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[MLB]

I had about an hour to kill today, so I stopped into the gunshop once again. As crowded as it was on a Saturday afternoon, for some reason the counter guy followed me along the case and handed up just about anything that I looked at for more than a moment or two.

No blued S&W ppk yet. He didn't know they made them. As I made my way down the line, he set out 4 different BHP's; the blued one that I liked, the black one, and two old ones. I wasn't up for spending $800 or $700 on the new ones.

The old ones were more in my "feel good" range of $450, but the finishes were in rough shape. The first one was made in Canada of all places and had an interesting rear sight. It had a slider on it that made it adjustable for elevation. It had the magazine safety removed, which helped the trigger and let the magazine drop free too.

The other one looked like it was finished with a cheese grater. He says it was manufactued in Germany during the occupation. By far the ugliest BHP I've ever seen. If I recall correctly, it had the eagle over swastika proof mark on it (it was either that one or the P-38 he showed me, I can't remember. I looked at a bunch today)

Someday I'll pick one of those up. They certainly do feel good in the hand.

[TMan]

Yes, they do feel good in the hand. I have a new hammer and sear to put into mine, but that project is low on my priority list. I haven't shot it in a long while because of the hammer bite. Hammer bite is a sure guarantee that you will develop a flinch.

The thing I like about the BHP is the simplicity of how the action works. It has that little transfer bar within the slide.

[MLB]

I am surprised that since the BHP was Brownings "improvement" over his 1911, that he went back to a pivoting trigger, as opposed to the straight back trigger that is the hallmark of the 1911.

[TMan]

The BHP is all about simplicity. It was a fantastic design until the lawyers influenced the addition of the magazine disconnect, which was a bastardized implementation.