education needed...

[lubbockdave]

looking to get some work done on my Browning HP and I am not sure what the descriptions of the work done mean...

"Fit 9mm Bar-Sto Barrel to Pistol with Hood Cut in Slide"

what/why would you want the hood cut in Slide?

"9B087 - Re-crown Barrel with 11° Crown"

why recrown the barrel with a 11 degree crown?

"Trigger Pull Lightened to 4-4.5 lb. on MK II Browning with No Magazine Disconnect (includes spring kit) TARGET USE ONLY"

what is No Magazine Disconnect? and why TARGET USE ONLY?

and what sights would you use for target use?

https://shop.cylinder-slide.com/ccp51/cg...tstr=HOME:CP108

and what else would you do to improve the accuracy of a BHP?

thanks for the education, and sorry for the stupid questions...

Dave

 

[Jim Watson]

Standard original BHP has a little nubbin of a barrel hood. The slide is cut to match. Installing a new barrel just requires fitting everything together snugly.
Apparently some BHPs don't have the hood or cut for it in the slide so installing a new standard barrel requires making the cut. Note that it costs more for the additional work on those guns.
Does the gun you plan to have worked on have the hood? It is a little bump about 1/8" on the rear of the barrel above the chamber.

Recrown the barrel? It might help, couldn't hurt accuracy from the factory barrel. Can't see why it would be necessary on a new Barsto.

The BHP magazine disconnector - you HAVE noticed that you can't shoot the gun with the magazine out, haven't you - puts pressure between the magazine and the trigger. Taking it out goes a long way towards reducing the trigger pull to something you can shoot accurately with, so a trigger job with "no magazine disconnect" is easier for them and does more for you. But they say "target use only" because they fear that if you get in a gunfight or have a damaging accidental discharge with a "safety device" removed, that you and they might get sued.

Other accuracy improvements? As Jeff Cooper said, you need sights you can see, a trigger you can control, and removal of sharp corners that make the gun unpleasant to hold. You are already interested in barrel and trigger work, how are your sights? There are a number of options, depending on what you want to do with the gun. I think a good set of fixed sights would do for most purposes, I don't know anybody shooting a BHP at NRA Bullseye where adjustable sights would be needed. Does the hammer "bite" your hand when shooting? They have a "chamfered no-bite hammer" if it does.

 

[lubbockdave]

Jim,

makes more sense now-yep, noticed the gun will not fire with the mag out-

what about sights? seem to be a lot of choices...

Dave

 

[Dienekes]

Concur with the Jeff Cooper quote. Quality trigger time and some homework on your part (maybe a trip to Gunsite?) will tend to answer those kinds of questions.

If a BHP is reliable, has a decent trigger, a usable safety, and decent sights, it will do to ride the river with. You don't say precisely what you have, but if it meets these requirements, I could live with it.

My MK III has the above with Spegel delrin stocks, stock black sights, and the magazine disconnect removed. I shoot my 1911s better but this one will get the job done if I do my part.

Spend your money on training and ammunition.