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BHSS Hi-Power University Session 98: Springfield SA-35 Hi-Power Extractor Hole Illusion

With C&S getting out of the BHP business I consider BHSS as the experts on BHPs and replicas, and their extra effort to inform BHP users on the idiosyncrasies of the design, & provide options to maintain and enhance the BHP platform to reach its potential is good for the fan club.

My .02
 
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Fired a commercial BHP with Canadian WW2 9mm surplus ammunition. At one point, the strip of metal immediately below the ejection port cracked. Had it welded and having run a couple thousand lead bullet hand loads through the repaired pistol, had no problems. I presume the Canadian surplus ammunition was a SMG loading, to hot for the Browning pistol.
 
As I've mentioned before the late Stephen Camp (a BHP guru) said that pre-93 BHPs all had forged frames and were not as strong as the post-93 9mm Mk IIIs which have the same "cast" frames and stronger steel (also used in the slide) made for the .40 S&W BHP variant.

S. Camp said that the post-93 9mms could safely digest +P loads but the +P+ & sub gun loads were too hot, and he didn't recommend +P in the forged BHPs. IMO, I would be cautious using +P 9mm in any BHP replica that has a forged frame.

Being a 90-year old design folks shouldn't assume that the BHP is OK to use hotter loads like a modern design, since it has its' idiosyncrasies.
 
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