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Old 12-22-2014, 06:42 PM
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This was a reply to a running thread in another forum. Excuse my recycling.

These two are likely the greatest semi automatic pistols ever created.


20141222_151958 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr

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The difference in size doesn't seem like much until side by side:

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The BHP is effectively a compact frame with a full sized slide when compared to most other pistols.

The ultimate BHP:

20141222_132829 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr

Even though the calibers don't show much of a difference numerically, they look very different from the business end:

20141222_150814 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr

The 1911 wears a fitted match barrel as the factory item was found wanting. At the time of its installation my shooting partner and competition was a shooter of similar skill with an HK USP that easily outclassed my gun in the accuracy department.

20141222_132707_LLS by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr

As much as I like it, in the end the BHP is the wife's as I find it just a little small for my tastes.

20141222_133046 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr

She looked at numerous polymer framed guns and couldn't find one that really worked for her. The shop got this one in used and it was finally settled. Once the mag safety came out the trigger became quite nice, and a set of grips had it feeling and looking much better.

The round contours and narrowness makes them carry surprisingly well. They only give up a little capacity and weigh a bit more than the plastic fantastics. Once those are loaded to capacity the weight differences become less of a factor. In the end it's the person pulling the trigger that determines the usefulness of any firearm.

As nice as it handles and shoots I keep a CZ as my double stack auto...

...but that one stays at home.

Those that believe old designs have no utility compared to modern offerings are short sighted and close minded.

To those that believe these single action firearms as unsafe, you don't hear terms like "1911" or "BHP leg" thrown around. If a manual safety is too complicated an apparatus to master, then yes...pick something else.
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I agree! Two of the greatest!
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No argument here. Fine firearms.
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JMB knew what he was doing.

My first handgun I ever bought was a BHP, back in the mid 80's. Kept it for 20 years and sold it to a friend at church and I've been trying to buy it back ever since.

This is my current BHP, a 1993 duty weapon from Europe. Lots of character lines. The grips have been replaced with used woods.

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No argument here. Fine firearms.
Second that! Though I prefer the BHP in 9mm.
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I bought my BHP for my high school graduation present in 1972. Paid $113.00 for it. New. It came in a zippered Browning case with the manual inside with the pistol. Along then Lee Juras introduced his line of "Super Vel" ammo. His 112 gr soft points would shatter an 8" concrete block. I was impressed! I shot lots of supere-vel ammo in my HP. Then I started reloading and went from there. I still have my HP although its mostly retired now. It still gets shot on occasion.
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Really like mine. And it does get carried.
I have a 1911 around here somewhere. Like that a lot too. Had at least one or the other or both since 1985.
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Browning HP Comp

Picked this one up awhile back. I have owned several HPs- all pre Portugal.
The last 30 years I've been a S&W wheel gun man. I don't keep guns I don't
shoot. This one was unfired when I took it on a deal. My brother talked me in
to shooting it. It is the most accurate 9mm I've ever shot, and that's a lot of 9s.
This gun is factory stock. I don't know a lot about it because it's some kind of
orphan, Browning doesn't service them.


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That gun is the BHP Competition.

It was imported for a short time in the 1980s, according to
the book, "The Shooter's Guide To The Browning Hi Power," by
the late Stephen A. Camp.
He said that 6,000 of them were imported and one importer was
Cassi, Inc. "This is one of the most accurate 9mm pistols I've ever
shot." he wrote.

Later, another manufacturer made a clone and said it
was, or would be, imported. I don't know if it ever
actually was. Thought I would buy one if one showed up
at a gun store when I wandered in. Never happened.
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The 1911 is a great design, but I think JMB really got it right with the P35, with exception of the trigger.With practice even that can be mastered. I've always wondered why it was never produced in 45acp.
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I think the 40 S&W was really stretching the design.

A 45ACP would have been a different gun, kinda like the CZ75 upscaled to the CZ97.
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Both of these BHPs have undergone some custom work. 357 Sig/.40S&W on the left, and 9mm on the right:
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Got this one last month. Nazi proofed on the barrel. A 1939 gun.
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I do not disagree with the initial premise, however, I would have to add the SIG 210 to the list. There are not many military grade pistols that have true match accuracy. The SIG 210 somehow accomplishes both utter reliability and military dependability AND true match accuracy.
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Love my BHPs........ but if I was starting over I'd be real tempted go with CZ 75/85........ full size and Compacts
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