The quintessential Canadian pistol

Have you thought about the new Canadian edition CZ shadow?

It even has red grips with a maple leaf!

You won't notice the tiny bit of tin that's on the mag's because of our mag restrictions. If your worried about such nominal weight maybe you'd be better with a plastic gun like an M&P or a glock...
 
Good enough for my Grandpa, good enough for me :)

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The Hi-power gets my vote for Canadiana, but of the pistols you mentioned, the 92FS is worth a look because you can effectively use .40 mags in it and get 14 rounds capacity legally.
 
Do you really want "the quintessential Canadian pistol"? If that's anything like every other "quintessentiallly Canadian" product in our stores, buy a Chinese gun. Any Chinese gun. :mad:
 
BCRider said:
Considering that the BHP was designed by an American and at best license built in Canada way back when I'd have to suggest that the "Canadian Connection" is still at best somewhat nebulous.

Sadly we have no truly Canadian designed and built handgun that I know of. At best we've got Canadian made clones of American or other origin designs. So one of these clones is the best we can manage.

Given that I seem to recall that the currently available BHP's are built by FN in Belgium. Is that right? Assuming it is I'd like to offer the Dlask 1911's built out here on the West Coast as a decently viable "Canadian" offering.
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Aside from Sauve being the primary designor of the FN Hi=Power it is worth noting "Browning" never did make a Hi-Power. Never. FN was the manufacturer as you know and the HiPower from FN was marketed under the Browning name in the US for cache if nothing else. The Canadian Inglis is a Hi-Power by design but made on English measurements rather than metric.

I, like you, would settle on a Dlask 1911 any day of the week. In fact why you and I don't already own one is a mystery I think we should both resolve to end the drought this year.

Take Care

Bob
 
Recently I started working at an indoor gun range (the kind where anyone can walk in and shoot under supervision) and have noticed that the Shadow is by far the most popular gun. In fact of all the guns we take out, most people will choose the shadow over all other makes. Granted the Sig in 9mm isn't available at the moment (I'm a huge Sig 226 fan). It's certainly a good gun for the price, don't hear too many complaints about it, and is becoming ever more popular (parts will get easier and easier to get). The biggest suggestion I could make (based on my experiences) would be to stay away from a .45 to begin shooting pistol with. Never mind how expensive the ammo is compared to 9mm, the recoil tends to develop a major flinch in most shooters I see. If you can, try before you buy. In the end it comes down to get what fits you, and what is comfortably in your price range.
 
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These 4 handguns fall within the serial number block purchased by the Canadian Government in 1914. The bottom Pistol was carried by an Engineer Captain who ended the First World War as the Lt. Col commanding the 2nd Canadian Engineer Battalion. Many of the 5,000 pistols purchased by Canadian Government in 1914 seen service during the Second World War. An example of this would be the pistol owned by another CGN'er on this forum. Also keep in mind that in 1944 the Canadian Government purchased an additional 1,515 Colt 1911A1's for Canadian troops.


"the quintessential Canadian pistol"? Is the Colt 1911!
 
Any we are considering replacing it with ..... ? Most likely a polymer 'Tupperware' clone that will not be happy in either dusty environments or polar conditions.

The Inglis-made BHP has to be THE quintessential Canadian pistol, especially since it differs from it's European metric counterparts.
 
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