After Action Report: My issued Browning in Afghanistan

BHP Sierra leone

I carried a issue Inglis BHP in Sierra Leone Africa a few years ago,24 and seven.Used a issue shoulder holster for a while then switch to a civi pancake holster.
Carried it one RD up the barrel half cocked with the safety on,It also makes a great club.Hate plastic guns.
These pistols are old but still do the job required as a back up weapon.self defence. I had all new mags and never had a jam,shooting hundreds of rds on the range, and a few rds in self defence.
As with any weapon,training is the key factor,and carrying a BHP still gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
And remember never take a knife to a gun fight.

IMATT
 
IMAT said:
As with any weapon,training is the key factor,and carrying a BHP still gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.

And remember never take a knife to a gun fight.

IMATT
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Realistic training is why I shoot a stock commercial Browning in IPSC. Rubber grips, no mag safety and the commercial adjustable sights, and my carry rig is a variety of Bianchi mil-spec components.

If I ever in my wildest darkest fears have to shoot someone, it will probably be with a service-issue pistol. So why would I pay thousands of dollars to build muscle memory with a racegun that is only good for IPSC matches?
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
Realistic training is why I shoot a stock commercial Browning in IPSC. Rubber grips, no mag safety and the commercial adjustable sights, and my carry rig is a variety of Bianchi mil-spec components.
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Not that many issued Bianchi around here right now...
They are just not good enough in a tactical situation. That's the piece of gear that soldiers can choose. Any holster !

I have 2 here, my Eagle SAS MKV (black) and an Eagle shoulder holster (OD) They were made for my CZ, had to slightly modified my shoulder holster to have a good fit (army issued sewing kit). I use the SAS as soon that I leave the wire and vary holster inside.
The ony complain I have about the SAS MK V is that dust get in the velcro
 
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IPSC doesn't allow thigh holsters or cross draws. My Bianchi rig is a belt holster with a detachable flap, and with a few bits it becomes a shoulder holster. I have enough double mag pouches to shoot the matches. Every piece clamps (only word for the attachment wires) onto a standard pistol belt. I wear it on an old Garrison Dress belt (ie 1964 Pattern web belt) attached with belt keepers to my leather belt on jeans.

Of course, the belt rig is inappropriate for combat clothing only civilian clothes on the range. My point though, is the components are much closer to military equipment than a skeleton gun-holder that adjusts with an Allen key.
 
IMAT said:
I carried a issue Inglis BHP in Sierra Leone Africa a few years ago,24 and seven.Used a issue shoulder holster for a while then switch to a civi pancake holster.
Carried it one RD up the barrel half cocked with the safety on,It also makes a great club.Hate plastic guns.
These pistols are old but still do the job required as a back up weapon.self defence. I had all new mags and never had a jam,shooting hundreds of rds on the range, and a few rds in self defence.
As with any weapon,training is the key factor,and carrying a BHP still gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
And remember never take a knife to a gun fight.

IMATT
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Carrying the BHP with a round up the spout, safety on and at the half ####? Why would you do that? The half #### adds another step further complicating the process of getting rounds down range,by adding another fine muscle action to be accomplished while under stress.It's a useless mechanisim that should have been done away with along with the magazine safety.
PS a handgun is not a club. Not nearly the reach and you can cause stoppages :)
 
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