A very special Hi Power

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Here is a Browning Hi Power offered for sale. It was liberated during Ww2 by Major Dick Winters, the CO of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 4th Brigade combat team of the 101st Airborne Division (a.k.a. The Screaming Eagles)
If you're a student of Military History and you're not sure who Dick Winters is, you should read:

or watch the miniseries of the same name. It is not so much a war movie as it is an experience.


and see this website:
http://www.majordickwinters.com/

The gun is offered for a mere $7,995 (Ouch!).
http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_info. ... 3c606e5fa4

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Gun no linky...

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Sorry! Link is fixed now.
The gun is nothing that special. It's just a Nazi proofed Hi Power. The provenance is what is driving the price.

[Sakobav]

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I loved the series and that calm collective Dick Winters. How he preferred Garand M1 to other lighter rifle..he had enough of war trained other officers but never volunteered again.

This Hi Power should be worth something

Best

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Ngrewal, like you I loved the series too. I think Dick used the M1 as it was the issued main battle rifle of the US army at the time. M2 carbines were issued to paratroopers too but maybe not to his unit? I think a lot of those guys who saw a lot of action in Ww2 just wanted to get on with their lives after the war. The US also massively downsized the army after the war. I believe Dick Winter was offered a position in the post war army but his job offer from Nix (Nixon) was probably better for him.

Dick Winter and Easy Company's assault on the four gun battery near Normandy is still taught (in the US army) as the classic example of a small unit assault on an entrenched defensive position.