I believe the BHP is far enough from the 1911 to be considered "not" a 1911. A friend disagrees, saying the BHP is a 1911. Your thoughts? I am not trying to start a debate on which is the better pistol; I like them both just fine.
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The Hi-Power, like many other Browning designs, operates on the short-recoil principle, where the barrel and slide initially recoil together until the barrel is unlocked from the slide by a camming action. Unlike Browning's earlier Colt M1911, the barrel is not moved vertically by a toggling link, but instead by a hardened bar which crosses the frame under the barrel and contacts a slot under the chamber, at the rearmost part of the barrel. The barrel and slide recoil together for a short distance but, as the slot engages the bar, the chamber and the rear of the barrel are drawn downward and stopped. The downward movement of the barrel disengages it from the slide, which continues rearward, extracting the spent case from the chamber and ejecting it. After the slide reaches the limit of its travel, the recoil spring brings it forward again, stripping a new round from the magazine and pushing it into the chamber. This also pushes the chamber and barrel forward. The cam slot and bar move the chamber upward and the locking lugs on the barrel reengage those in the slide.
A friend disagrees, saying the BHP is a 1911. Your thoughts?
A friend disagrees, saying the BHP is a 1911.
Is the Browning High-Power a 1911?
No way, no how!
Well...Not exactly.
They operate on the same PRINCIPLE, using VERY different implementations.