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IN 96% ORIGINAL SHARP CONDITION, WE HAVE A TANGENT SIGHT VARIANT CANADIAN ARMY PROOFED, BRITISH ARMY PROOFED JOHN INGLIS MADE MARK 1∗ BROWNING HI POWER PISTOL FROM THE 2ND CHINESE CONTRACT RUN WITH A MINT CRISP 1945 DATED SHOULDER STOCK.  .  THIS IS AN ALL MATCHING GUN WITH NO IMPORT MARKS AND NO PAINT JUST THE HEAVY BLACK PHOSPHATE FINISH THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED WITH.  THE BORE IS EXCELLENT.  THIS IS A 2ND CHINESE CONTRACT PRODUCTION CANADIAN ARMY AND LATER  BRITISH ARMY HI POWER.  THIS PISTOL HAS BOTH CANADIAN C ARROW PROOFS AND BRITISH CROSSED PENDENT PROOFS.  AN EARLY 2nd CONTRACT PISTOL SUCH AS THIS WAS UNDOUBTEDLY USED IN WW2.  THESE VERY DURABLE GUNS WERE MADE IN CANADA FROM PLANS SMUGGLED OUT BEFORE THE NAZIS TOOK OVER BELGIUM BY MR. DIEUDONNÉ SAIVE FROM THE FN FACTORY IN BELGIUM.  THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR THE COLLECTOR AND THEY ARE ALSO NICE SHOOTERS.  THIS IS A MUST HAVE WW2 ERA COMMONWEALTH PISTOL.