Inglis No. 1 Hi-Power, Chinese contract, with stock
Official wording
Canadian Inglis No. 1, Chinese Contract, Hi-Power pistols, cal. 9mm Parabellum, having a tangent rear sight adjustable from 50 to 500 meters, slotted for shoulder stock, and having the letters CH in the S/N and accompanied by original Canadian mfd. detachable wooden holster/shoulder stock.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “Chinese Contract, Hi-Power pistols”
- ATF REQUIRESAccompanied as the ATF wording requires: “accompanied by original Canadian mfd. detachable wooden holster/shoulder stock”
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “having a tangent rear sight adjustable from 50 to 500 meters, slotted for shoulder stock”
- ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “having the letters CH in the S/N”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1944–1945.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
CanadaBasis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- John Inglis & Co., TorontoBasis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: outside reference ²
- Caliber
- 9mm ParabellumBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- CH serials only · c. 1944–1945production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ³
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 23 ↗ · 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. Wikipedia, “Inglis Hi-Power” ↗, maker: produced "by John Inglis and Company in Toronto"; "Inglis produced two versions of the Hi-Power, one with an adjustable rear sight and detachable shoulder stock (primarily for a Nationalist Chinese contract)"; Chinese-contract serials use "CH"
- 2. Wikipedia, “Inglis Hi-Power” ↗, action: infobox type Semi-automatic pistol (short recoil)
- 3. Wikipedia, “Inglis Hi-Power” ↗, years: Inglis Hi-Power production (both versions, incl. the Chinese-contract pistol): infobox production date 1944-September 1945
- 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
- None
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.