They are good deals if you choose carefully and know what you are looking at. To me for the surplus guns $450-$550 is the right price to pay. The best days of the BHP surplus market are over IMHO. It used to be you could get a very nice choice looking MKII, MKII 1/2 or MKIII from Cole Dist with no import mark for $400-$500. Those days are gone. The price point is the same but the gun you get for that money will show more wear. For the most part they are still great shooters and have a lot of life in them but they look like they have been road hard and put away wet. With a little work they can turn out really nice.
That said if I have my choice between a surplus BHP and a commercial one I am almost always going to go for the commercial one at the same price. Prices are starting to come down from their peak about 6-8 months ago for BHPs. I paid $500 OTD for this one. I am using it as a base gun for a custom build by Mr. Yost. Don't over pay. The fact that the BHP is now discontinued only effects NIB old new stock for someone who wants to have a NIB gun. The market for all other BHPs did not change the day they were discontinued. There were not instantly less surplus guns or less T series in the marketplace after FN/Browning announced they were ceasing production.
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