BHP for Glock. Should I trade?

[R.H. Lee]

I have a BHP Practical and thinking about trading for a {{{shiver}}}}
GLOCK .45 acp (that would be a 30 or 36, correct?) I don't shoot the BHP much; it has high adjustable sights I've never gotten around to changing. Besides, I've already got one 9mm, a CZ75B.

I have never owned a Glock, but I think it should be close to an even trade for the BHP. Anyone have any experience with the Glock 30 or 36? Will I regret this?

 

[CZ52GUY]

I own 3-Glocks

I wouldn't trade a BHP even up for any of them...conversely, if I could find somebody who would trade me a very good condition BHP for any of them strait up...I'd jump at it.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy my Glocks...but I think the guy who gets your BHP gets the better part of the bargain.

Safe shooting,

CZ-52'

 

[Tecolote]

The BHP has excellent egonomics but the trigger is just plain bad. Unless you've had it worked on I would make the trade.

 

[MrAcheson]

I've met very few people that don't regret selling guns. Chances are you will come back to the BHP or want to and regret selling it.

 

[WonderNine]

Yea those crisp breaking 4lb. BHP triggers are really baaad.

 

[Longbow]

Don't do it. BHP's are harder to find and somewhat a classic. Glock's don't have that kind of traits. And that's coming from someone who owns 3 glocks.

...but I think the guy who gets your BHP gets the better part of the bargain.

I agree!

 

[dairycreek]

A BHP for a Glock?

Lord no! Good shooting

 

[fjolnirsson]

Good trade!
In fact, I have a Glock 21. You can send me the BHP today!

 

[gulogulo1970]

If you don't shoot the BHP and you want a Glock, make the trade. If you lose a few bucks, well, those dollars went for a gun you will shoot instead of one you won't. I think that is money well spent.

 

[Majic]

Have you completely lost your mind?

 

[otomik]

if you have no great love for the BHP then do a favor to vast amounts that do and trade it.

 

[crt360]

Maybe for a 30 and a 36.

 

[Missouri Mule]

NO!
In my world the BHP is just as indespensible as the 1911.
Pure class!! That being said I am a hypocrit because I don't own one.
That is simply because I don't care for the 9mm luger in a full sized gun.
And to me the .40 version just ain't the same. Yes I have handled and shot both.

While I will agree with some here that the CZ is a great gun, I will say this have owned and shot the CZ75 extensively, " As nice as a CZ is, It sure ain't the class act as is the High Power"
If I decide to buy another full sized 9mm it most likely will be a High Power.

Glocks are good guns too, I really am not a gun snob, I simply don't personally care for them.

The only thing I would do to that HP is replace the sights with Novaks.
And while you had it as Novak's shop have them give it a basic tune up.

That's what I would do if I ever had to give up my 1911's.

 

[Black Majik]

Absolutely not!

The BHP is a gun with class and soul. The Glock is a gun that has a sole purpose of not rusting and tossing bullets downrange.


Though, if your concentration or purpose for the pistol is going from range to carry/defense... then maybe


My advice would be to a qualified gunsmith and have his opinion at the gun. Or get new adj. rear sights.

Dont do a straight trade on a glock until I buy one and you can trade with me

 

[Treylis]

BHPs are getting rarer and rarer in my neck of the woods, too. Glocks are plain-jane and everywhere. I'd definitely rather have the BHP.

 

[Ala Dan]

No Sir, I wouldn't trade Riley

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[Longbow]

If you don't shoot the BHP and you want a Glock, make the trade.

...or you can start shooting the BHP more and see what you've been missing.
How 'bout trading the CZ instead? Just a thought..

 

[Croyance]

I agree wtih what has been said, but have some questions.
Do you want a .45 ACP Glock just to have one? Or does this fill some real niche.
If you think you might want a Browning HiPower again later, then have you checked California's list? You may not be able to get a new one later. Manufacterers have to send one in for some silly test if they want to sell a specific model. And that is one of each model, even if the differences between it and an approved model are cosmetic.
Have you checked local prices and compared cost? I don't think you would be getting the better end of the deal.

And for reference, Glock makes three .45 ACP models:
G21 - Full sized .45 ACP
G30 - compact .45 ACP. Has its own 10 round double stack magazines. Can also take magazines for G21 - usefull if you have normal capacity G21 magazines. Works well for carry/home gun combination.
G36 - Single stack compact .45 ACP. Kind of a Commander version of the Glock. Slims up the profile, or at least the grip. Does not share magazines with G21 or G30.

 

[Black Majik]

"puff puff, pass.... puff puff, pass dammit!"

 

[denfoote]

Nope, no, nyet, in a word, don't do it!!!

 

[R.H. Lee]

Thanks for all the responses I've decided to keep the BHP and send it off to Novak's or C&S for some new low mount sights and a tune up.

I recently traded a Beretta92FS for a Springfield Stainless Milspec and couldn't be happier. I was looking for another reason to get rid of a 9 and add another .45 to the collection. However, after careful consideration, I think the G30 and G36 barrel lengths are too short-about 3 & 3/4"-for the .45 acp. That leaves the G21. But, BHP's are almost impossible to find (here in California anyway) and they command a premium. I think the call from the "darkside" came to me after reading the other thread about the BHP and the crappy trigger and the thread from Glock owners explaining themselves.

I really don't know what in the hell is wrong with me sometimes
For example, I was reading a thread entitled "Anyone carry a single-action?" and somebody said they carry a Ruger 3 & 3/4" birdshead Vaquero in .45 LC and now I think I need one, too

Thanks for the input and thanks for keeping me from doing something I'd soon regret

 

[Longbow]

Why get rid of the 9's?

I was looking for another reason to get rid of a 9 and add another .45 to the collection.

A nice reliable 9mm is always nice to have. Cheap ammo and always available.

 

[R.H. Lee]

A nice reliable 9mm is always nice to have. Cheap ammo and always available

Agreed. I have a CZ75B that I won't part with.

 

[MyRoad]

I bought a BHP new for about $600, which had an almost unusable trigger. I sent it to Novak's and dropped about another $600 on it. It's a beautiful gun, no doubt about it, but I almost never shoot it. It doesn't do anything that other guns I have don't do better.

If I needed money, it would be one of the first to go. If I needed a work-horse day-in day-out carry .45, and I had no use for a beautiful, historically significant, C&L 9mm, I would sell the BHP and then buy a G36, and hopefully have enough money left over for a case or two of .45 ammo. So far I'm not that hungry, so I've just held onto mine.

 

[Coronach]

The BHP has excellent egonomics but the trigger is just plain bad. Unless you've had it worked on I would make the trade.

So, assuming stock triggers here...the BHP's trigger is "bad" but the Glock's is "good"?



Mmmm...okay. Thats your opinion, you're entitled to it, but absent either a lemon of a BHP or an unexpectedly good Glock, conventional wisdom would be the opposite of your personal take. Out of box BHP triggers might not be up to 1911 standards, but they're by no means bad, in any conventional sense of the word.

Mike