Reeder Custom Guns - John Browning

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even though the military immediately placed a large order for them. Within a couple of days he started working on a gun he felt would replace the 1911. That was the Browning Hi Power finished in 1935 shortly after Browning's death. It was called the P-35.

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Novacks, and I note a flat mainspring housing coupled with a short trigger. Must be for smaller hands, like mine. It also has the ejection port relieved for case clearance. I always thought it kept dings out of the brass. Kase seems to think it's more of a gimmick, I think. The boy's sharp on the 1911.

All those points trying to make a better mousetrap than JMB figured. He died in 1927, before the P35-HP (1935) could be finalized.

I also read the firing pin retention plate on Browning's original patent has a "flat" bottom". Most modern guns today have a taper on the bottom. This makes cycling the slide notably easier. I read that changing that back to Browning's original design (pre WWI) can help prevent slide battering in recoil. Supposedly a good trick for 10mm 1911's. Some Army guys complained and the military changed this flat bottom to a taper as we most know it today.

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John Browning

How did I not know this before this year?

Thank you Jon! Great history.

and Browning wasn't satisfied with the 1911

That's a pretty nice one too. Beavertail, round hammer,