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| Behold my Radiance!  |
To my mind, the P-35 and 1911 are each very different pistols, with different capabilities and potentials for wider success. To the limited degree the P-35 was popular commercially, it’s because it was adopted and available in spite of it’s technical limitations. I believe the 1911 would have become commercially successful in any regard. -Bruce Designer and custom pistolsmith at Grayguns Inc. Privileged to be R&D consultant to the world's greatest maker of fine firearms: SIG SAUER Visit us at http://opspectraining.com/product-cat/videos/ to order yours, and Thank You for making GGI the leader in custom SIG and HK pistolsmithing and high-grade components. Bruce Gray, President Grayguns Inc. Grayguns.com / 888.585.4729 | |||
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LOL.... THIS ^^^^ The bluing on mine was a belle. The trigger was a brick. I didn’t want to spend the cash to make it shootable. 0:01 | |||
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| Left-Handed, NOT Left-Winged! |
How about cost? Towards the end a BHP cost around $1K which is simply too much for what you got. A Beretta 92 or M9 is little more than half the price, and a CZ is also a lot less expensive. I regret not picking up an FN HiPower for $399 or $499 when they were importing non-Browning versions a decade ago. Browning just marked them up too much. And I agree - the hammer bite, stupid mag disconnect and crappy SA trigger required lots of work out of the box. Had they fixed those things, I would have one now. Nighthawk and Novak's do an awesome job on BHP's but then you're up in the $3K range. And, for a double stack all-metal 9mm - The P226 kind of took over anyway, so can't really argue with that. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
I don't disagree with any of the above. I do think the 1911 fits a wider variety of hands. As noted, the Hi-Power is not well suited to larger hands. But I think the main reason is that the 1911 was the service pistol for 80 years, and is still in use by the U.S. military. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
Wasn't the Hi-Power supposed to be all that the M1911 wanted to be but never was? I got the impression that the HP was supposed to be an upgrade of the 1911? | |||
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Not the design criterion. The 1911 was Browning and Colt's response to US Army requirements. The BHP was Browning, Saive, and FN's response to Belgian and other European military requirements. Although the Continent could have had the Grand Browning - 1911 design in 9.65mm - if they had been smart. | |||
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It might have been had John Browning been able to finish the design before he passed. Patents with the 1911 still in place, prevented Browning from using them in the Hipower. Saive who finished the design did additions (like adding a magazine disconnect safety (for a French military contract that never happened) that took away from the pistol. Had JMB finished the design it might very well had been better than the 1911. | |||
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| Jack of All Trades, Master of Nothing  |
The safety on the MKIIII's clicks on an off. I actually prefer the long slide release on the Hi Power in that it is used to aid in field stripping the gun. My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. | |||
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The 1911 endures because of: Nostalgia from long military service in the U.S. Caliber Trigger Browning has non of these,and that is pretty much the answer | |||
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