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Awesome info. Thank you.
Took it to the range today, put 3 mags through it, slide does not like to go forward with a full magazine using the slide catch. Using the sling shot method it works fine. Guessing this is weak springs due to age. Ejection of tge last round when the slide locks back is weak compared to normal. It shoots 6 inches to the left at 10 yards, going to have to drift the rear sight over to correct for this and explains why I struggled to hit steel with it last time I shot it.
So first order of business is a spring kit a real cleaning and drifting the rear sight. Then I have to get the tiny mushy safety upgraded and sights brought to a more modern standard. And I would really like to have the slide not look so beat up. Maybe get it reblued or cerakoted a matte black.
Thanks again
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You are most welcome
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Allow me to suggest calling Browning Parts for your springs...and other parts needs, as they're genuine, they're almost always the least expensive route and they ship quickly. Oh, for most all orders there is but a single shipping charge so buy extra recoil springs...they're very inexpensive. If not most...at very least many, BHP owners prefer the genuine current MkII/MkIII ambi thumb safety...which can quite easily be converted (permanently though) to single (strong) side. C&S makes a couple aftermarket single side "Extended" thumb safeties that are generally well thought-of, the difference between the two is the width of the actual shelf the thumb rests upon...the "Wide Target" is...well, wider
. C&S also makes an ambi safety that many are not near as happy with as, though the left side...the side used for right hand manipulation, is the same as the smaller of the 2 single side "Extended" safeties, the off-side is much larger and ill placed for left hand manipulation. Keep in mind the "mushy" nature of many...if not most, BHP thumb safeties can be corrected by very slightly deepening the divot in which the detent ball indexes. Keep in mind, unlike the 1911, the detent ball and spring are inside the thumb safety itself and the divot is in the frame...BE CAREFUL if you choose to do it yourself.
As for sights, there are VERY limited options for "improving" your current "bump 'n hump" sights as the narrow and rounded front is staked...and that's where the improvement is really needed. Probably the most popular aftermarket HSLD sights are those offered by Novak's...though there are others. Novak's will...depending upon the rear you choose...Mk2, Mk3 (Novak's designations) or 1911, not only mill the slide for the rear, but mill a dovetail for the front. When they have to fill the existing rear dovetail before milling for the Novak rear, they will refinish the slide at no extra cost...a good thing with your "painted" slide...and they do a soft matte blue/black which would look a whole lot better with your polished blue frame. After studying the Novak website, call 'em. While the lady you'll initially speak to is helpful...and sweet, speak to the machinist who'll do the work to be sure you get what your looking for. Everyone has their preferences...but IMHO, the best rear is the older Novak Mk2...even on MkIII BHPs. The Novak Mk3 is too small for my tastes...and though I have several BHPs with the larger Novak 1911 rear, the 1911 IS pretty big and requires a correspondingly taller front sight. Many say the Novak 1911 rear is too bulky for the svelte BHP slide, and you might get some "whining"
from the Novak machinist. Another advantage to having Novak's...v. your local smith, do your sights is that they're the actual manufacturer of the sight and their turn over is VERY quick...often just a week when a refinish isn't required or you just luck out and catch 'em when they're already doing a batch.
As for "real world" carry of the BHP for defensive purposes...of course everyone is free to do what they wish, the VAST majority of BHP users carry their BHP Condition 1. I'll leave it at that
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