Be aware that a number of recently-imported "Belgian" Hi-Powers are actually Hungarian-made fakes with spurious FN slide markings.
See below:
http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...&highlight=feg
The key to identifying an FEG-made Hungarian fake is that they don't have FN-style serial numbers. A major red flag is a number over 116,000
without any alphabetical characters. Genuine FN postwar 9mm serial numbers follow one of these formats (n = number, a = letter):
Pre-1964: Number below 115,824
1964-1969: T prefix, e.g. T123456
1969-1975: nnC prefix (nn = last two digits of year), e.g. 70C1234
1976-1997: 245aa prefix (aa = alphabetical date code), e.g. 245RN1234
1998+: 510aa prefix (aa = alphabetical date code), e.g. 510NN1234
Here is a more detailed guide to legit FN postwar Hi-Power serial numbers:
http://www.browning.com/customerserv...tail.asp?id=35