Browning BDA 380 Gun Show Find

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This is the little honey that I like to tuck away.
This little Browning is a great shooter with 2 grains target under a 115 grain berry.

 

[WVsig]

This guy on GB has some reasonably priced 84F, 84BB and 81s. He is a great source for surplus.

https://www.gunbroker.com/Semi-Auto...24&Sort=13&View=1&Ch-manufacturerName=Beretta

Also has one BDA


https://www.gunbroker.com/item/903492838

 

[hemiram]

That BDA looks a lot better than mine does. Mine has the black plastic grips and they look ok, but the bluing is pretty bad on the slide and the anodizing on the frame is chewed up pretty badly.

 

[RainDodger]

I've had a BDA-380 for decades. It's a beautiful "little" gun.... I say "little" because it's still a pistol, but by today's standards it's not particularly little! When I compare its size to my 9mm HK USP for instance... well, the BDA isn't very small. It is certainly a pleasure to shoot though! After not shooting it for a number of years, I pulled it out about 6 months ago and took it to the range. I had forgotten how nice it is. I happen to have an additional slide assembly (complete) and barrel, designated as a "new model" slide. It's very slightly narrower than the slides on the older BDA-380s. It gives the pistol a slightly more lean look, although not by much. My wife likes shooting it as well - part of that may be because the slide is a bit easier to manipulate since it's a straight blow-back action. In single action, the trigger is quite nice on mine as well. If I could change one thing, it would be the hammer-dropping safety. I don't care for that, but in the long run it's still a beautiful pistol. Very nicely made.