I have a Browning Hi Power II Digital Camo....I absolutely love that little gun.....only thing is that it’s 9mm but an extremely well-built weapon.
So, Bond is going to have to go ‘plastic’, now, eh?
I have a MKII Belgian Browning, and a digicamo MKIII.
The late Browning Hi Power ‘guru’, former Texas law agency officer Stephen A. Camp said that the Hi Power was one of the best pistols in the world. It was his duty piece for many years, before he retired. his website still exists, “Hipowerandhandguns”.
The Canadians manufactured Hi Powers during WW2, under the ‘Inglis’ name, during a time when the Nazis overran Belgium, and took over the manufacturing plant.
Whether these pistols are ‘only’ 9mm or not, they are the last works/design that the venerable John Moses Browning was working on, at the time of his death. They are accurate enough and fit the hand well enough, for me.
Glocks rock.
The Glock is a good weapon for people who do not train with weapons regularly. The P35 is a SUPERB weapon for people who know how to use it. The 9mm caliber is vastly inferior to the 45 ACP, but IS adaquate. Also, the military has always had the heebie-jeebies about “cocked and locked” (as John Moses Browning INTENDED). I have clear memories of junior officers pawing at my M9 in my issue shoulder holster trying to place MY safety on “safe” (empty weapon secured in MY issue rig - yes the M9 is a SA/DA weapon - different entirely from the P35, but 100% safe carried with one in the chamber, safety off, ready to fire in the DA mode). I often asked the commissioned junior officers if they routinely snatched empty M16s (on which the safety CANNOT be placed on “safe” with the hammer down with an empty [or loaded] chamber). I got the deer in the headlights look, followed by a condescending bunch of commissioned BS. As a 1SG, I’d laugh and return my weapon to the condition that I wanted it in and carry on about my business. Point is - just like at Fort Hood, the politically correct BS is the driving thing. I love the Hi-Power. The Glock? A servicable, somewhat non-durable plastic pistol for non-shooters.
The US Marines went the right way.
There is only one handgun in my book, M1911 .45 ACP. everything else is second rate.
They should have went .45acp.
Sure a 9mm works, the .45 works better.
Dear British Government...Please send your old Browning Hi-Power to ME!
I promise (wink wink) to sell them as scrap to those interested.
PS Please include the 12 round magazines with them.
As a Glock snob I’m happy for those servicemen, however now all those Glock makers will be busy filling that order. How will that affect the Glock inventory in the US?
Jeff Cooper was opinionated, to be sure. He DID write that the Glock IS a “good” pistol. I didn’t always agree with everything he wrote, but I do on this. The Glock IS a “good” weapon for its genre. It DOES have legions of fanatical devotees who will cite a rebuttal for every criticism of their favorite. It is true that the regular Infantryman is not a pistolero. He is a rifleman. Hence, the Glock is fine for him. The goof-ball safety lever pawing types won’t have the M92’s useless safety to paw at with the Glock, so they’ll start demanding carry with an empty chamber – just watch. The Glock’s unsupported chamber is another concern for me (civilian carry). I very much prefer the 45 ACP, but carry the 9mm because of contingency and ammo availability. It IS effective when used properly and that effectiveness is magnified when +P or +P+ loads are used with good bullets – such as the Buffalo Bore 115 grain Speer Gold Dot +P load. Tim Sundles, Buffalo Bore’s owner, states that the Glock’s unsupported chamber is a concern with +P loads, and I believe him. The other considerations for replacing the P35 are that the cost of purchase outweighs many other factors and POLITICS, pure and simple. The Glock is the darling of the neuvo cool bunch. As for me, a forged Hi-Power cocked and locked would be my choice, followed by a CZ 85, or a Ruger P89DC (decocker model). I prefer single action, but the latter two DA/SA weapons would work fine – and are not “polymer” (PLASTIC). The fad of projections on trigger faces as “safeties” is just that – a fad. They DO work. For the regular grunt, they’re fine – as I wrote, he is a rifleman first and foremost. My absolute choice would be a 1911 in 45, but that is not the subject here.