I saw a thread here on this forum about 9mm's. http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3077113#Post3077113
It got me thinking about all the different handguns I've owned over the years and the things I liked/disliked about each. There's a bunch of them I have not owned but shot on different occasions. It was easy for me to make a decision immediately whether I liked them or not based on things like ergos, weight, muzzle flip, bore height axis above web of hand, trigger characteristics-weight, etc.
I must admit I'm coming from a IPSC style gamers point of view rather than any other type of pistol shooting so I'm not looking at modding a BHP for self defence because it would do fine for that in it's original form.
I owned a Browning Hi Power for 3-4 years and there were a long list of things I liked about it. It was reliable and to me had the best feel in the hand of any handgun out there. I actually did a bunch of winning with that pistol in our local combat pistol matches but there were a few things I disliked about it so I sold it.
These were.
1. It had excessive muzzle flip because the front of the pistol is light and rear of the pistol heavy.
2. The trigger always had that creepy feel from the slide to frame fit being a little loose and it had a pretty long reset plus being a bit heavy for a game pistol.
I know most of the trigger issues can be taken care of except for getting the trigger weight down to 1.5-2 lbs.
What I always wanted was a BHP with a long slide and a long heavy dust cover to give some weight on the front of the pistol as well as a benefiting from a longer sight radius.
Anybody ever envisioned this or heard of someone building a custom BHP like I described?
Got any links about someone doing a similar project before?
Thanks
It got me thinking about all the different handguns I've owned over the years and the things I liked/disliked about each. There's a bunch of them I have not owned but shot on different occasions. It was easy for me to make a decision immediately whether I liked them or not based on things like ergos, weight, muzzle flip, bore height axis above web of hand, trigger characteristics-weight, etc.
I must admit I'm coming from a IPSC style gamers point of view rather than any other type of pistol shooting so I'm not looking at modding a BHP for self defence because it would do fine for that in it's original form.
I owned a Browning Hi Power for 3-4 years and there were a long list of things I liked about it. It was reliable and to me had the best feel in the hand of any handgun out there. I actually did a bunch of winning with that pistol in our local combat pistol matches but there were a few things I disliked about it so I sold it.
These were.
1. It had excessive muzzle flip because the front of the pistol is light and rear of the pistol heavy.
2. The trigger always had that creepy feel from the slide to frame fit being a little loose and it had a pretty long reset plus being a bit heavy for a game pistol.
I know most of the trigger issues can be taken care of except for getting the trigger weight down to 1.5-2 lbs.
What I always wanted was a BHP with a long slide and a long heavy dust cover to give some weight on the front of the pistol as well as a benefiting from a longer sight radius.
Anybody ever envisioned this or heard of someone building a custom BHP like I described?
Got any links about someone doing a similar project before?
Thanks
