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==Browning Hi-Power== | ==Browning Hi-Power== | ||
[[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Classic Commercial Browning Hi Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Classic Commercial Browning Hi Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:BrowningHiPowerStd.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:BrowningHiPowerStd.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Browning Hi-Power "Type 73" - 9x19mm. These Hi-Powers feature enlongated bushings different from Hi-Powers Made before 1973 and after the MK II Series.]] | ||
[[Image:BrowningHP-BevHillsCop.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Browning High Power - 9x19mm. This is the screen used Hero Gun held and fired by [[Eddie Murphy]] in the film ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''.]] | [[Image:BrowningHP-BevHillsCop.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Browning High Power - 9x19mm. This is the screen used Hero Gun held and fired by [[Eddie Murphy]] in the film ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''.]] | ||
[[Image:Browning-Hi-Power.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Browning Hi Power with Target sights - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:Browning-Hi-Power.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Browning Hi Power with Target sights - 9x19mm]] | ||
Revision as of 23:49, 20 January 2010
Specifications
Type: Handgun - Semiautomatic Pistol
Caliber: 9x19mm, .40 S&W
Capacity: 13 rounds 9x19mm, 10 rounds .40 S&W
Fire Modes: Semiautomatic
Browning Hi-Power
The Browning Hi-Power pistol has been seen in the following movies and television series used by the following actors:
Film
- Belinda McClory as Switch in The Matrix (matte chrome finish)
- Chow Yun-Fat as Mark Gor in A Better Tomorrow
- Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale
- Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop
- Undercover police in Biggles: Adventures in Time
- Chris Penn as Clive in Rush Hour
- Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas in American Gangster
- IRA terrorists in Patriot Games (with and without silencer)
- The Nabutu Ambassador in Casino Royale
- Undercover narcotics officer and Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas
- David Harewood as Captain Poison in Blood Diamond
- Christopher Eccleston as Major Henry West in 28 Days Later
- SAS Entry Teams in The Final Option
- Captain Golonka in The Odd Angry Shot (not seen because it is always holstered, inferred as it is the Australian Army's stanndard handgun)
- John Wayne as Detective Lon McQ in McQ
- Two Cops in The Gauntlet
- The killer in Dead bang
- A SWAT operator in The Silence of the Lambs
- A gangster in Sudden Impact
- Ray Winstone as George 'Mac' McHale in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Kurt Russell obtains one from Michael J. Pollard in Tango & Cash
- Bernard Fresson uses one with tangent rear sight in French Connection II
- Marc Lawrence as a Mob Hitman sent to test Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun
- Mira Sorvino as Meg Coburn in The Replacement Killers
- Johnny Wong's Thugs and Teresa Mo as Teresa Chang in Hard Boiled
- Kevin Spacey as Verbal Kint, Gabriel Byrne as Keaton, Kevin Pollack as Hockney and Stephen Baldwin as McManus in The Usual Suspects
- Kevin Costner as Frank Farmer in The Bodyguard
- Nick Nolte as Colonel Oliver in Hotel Rwanda
- James McAvoy as Wesley in Wanted
- Kurt Russell as Det. Gabriel Cash in Tango & Cash
- Felicity Mason and Rob Jenkins in Undead
- Gene Hackman as Lt Col. Hambleton in Bat 21
- Christopher Walken as Frank White in King of New York
- A hitman in Legacy of Rage
- Robert Shaw as Mr. Blue in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
- Ice-T as Scotty Appleton in New Jack City
- Manny in Death Wish 3
- Drug Dealer in Death Wish 4
- Francis Ng as Tai and Suet Lam as Fat in Exiled
Television
- Bugs (episode "Hot Metal")
- Henry Harrison in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman(episode "The Ideas of Metropolis)
- Tony Sirico as Paulie "Walnuts" in The Sopranos
- Royal Australian Navy sailors in Sea Patrol
- Dwight Schultz as Madman Murdock in A-Team, The
- Jaime Gomez as Inspector Evan Cortez in Nash Bridges (Satin Nickel Version)
Anime
- General Dieter Raimann's bodyguards in Noir
- Batou uses a (presumably fictional) .45 ACP chambered DAO variant with double stack magazines and custom grips throughout Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex and its sequel series.
- A JSSDF soldier in End of Evangelion
- Red Shield agent Rogers in Blood+
- Many various characters in Cowboy Bebop
Video Games
- Kane and Lynch: Dead Men (Box-art only)
Inglis Hi-Power
The Inglis Hi-Power is the Canadian-manufactured version of the original Belgian HP. It remains the standard service sidearm of Canada to this day.
Film
- Hugh Daly as Maj. Andrew Pearman in Brother's War
- Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Television
- Martin Shaw as Doyle and Lewis Collins as Bodie in The Professionals
Browning Hi-Power Practical
A competition version of the Browning HP Mark III in .40 S&W; it is most distinctive in that it has a two-tone finish.
Film
- Djimon Hounsou as Agent Henry Carver in Push
FEG PJK-9HP
The Fegvergyar PJK-9HP is a Hungarian manufactured clone of the the famous Belgian Browning Hi-Power. The company is more commanly known as FEG. Not very well known to Americans for many years, FEG began importing its various models into the United States in the 1990's with the end of the Cold War. FEG has supplied firearms to the Hungarian military and police for many decades. While FEG might not be as flashy as other companies the company's products have a reputation for being solid, well made firearms which are also affordable.
- Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas in American Gangster (2007)