Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "WW2 Service Pistols - Allied & Axis Sidearms" video.

  1. I'm glad you beat me to posting your comment. Saive is the true father of the Hi-Power. But, the dead guy gets the glory.
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  2. That's a bit of a myth actually. Is prototype is actually nothing like the final design of the pistol . Deiudonné Saive gets most of the design credit.
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  3.  @pb68slab18  it's one of my pet peeves as a former Hi-Power owner to give Saivé his due credit. Instead of being treated as Alexander Graham Bell's, Watson or something. It's not like the guy was just the coffee guy. What very few people do give John Browning credit for however is the over under shotgun! That last design of his was a game-changer. As much as any of his others.
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  4.  @lib556  the Allies did their share of bad things. The white hat is not exactly dust-free.
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  5. @frenchfan3368  that's why my first pistol purchase was a Hi- Power. A bit of a boat anchor. But, a well tested weapon.
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  6. ​ @ut000bs FN continued to produce the gun for the Axis, so is not just limited to Canada.
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  7.  @lib556  hard to go telling anyone was good or bad in that war.
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  8.  @actionjksn  Mr. Browning's prototype has nothing to do with the final gun. It doesn't even use the same action.
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  9. ​ @pb68slab18 You are very true about the last point. Standard military training was to keep the weapon chamber empty.
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