I have came a cross a Browning BDA pistol for sale. It is a 9 mm, which I think is uncommon. It comes with four factory magazines. What is the opinion on collectibility of this pistol? I have several other Sigs that I shoot. It has no box with it but is excellent condition. One of the extra mags is still in the Browning box. It seems it may be nice to have. What is opinion on collectibility and value?

Buy it! Those magazines are getting more expensive by the year. The BDA is a little more pleasing to the eye than the standard finish P220 of the era. I will let you discover the differences. They are,were, beautiful pistols. Any idea of its date code?

David Lee, thanks for your reply. Date code is HH

IIRC, there were approximately 2800 BDAs imported in 9mm. I totally agree with Mr. Lee - Jump on it! What price is the seller asking?

Randyman,

Hope yall stay safe with the approaching storm. Lord knows here in Louisiana we get our fair share.

Seller is asking $800

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Originally posted by randyman:
IIRC, there were approximately 2800 BDAs imported in 9mm. I totally agree with Mr. Lee - Jump on it! What price is the seller asking?

Just shy of 10,000 actually.

usmc-nav, to me, 800 is a bit high, but the extra, period-correct magazines (they should have chromed followers) add value.

With no box, and most likely having been shot, the collectors would not desire it. View it as a shooter, and in that light, I think perhaps 700 is more like it. But, as I said, the magazines might put it in the ballpark.

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Originally posted by usmc-nav:
Randyman,

Hope yall stay safe with the approaching storm. Lord knows here in Louisiana we get our fair share.

Seller is asking $800

That is a defininite BUY IT NOW!

Buy it, use it, enjoy it.

You can buy it now, or just wish you did.

They are poor quality pistols and not rare from a collector’s viewpoint

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Originally posted by bac1023:
They are poor quality pistols and not rare from a collector’s viewpoint

What is leading you to say these pistols are poor quality?

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Originally posted by OttoSig:

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Originally posted by bac1023:
They are poor quality pistols and not rare from a collector’s viewpoint

What is leading you to say these pistols are poor quality?

Excuse me

My mistake. I misread the title. I was thinking the Browning BDM.

The Sig built BDA’s were good pistols, obviously brought in that way before Sig was able to.

My mistake. I stand by my comment on the BDM though. Lousy gun.

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Originally posted by bac1023:
The Sig built BDA’s were good pistols, obviously brought in that way before Sig was able to.

Hawes imported P220s in .45 ACP, 9x19mm and .38 Super, as well as P230s in .380 ACP and (supposedly, but I doubt it) .32 ACP and 9mm Police at the same time Browning was importing P220s as the BDA- 1977, 78, 79.

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Originally posted by bac1023:
The Sig built BDA’s were good pistols, obviously brought in that way before Sig was able to.

Hawes imported P220s in .45 ACP, 9x19mm and .38 Super, as well as P230s in .380 ACP and (supposedly, but I doubt it) .32 ACP and 9mm Police at the same time Browning was importing P220s as the BDA- 1977, 78, 79.

I had a privately imported (at a later date) 1976 P220 9mm for a while. Cool old pistol and an early Sig Sauer.

I notice in the Hawes advertisement specifications chart that the P230 weighs 2 3/4 ounces more because the 9mm Police chambered pistols were all steel.

Once you get an early BDA/P220 pistol, you will then need to get a .22lr conversion kit for it.

Yes! ^^^

Since he has the 9mm, it would be a lot easier to swap it with 7.65mm.

A 38 Super conversion would also need .38 magazines.

Plus I always thought it was neat that my 22lr kit has a serial that begins with an H.

My early .22 conversion serial begins with H also.

At $800 with 3 extra mags I wouldn't have to think twice about buying the BDA. Mags alone bring $100 and even more.

A Canadian supplier has OE 9mm mags for $49.99 and they have been available for years. But it’s still a fair price for the BDA.