FN bringing back the High Power 2022

[Slater]

So they went through all the trouble of "modernizing" it but didn't give it an optics cut or light rail?.....Why?

That would probably take away from the "classic" Hi-Power profile. Most of the people who will be buying one of these may want it as close to the original as possible.

[markm]

So they went through all the trouble of "modernizing" it but didn't give it an optics cut or light rail?.....Why?

I'm probably in the minority, and I don't buy pistols very often... BUT... I wouldn't buy a gun with optics cut. Normally it's more money for a cut slide, and I'll never put a red dot on a pistol.

They'll probably make one if the gun sells enough to continue its production.

[HKGuns]

Optics cut on a high power? Blech. I'll take the one on the right in that picture if they turn out to be reasonable and reliable.

[yoni]

I hope if it sells enough that they would come out with a light rail option and with micro red dots we could get one on the slide.

[Vgex2]

That thing is ugly as sin. I don't need an other 9mm, and I definitely don't want this.

[Alpha-17]

So they went through all the trouble of "modernizing" it but didn't give it an optics cut or light rail?.....Why?

Honestly, I'm wondering the same thing. At the very least, a rail would seem to be a great addition.

[BrigandTwoFour]

Other maker of classic metal pistols have gone to the trouble of making models with pic rails and optics cuts. Think Beretta 92, CZ 75, Sig 226/229, and a myriad of 1911s. Why is the high power above such treatment? It's not like they only have to make one version of it.

I still think they're pricing themselves out of the market, though.

[Diamondback]

Version I heard somewhere is the new FN is mainly a GP35 in looks only, almost entirely new inside. Shoulda gotten a foot in the door with a basic model, THEN added up-market offerings.

[titsonritz]

So they went through all the trouble of "modernizing" it but didn't give it an optics cut or light rail?.....Why?

I like the ambi controls but they don't mean much without the rest of the package. Hopefully they will listen up.

That would probably take away from the "classic" Hi-Power profile. Most of the people who will be buying one of these may want it as close to the original as possible.

If I wanted a classic Browning Hi-Power, that's what I'd get, none of these new jobbers.

Speaking of which, I guess the gun manufacturers got wind people want Hi-Powers or something, EAA/Girsan MCP35 is going for it, too...

https://eaacorp.com/product/girsan-mc-p35/
https://www.americanrifleman.org/con...fn-high-power/

[SteyrAUG]

So they dropped the magazine disconnect and worked on hammer bite, I might be in.