Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Browning M1935 Hi Power, export contracts

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 3 ↗

Browning, M1935 Hi Power pistol, Canadian, Congolese, Indian and Nationalist Chinese Contracts, cal. 9mm Parabellum.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “Canadian, Congolese, Indian and Nationalist Chinese Contracts”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1944–1970.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Belgium¹
Manufacturer
Fabrique Nationale; John Inglis
Type
Pistol
Action
Semi-auto²
Caliber
9mm Parabellum
Made
Contract production · c. 1944–1970production; ATF states no date³
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 3 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Browning Hi-Power” ↗, country: Wikipedia: infobox origin Belgium; FN Herstal and John Inglis and Company among the makers
  2. Wikipedia, “Browning Hi-Power” ↗, action: semi-automatic pistol, short recoil tilting barrel
  3. Wikipedia, “Browning Hi-Power” ↗, years (estimate: range of the base model): Hi-Power production 1935-2018; Inglis production (Canadian and Nationalist Chinese contracts) "began in late 1944"; the 1970 end is our estimate
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

  1. Evidence passEditorial confidence: High → Medium. Re-rated after its references were re-checked and some details couldn't be confirmed.

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Historical context

Browning Hi-Power (base model shown for Browning M1935 Hi Power, export contracts)
Shown: an FN Hi Power, not one of these Canadian, Congolese, Indian or Nationalist Chinese contract pistols.

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.