Browning Hi Power, D-Day Commemorative
Official wording
Browning High Power, D-Day Commemorative, cal. 9mm pistol, having S/Ns 245DD0001 through 245DD00150.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “D-Day Commemorative”
- ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “having S/Ns 245DD0001 through 245DD00150”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1994.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
BelgiumBasis: outside reference ²- Manufacturer
- Fabrique Nationale for BrowningBasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: outside reference ³
- Caliber
- 9mm ParabellumBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- Listed serials only · c. 1994production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ¹
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 3 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. web.archive.org ↗, years: Blue Book of Gun Values (Wayback copy): D-Day Commemorative (1 of 150), ser. no. range 245DD00001-245DD00150, "Mfg. in Belgium in 1994"
- 2. web.archive.org ↗, country: Blue Book (Wayback): "Mfg. in Belgium in 1994"
- 3. web.archive.org ↗, action: Blue Book (Wayback) specs: firearm type pistol, 9mm Para., action type semi-auto
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passEditorial confidence: Low → High. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “FN Hi Power.jpg” by U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Browning Hi-Power”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Browning Hi-Power or 1935 Browning 9mm GP or Grand Puissance pistol is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol available in the 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W calibers. It was based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at FN Herstal. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized. FN Herstal named it the "High Power" in allusion to the 13-round magazine capacity, almost twice that of other designs at the time, such as the Walther P38 or Colt M1911. The Hi-Power was the only 9mm semi-automatic pistol available with a double-stack detachable box magazine from 1935 until the introduction of the 15-round MAB PA-15 in 1966.