedying hammer bite for users with meaty paws. A thoughtful upgrade.
Your magazine is not MecGar its Sabatti brand of Italy not bad
Picked one up.
Trigger was perfect but every 10 rounds or so it was like the sear had a snag on it. I put a dummy round In and pulled the trigger slowwwwly smoothing out the snag. Then put 200 rounds through it. It took that to remove the trigger snag. Now shes consistant.
Other than this break in period. Excellent pistol.
I bought one two weeks ago. What an accurate shooter, holy moly. Was shocked by how it grouped with 124 grain at 14 yards. It wasn't problem free however. The slide stop was very sensitive to any accidental touch during firing and would prematurely lockback if I made accidental contact with my thumb. Once I moved my thumb down to the trigger guard, no problems while firing. And I had to adjust the rear sight slightly to the left to get center hits from bench-rest.
Not sure this is really a ding against it, but it looks like the lanyard loop is staked on, and the sear spring button is a little rough around the tooling. So you'll likely have to get lanyard loop grips, or modify non lanyard grips to fit around it.
Other than those things, the damn thing has been worth it's wait in gold as a Mark 3 high power clone you don't feel guilty for scuffing or scratching up. It's an Inglis in name only, but I love mine so far. I'd recommend it if you can ever find one.
The P-35 Hi Power was so good everyone was carrying it in WWII… Allies, Axis , Chinese in Asia … I wouldn’t doubt the Soviets and maybe the Japanese got their hands on some captured ones .
Certainly one of my favorites.
I just discovered your channel. Thank you so much for your excellent review! I was planning on purchasing a Browning Hi-Power clone but was only familiar with the Girsan model--think I will get this one instead!
The ones at my store didn't have the logo or lanyard. But they sold quickly even though it's basically the same as a girsan
Just picked one up and ran 150 rounds, perfect, love the gun.
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What kind of bullets to use for stoping power I just got me one
I'm getting one of these tonight. That's beautiful.!
Aussies used these for decades
Definitely going to pick one up. Looks great! So many of the old ones are incredibly rough shape. This looks like the best way to get a true Hi Power experience today.
These are awesome! Ive put 200 thru mine. I couldnt beleive the quality. Feels like a 1k gun and is fitted better than an actual hi power
These are exceptionally well built, for the price. Machining and finish is excellent !!
Have one made in india. Runs just fine. Go it new years ago
Never handled an Indian one.
Would you be able to do an indepth comparison to your Girsan model?
I like it and if my local shop gets one in I'll certainly look to purchase it. I currently don't have any of the new production Hi-power pistols, just some of the originals.
Thanks for doing an early review & comparison, not much out there yet that is just not advertising.
Thanks for the review. Also thanks for doing a filed strip of the pistol. I am happy to see the firing pin block on this repro model. I hope to have one in my collection later this year.
Inglis is a Browning P35 manufacturer in Canada is by no means a copy.
Used to be these are Turkish
I'd like to have the black Inglis like shown.
Not a bad looking gun
Do they not have the Inglis emblem on the slide as shown online adds?
Not this model. I believe the next model up (soon to be released), with the walnut grips, have the diamond shaped emblem.
how is the lanjard ring mounted? easy unscrew?
I don't know if it screws in or is staked in. It looks staked, but I cannot say for sure. The next model that will launch in a month or so, will not have the lanyard (I believe) and will have walnut grips.
Unscrew it…mine came out easy
These are way cheaper than the SA-35. Is there a difference in quality? Forged frame and slide?
As far as know, they are both forged. To me the quality and fit & finish between the two are comparable. I prefer the finish, safety and walnut grips of the SA35, but the Inglis does have a firing pin block and ambi safeties and some will prefer the smoother finish of the Inglis.
The SA-35 uses Tisas components too.
@@realtalk6195 Well, maybe. Look out for an upcoming video comparing the L9A1 to the Girsan and to the SA35.
Thank you sir.
Thanks for checking it out!
SDS / Tisaş should consider making Hi-Powers in .380 ACP and 30 Super Carry too.
Perhaps also a .38 Super / 9x19mm model with two respective barrels much like the Tisas Desperado / Regulator / Stakeout 1911s? And have you explored whether a similar concept is possible with the .40 S&W and 10mm rounds?
How does it compare to a Girsan?
I would say they are on par. I have a Girsan Match and it is my all time favorite HP35 but that is just because of the big beavertail preventing hammer bite.
This is a girsan
@@TheShocktrauma A spokesman for SDS, the importer, denies that they are made by Girsan or Tisas in a video that is circulating online, and only states that they are made in Turkey by a company that has mostly made shotguns in the past. I would be interested to know if anyone has information about the actual manufacturer.
@@bub-gy2bq Ok, I would like to know who the manufacturer is. And I would like to know if the production is made under true inglis patent with original specs.
@@bub-gy2bq the manufacturer is Ozerbas Makina out of Konya turkey.
They expensive ??
Just over 400 USD. I would say pretty well priced for an all steel hammer fired pistol.
@@ThrowingCopperCRA-2022 , very good for what your getting .. thanks MB .
Having served alongside Brits and Aussies in Afghanistan - who carried L9A1s - and having some appreciation of historical FN/BHP models (which i own), I fail to see how this is an “authentic” copy of an Inglis L9A1 (or any Inglis HP). The Inglis has an early MkI style internal extractor, does not have a Mk III action, has different sights, has an ugly black enamel paint-like finish, has the mag safety, thumbprint slide cut, etc. This is in-fact a Mk III with a lanyard loop and it akin to calling a 1911A1 with a polished blue finish, combat sights and an extended beavertail “an accurate reproduction of a GI issued WW2 Colt 1911…”
SDS and Tisas can do better. Tisas is making a very nice HP called the SA-35, so they could tool up and make an appropriate Mk I style Inglis HP.
Thanks for watching. Not surprised at all, anything retro is usually just in name.
Mostly accurate but not entirely true. It's not an accurate Inglis, or an accurate WW2 Hi Power, but it IS an accurate rendering of at least ONE version of the L9A1 - while the initial L9A1 pistols were Inglis guns with Mk I features etc., there were later batches of FN-made BHPs produced throughout the rest of the 20th century that shared the exact same designation. Reusing the designation makes it a bit nebulous but you can get an understanding based on auction photos and photos in service. They should not have described it as accurate to WW2, but it is also not true to say that it isn't an L9A1. It is pretty close to the last few batches purchased by the British, though from photos those seem to have almost all had spur hammers instead of the rowel or ring type (and making it more frustrating, there are also a bunch of odd mixed-parts guns as in any military).
@@radical026 Thanks for the info.
I believe he said this does not have a mag safety.
@@antoniotula262 Correct, no magazine disconnect.
Does it have a drop safety or firing pin block safety?
It does have a firing pin block safety.
@@ThrowingCopperCRA-2022 one more question can you shoot +p ammo thriugh it? Or would I be better off sticking to non+p?
@@Johnnyboy-ls8ngTurkish guns tend to be designed to use 9mm Ball NATO.