Just as there’s so much enthusiasm for a 100+ year old design in steel that SA likewise makes.I find it interesting that there is so much enthusiasm for an 80+ year old design in steel and walnut.
This was one feature (blending) I thought would surely be eliminated for cost savings. Very nice touch in keeping it.
Great GREAT, review KY Dan. Looking fwd to your range tests with it. Best regards, Rod (Oldham County, KY)
Because that is what real guns are made of.As a long time-since-1967-owner of a Browning HP, I find it interesting that there is so much enthusiasm for an 80+ year old design in steel and walnut.
Because that is what real guns are made of.
Plastic is for toys, aluminum is for airplanes and beer cans.
Re: your comment about steel and walnut.Because that is what real guns are made of.
Plastic is for toys, aluminum is for airplanes and beer cans.
Reporting I was seeing was saying no MIM parts.
https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/springfield-sa-35-browning-hi-power-review/453228
"To build the SA-35, Springfield Armory starts with forgings for both the lower receiver and the slide. While original FN-built P.35 High Powers had forged frames, the company eventually moved to cast-steel frames. Even though cast frames were developed to be stronger than the forged frames (they were built to withstand the .40 S&W cartridge), there was always a stigma attached to the later models. Springfield Armory’s solution was to forge the frame and slide, and apply modern heat-treating methods to make its SA-35 incredibly tough. Forging, precision machining and modern heat-treating are recurring descriptions I noted while examining the parts of this pistol. There are no metal-injection-molded (MIM) parts anywhere on the SA-35. Another nod to old-world manufacturing is its cold-hammer-forged barrel."
BSW
You are making me want one now.
Plastic is for toys, aluminum is for airplanes and beer cans.