One of the gunzines had an article about High Powers written by Ayoob where he mentioned Bill Laughridge said do not shoot +P ammo in a High Power; he has sen them damaged w just a few magazines worth. OK, he knows what he's talking about.
But...
I remember an article Charlie wrote for the American Rifleman in Nov 89 where he mentioned (on p. 75) a report by Browning of shooting 5,000 rounds of Remington 115g +P+ ammo through a High Power w no signs of damage at all. That's about 385 magazines worth. Or 500 Clinton mags worth.
CIP/NATO 9x19 ammo is often in the SAAMI +P range, and HPs seem to handle more than a few mags of that just fine; my HP MkIIIs sure have. OTOH, I remember seeing 2 older MkII HPs break the lug in the frame at under 15K rounds each of std pressure ammo a couple yrs before Charlie wrote that article and Browning shot that ammo... just a bad run of guns? Or are the newer guns tougher than the older guns?
Wondering what y'all thought. I'll find out for myself eventually as I'm in the process of wearing out the first of several HPs at my disposal right now.
But...
I remember an article Charlie wrote for the American Rifleman in Nov 89 where he mentioned (on p. 75) a report by Browning of shooting 5,000 rounds of Remington 115g +P+ ammo through a High Power w no signs of damage at all. That's about 385 magazines worth. Or 500 Clinton mags worth.
CIP/NATO 9x19 ammo is often in the SAAMI +P range, and HPs seem to handle more than a few mags of that just fine; my HP MkIIIs sure have. OTOH, I remember seeing 2 older MkII HPs break the lug in the frame at under 15K rounds each of std pressure ammo a couple yrs before Charlie wrote that article and Browning shot that ammo... just a bad run of guns? Or are the newer guns tougher than the older guns?
Wondering what y'all thought. I'll find out for myself eventually as I'm in the process of wearing out the first of several HPs at my disposal right now.