it just didn't have any soul, just another piece of iron that went bang-(even he really liked the Hi-Power better).

My sentiments exactly! Only a gun made from steel and good wood can have a soul. Especially ones like that Hi-Power, and old Mannlicher /Schoenauer, ....even a crappy Moisin-Nagant from the Russo-Japanese War, WWI or the Battle of Stalingrad can have soul!