FM Hi-Power

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FM Hi-Power
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A worn Browning Hi-Power, made in Argentina in the mid-1970s
Type Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin Argentina
Production history
Designer John Browning [a]
Dieudonné Saive [b]
Manufacturer Fabricaciones Militares
Specifications
Cartridge 9×19mm Parabellum
Caliber 9 mm
Action Short recoil operated
Rate of fire Semi-automatic
Effective firing range50 m (55 yd)
Maximum firing range200 m
Feed system13-round detachable box magazine
Sights Iron sights

The FM Hi-Power is a series of semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Fabricaciones Militares in Argentina.

Contents

History

FM manufactures the Hi-Power under license from 1968. [1] The license expired in 1989.

Design

Like the original Hi-Power, the FM variant is a recoil-operated, magazine-fed, self-loading, hammer-fired, semi-automatic pistol that uses 9×19mm Parabellum ammunition fitted in box magazines.

Variants

Rosario

The Rosario is an almost exact copy of the Mark II intended for Argentine and Latin American sales.

FM90

The FM90 was an export model based on the Mark II, but with a "Colt style" slide without the characteristic bevelled front end, first made in 1990. [2]

Rubberized pistol grips (similar to the Pachmayr grips used for P35s) with finger grooves were used in place of the traditional slab side wood grips.

FM95

The FM95 was the current export model (until 2002) based on the Mark III, also with the "Colt style" slide. The last models, until 2010, are the M02 AR (modernised version of the M95, with a new single-action system by Fabrique nationale) and the M03 AR (not dated 2003, as it would seem, actually a .40 S&W version of M02 AR) with their Detective versions. [3]

Detective

Short-slide HP variant [1] .

The Detective slide group was also available without the frame, and is interchangeable with other FM and FN Hi-Power P35s.

The pistol and slide group have not been available for North American sales since the late 2000s, but can be found in resale outlets.

PB a Rafaga

Machine pistol variant, used by Argentine special forces in anti-Montoneros opearations. [4]

The fire selector (semi or full auto) is on the right side, located above the trigger. [5] They either use 13 or 20-round magazines. [4]

One Rafaga was made to fire 7.63x21mm Mannlicher. [6]

Users

Notes

  1. ↑ Being one of the designers of the original Browning Hi-Power, which the pistol is based on.
  2. ↑ Being one of the designers of the original Browning Hi-Power, which the pistol is based on.

References

  1. 1 2 "Firearm Review, February 2001".
  2. ↑ "The FM Argentine Hi Power". Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. ↑
  4. 1 2 Stevens (1996), p. 269.
  5. ↑ Stevens (1996), p. 270.
  6. ↑ Stevens (1996), p. 271.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ Valpolini, Paolo (June 2009). "There are Two Types of Men in this World..." (PDF). Armada International (Online). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  9. ↑ Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN   978-0-7106-2869-5.
  10. ↑ Defensa.com (31 July 2013). "Lo que Croacia se llevó de la Argentina - Noticias Defensa Documentos". Defensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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