I have some links that might be useful, The first is to the Late Stephan A Camps web site. I have found more useful info here than a lot of places http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/index.html The next is to a page the dates the Manufacture of you Hi-Power http://www.browning.com/customerservice/dategun/detail.asp?id=35 The last is to a copy of the Hi-Power Owners Manual http://media.browning.com/pdf/om/hipowermanual.pdf I'm no expert but I find these links infinitely useful Digs