Besides, I'm wanting to have most of my arsenal under the FN stable.
Hard to go wrong that way. :wink:
My first experience with a Hi-Power was when I was a novice getting into shooting. A family friend who was a shooting enthusiast and LEO took me to several gun shops since he was looking for something new for himself. I got to see several guns and when I held the Hi-Power, it fit and pointed naturally. I told him this felt right unlike the other stuff. He smiled and told me I had good taste.
That's amazingly like my own experience.
When I was about 17, I seriously decided that I wanted a pistol. My Dad had (and still has) a Taurus PT92 that I liked, so after some thought, I decided that I wanted a .40-caliber Beretta 96. Our town, at the time, didn't have any place that sold handguns, so one afternoon in SLC my Mom went into a craft/hobby store, and I went into the gun shop next door. They had the Beretta I'd been wanting, as well as a lot of other pistols. I held the Beretta -- and liked it -- and a couple of Tauri, a 1911, and spotted a BHP on the bottom shelf.
It was the first time I'd seen one in person, so I was kind of surprised by the small size of it -- I had expected it to be the same size as the 1911. I asked to see it, and when it touched my hand... it sounds so corny and cliche, but it was like time stopped. I made a connection with that pistol.
Of course, it was a few years later that I had finally got up the money (and was old enough). I went back, hoping that they'd still have one, and there it was -- the very same pistol.
It's still my baby, almost 4,000 rounds later (and nary a malfunction). The matte finish has worn shiny from carry and presentation. There were times at IDPA matches where my gun was the only gun in my squad that didn't malfunction.
Man, I love these guns. I'm a certified HP junky.
Wes
