CANADA SELECTS SIG P320 TO REPLACE WWII VINTAGE BROWNING HI POWERS

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Canada Selects SIG P320 to Replace WWII Vintage Browning Hi Powers :: Guns.com

The Canadian military will soon be ending its 80-year love affair with domestically made Browning Hi-Powers in lieu of a more modular 9mm pistol from SIG Sauer.

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[MrSmitty]

I'm sure with Justin Castro as Premier, all those beautiful Brownings will be destroyed, not sold, or exported......

 

[DadSmith]

Canada Selects SIG P320 to Replace WWII Vintage Browning Hi Powers :: Guns.com

The Canadian military will soon be ending its 80-year love affair with domestically made Browning Hi-Powers in lieu of a more modular 9mm pistol from SIG Sauer.

www.guns.com

Does that mean will be seeing some Canadian surplus Hi Powers in the next few years?
Or will them crazy Canadians destroy them?

 

[Cameramonkey]

Does that mean will be seeing some Canadian surplus Hi Powers in the next few years?
Or will them crazy Canadians destroy them?

See post 2.

they will undoubtedly be destroyed to prevent those evil devices from falling into the hands of anyone.

 

[Mgderf]

See post 2.

they will undoubtedly be destroyed to prevent those evil devices from falling into the hands of anyone.

We'll, to be fair, you know those 9mm guns will blow the lungs right out of the body...

 

[Cameramonkey]

We'll, to be fair, you know those 9mm guns will blow the lungs right out of the body...

A lung and a half with the exchange rate.

 

[BigMoose]

I am hearing the Hi Powers may get donated to Ukraine

 

[Dean C.]

I am hearing the Hi Powers may get donated to Ukraine

Honestly probably not worth the freight costs


Back on topic this move does not surprise me , Sig out Glocked, Glock with the P320. If people rember Glock catapulted to popularity using the LEO market in America, Sig is doing the exact same thing with the US .Gov Military contracts.

 

[indyblue]

It's a nice pistol, but I hate strikers though. I want to see and be able to manually control my hammer, I really like my 92FS and Browning BDM with their SA/DA action.

It's probably a dumb position to take since most modern designs seem to be migrating this way, it's just my own little OCD hangup and at least they have real (non-glock style) triggers and manual safety.

I do like the AXG, may need to try one out at the range.

 

[Creedmoor]

It's a nice pistol, but I hate strikers though. I want to see and be able to manually control my hammer, I really like my 92FS and Browning BDM with their SA/DA action.

It's probably a dumb position to take since most modern designs seem to be migrating this way, it's just my own little OCD hangup and at least they have real (non-glock style) triggers and manual safety.

I do like the AXG, may need to try one out at the range.

I felt the same about strikers, I own a few.glocks and just dont like them.
Until I bought a Sig M17. It did outglock glock.
Great trigger and a ambi safety.
If you would like to shoot one, I shoot two miles west of Alexandria. I would be glad to put one in front of you along with a few hundred rounds of ammo.
When you're done sir, you will buy one.

 

[Ark]

It's a nice pistol, but I hate strikers though. I want to see and be able to manually control my hammer, I really like my 92FS and Browning BDM with their SA/DA action.

It's probably a dumb position to take since most modern designs seem to be migrating this way, it's just my own little OCD hangup and at least they have real (non-glock style) triggers and manual safety.

I do like the AXG, may need to try one out at the range.

Combat pistol is a 92, large CCW is a USP9c, running gun is a 442, pocket gun is a 21a.

I also have an affinity for hammers. I can and do run striker guns, but I really like the security of DA/SA. Under real adrenaline dump I know I'll burn through that first DA like it's not even there. If there is enough time it can always be cocked.

When something is pointed at your twig and berries all day it's nice to know a long trigger pull is between you and Darwin.

 

[indyblue]

I felt the same about strikers, I own a few.glocks and just dont like them.
Until I bought a Sig M17. It did outglock glock.
Great trigger and a ambi safety.
If you would like to shoot one, I shoot two miles west of Alexandria. I would be glad to put one in front of you along with a few hundred rounds of ammo.
When you're done sir, you will buy one.

TY for the offer, may take you up on that as you're not too far from Indy.

It is disappointing to me that so many new guns are striker only and looking at S&W offerings, besides the revolvers and 1911's they don't have a many models with an external hammer or safety trigger. The Shield is interesting, it has a hammer, but also the stupid trigger, ugh. I guess I may have to stick with 1911's and the Beretta.

 

[binkerton]

"Browning, yes this is Canada. I'm soory but we just got all these police trade in sigs from wisconsin, eh. You can have these back now."

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Combat pistol is a 92, large CCW is a USP9c, running gun is a 442, pocket gun is a 21a.

I also have an affinity for hammers. I can and do run striker guns, but I really like the security of DA/SA. Under real adrenaline dump I know I'll burn through that first DA like it's not even there. If there is enough time it can always be cocked.

When something is pointed at your twig and berries all day it's nice to know a long trigger pull is between you and Darwin.

Striker fired plus DA/SA= Walther P99. Plus the trigger and reset is fantastic. YMMV.

 

[Lodge]

Love my P320

 

[Ark]

Striker fired plus DA/SA= Walther P99. Plus the trigger and reset is fantastic. YMMV.

I want a P99 really bad. Really expensive and hard to find now.

There's really nothing wrong with strikers. I shoot them fine, and they have a lot of advantages. I just like hammers.

 

[indyblue]

they have a lot of advantages.

Besides the tendency of external hammers to snag on something (clothing, holster, purse, whatever), what are "a lot of advantages"?

Like you, I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with them I just don't like. And it's always cocked and if something gets in the trigger guard enough to press.....boom.

 

[Ark]

Besides the tendency of external hammers to snag on something (clothing, holster, purse, whatever), what are "a lot of advantages"?

Like you, I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with them I just don't like. And it's always cocked and if something gets in the trigger guard enough to press.....boom.

Single trigger pull, shorter reset generally on stock triggers, lower cost, equal reliability and durability to hammers.

That stuff matters when you're equipping an entire department. The majority of people carrying guns for a living are poor to marginal shooters. Striker guns are easier for marginal shooters and cost a whole lot less than 2,500 Berettas or P226s.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

I want a P99 really bad. Really expensive and hard to find now.

There's really nothing wrong with strikers. I shoot them fine, and they have a lot of advantages. I just like hammers.

They are out there. Are you looking for a 40 or 9? Full size or compact? Budget? Not to thread jack...

 

[Ark]

They are out there. Are you looking for a 40 or 9? Full size or compact? Budget? Not to thread jack...

Oh, certainly 9mm. Would really prefer an original with the old proprietary rail, but not married to it. They used to turn up here and there for under $500 but that's probably not a real thing anymore, they really seem to have dried up. Kinda just hoping to see one on a shelf or in the classies one day.