The 1911 is a great gun in large part because it is a John Browning design. The BHP is a great gun in large part because it is a John Browning design.
The 1911 is a great gun in large part because it is a John Browning design. The BHP is a great gun in large part because it is a John Browning design.
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A pistol without a round chambered is an intricate paperweight.
Stop trying so hard to be offended.
They are way too expensive. I haven't owned one in years since I was introduced to CZ.
The Browning name has more to do with the P35 than design....sort of. Dieudonné Saive finished up the Hi Power and changed quite a few things on it versus the prototypes from when Browning was alive, although he did tweak it more towards a 1911 as patents expired.
Something fun to screw with the average Fudd's mind is to have an FN built gun that Browning Arms didn't import. Can't be a Browning Hi Power since it just has "Pistolet, Automatique Browning Modele a Grande Puissance" wrote on it.
Last edited by jsbhike; 02-12-18 at 09:58.
I carried a Hi Power years ago. It was a great pistol but I always had a hard time getting a good solid grip on it. It's just a little small for my hands and my hands are not big by any measure.
Someone once said the Hi Power was a great pistol for 12 year old girl. I kinda agree. It's just too dainty for most men.
It seems like they never really tried very hard to push them here. Maybe international sales were so good they didn't figure they had to? Or as others have suggested maybe the 9mm round was a bit of a curse for it in this market from the 30's to the 80's. People had the .38spl when they wanted a low recoiling centerfire target round. Maybe that was all they wanted?
Last edited by yellowfin; 02-15-18 at 17:46.
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Supposedly the Turks are importing clones, but I've not seen one. I'm a CZ fanboy so wouldn't buy anyway.
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Just picked up my Turk HP (Regent BR 9) today. Have only handled it, field stripped it, and lubed it, but it looks pretty darned good for the $. Will see how it stacks up against my FN Mk. III in the short and long term.
It could be a winner.
Mala striga deleta est. (The wicked witch is finished.)
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Last edited by AndyLate; 03-07-18 at 21:09.
They'd still be a perfectly viable pistol if they'd modernize production and lower the price. Alas....
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