Seaforth Officer Pistol Qualification, CFB Chilliwack. 9 March 1974. OCdt Ron Thompson (A Coy, attached from Royal Roads Military College for 1973-1974), 2/Lt Mike Forhan (A Coy), Capt. John White (HQ Coy Commander) They are firing 9mm Inglis Browning No. 2 Mk. I* pistols. The range is covered in snow. The Browning Hi Power is a single-action, semi-automatic handgun available in 9mm and .40 S&W calibers. It is based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal, Belgium. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized. The Hi-Power is one of the most widely used military pistols in history,having been used by the armed forces of over 50 countries. The Hi Power name is somewhat misleading and alluded to the 13-round magazine capacity, almost twice that of contemporary designs such as the Luger or Mauser 1910. Inglis Hi-Power No 2 Mk I Inglis No 2 Mk I, a Canadian made Hi-Power variety with an interesting historical background. From canadiansoldiers.com: Fairly early in the Second World War, the government of China began making official requests to have some Western Allied nation commence production for them of the M1935 9mm Grande Puissance (High Power) semi-automatic pistol, adopted by them just a few years earlier but no longer obtainable from the owner of the design, Fabrique Nationale, following the German occupation of Belgium. By late 1943, it had been determined that the John Inglis Company of Toronto (already producing Bren Guns and other war materiel) would be authorized to manufacture these pistols in Canada. Production began in February 1944 and continued through to October 1945. The Chinese model, designated "Pistol No. 1", had a large, tangent-adjustable rear sight (graduated to an incredibly optimistic 500 meters) and a slot machined into the rear of the grip frame to accommodate a detachable wooden shoulder stock/holster combination. During 1944, a simplified version, with a fixed rear sight and no provision for the shoulder stock, designated "Pistol No. 2" was adopted by Canada as its official military sidearm. Total Inglis production was 153,480 pistols of both models, of which Canada acquired 54,235 (including 5,535 of the "Chinese" model.) As 2014, these pistols are still being used.