CYLINDER & SLIDE SA-35S
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Talyn
SAINT
Nice customized SA-35.
BTW: The authors says...Thanks to updated engineering and careful manufacturing, the magazine safety is gone,
The facts are removing the magazine safety (a 5-10 min. job) has nothing to do with updated engineering and careful manufacturing.
BTW2: Note to users. The BHP firing-pin retaining-plate is a "wear-item", whereas it will eventually fail with high round counts as well as dry-firing. If the retaining plate metal hardness is too high that will happen faster.
BTW: The authors says...Thanks to updated engineering and careful manufacturing, the magazine safety is gone,
The facts are removing the magazine safety (a 5-10 min. job) has nothing to do with updated engineering and careful manufacturing.
BTW2: Note to users. The BHP firing-pin retaining-plate is a "wear-item", whereas it will eventually fail with high round counts as well as dry-firing. If the retaining plate metal hardness is too high that will happen faster.
Annihilator
Emissary
Didn’t know that about the firing pin plate, good to know, thanks for the info!
Talyn
SAINT
The firing pin plate eventually fatiguing is one of the idiosyncrasies of the BHP design.
BHSS pointed that out in their SA-35 review vid series,
Annihilator
Emissary
Ok, my SA-35 isn’t working out for me, to many issues, tried a stronger RS, different ammo, still issues, very disappointed in it, may be taking it down to trade off, it’s just not reliable enough for me
Talyn
SAINT
Old_Me
SAINT
no issues with the Girsan clone....(i am not sure if the S/A mags will fit however)
not that i have one, but when i dumped my SA-35, it was a near perfect as possible (high-er serial # like over 6,000) , i just tired of it rather quickly.
Annihilator
Emissary
Mine is in the 14,000 serial number range.
Talyn
SAINT
All the original & look-alike BHP types use the same mags.
SA-35 mags bought from SA are just Mecgar BHP mags with SA stamped on them.
Annihilator
Emissary
Honestly, I don’t really want to throw money in it, I don’t know, thanks for the thought though
Talyn
SAINT
BHSS is in the Indianapolis area so just a short drive for you if you want to take it there, discuss with them & drop it off to be fixed.
Hey buddy ole pal...... I don't want you to have to put up with a bad firearm so just because it is you , I will take it off your hands. Oh and I forgot to mention , I will give you a crisp $100.00 bill just so you can stop worrying about it.
Old_Me
SAINT
Old_Me
SAINT
what a man.......Hey buddy ole pal...... I don't want you to have to put up with a bad firearm so just because it is you , I will take it off your hands. Oh and I forgot to mention , I will give you a crisp $100.00 bill just so you can stop worrying about it.
Annihilator
Emissary
Ok, short description of my issues, erratic ejections, feeding issues with all brands of ammo I have, sometimes it won’t go into battery all the way, that’s why I switched to a 18# spring, worked for a bit, but issue returned
Old_Me
SAINT
ok, cuz when i had mine, i bought Hi Power mags, i cannot recall any stampings of mfg.
Annihilator
Emissary
Had nothing to do today, so I watched some of the videos @Talyn was talking about from BHP, the one about the extractor spring hole had me curious, so I took mine down and did find some burrs around the spring hole and around the extractor slot, so I cleaned them up. Took gun to range after this, and the gun performed great, no more erratic ejections, no FTF, worked great. Going to get a new spring as well as a new ejector form them as spares. Thanks. @Talyn for the BHP site.
javbike
Hellcat
Wow so glad that worked for you
Talyn
SAINT
Glad one of the BHSS SA-35 vids helped you figure out what was wrong & what to do to get yours to function properly
BHSS are experts with the BHP-design and are a great source of info for the platform, and parts (upgrade & replacement) as well as accessories.