Author Topic: Taurus PT100... (Read 1270 times)

Morpheus · « **Reply #15 on:** March 09, 2004, 06:52:23 PM »

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When it comes time to replace it (*shudder* at the thought), I'll probably go with a Kimber. Or perhaps a Springfield.

Unless you get an excellent deal on a used "loaded" springfield... Kimber is the way to go.

We sell and carry both... By FAR, kimber out sells both colt and springfield 8:1. Even kimber "bottom" end gun blows colts "bottom" end guns out of the water. The cant compete right now.

And lets face it. You pay more for a colt because it says "Colt" on the slide and frame. New or used...

Fuzzy · « **Reply #16 on:** March 10, 2004, 05:25:01 AM »

still rules...
though I am looking at SigPro in .40 for CCW. I think I'll get my wife one...

deSelys · « **Reply #17 on:** March 10, 2004, 06:47:38 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
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browning hi power.. big, heavy for the caliber... useless double action... not exceptionaly accurate.

lazs

Browning HP are single action Lazs. The only fault in the design (dated back to 1935!) is the useless clip safety.

And accuracy is very good for a service pistol IMO.

I wouldn't give up a HP for 10 Berettas...

But I admit thatI prefer a Colt 1911 .45. I would love to try one of those Kimbers someday.

Mini D · « **Reply #18 on:** March 10, 2004, 07:51:02 AM »

I had to have the trigger reworked in the FB Radom (Hi-Power 1939 - Poland), but it works well now. It's a little sloppy seeing as how it really hasn't been fired much in 65 years (sat in my grandfather's cellar).

I only fire reloads through the Beretta (.40)... I can't recall the last time I've had a stovepipe. The trigger pull is a bit long, and I do wish it were single action, but it fires well and reliably. The most stovepipes I've ever encountered was with a colt 45 match firing factory ammo. But then, that was 500 round at a time afternoons with constant firing. The most I put through the beretta in one sitting is 300 rounds.

The Taurus .357 kicks both the auto's tulips for accuracy. But it's not quite the point and click weapon that the autos are.

A friend fires the Taurus 9mm. It's a decent gun, but he did have to have the trigger reworked to get it as smooth as the Beretta.

MiniD

lazs2 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 10, 2004, 08:26:26 AM »

guys... the hi power is a double action.. there are single action versions like the radom.

dune.. I have owned Colts and have shot some fancied up ones.. never ever NEVER seen one that was as finely machined as the stock Kimber eclipse custom and they all cost more and they would only feed certain bullets... the kimber has night sights, is black stainless, tight as a drum with checkered frontsrtap and shoots everything I run through it. Shoots from magazines that Colt guys throw away.

I trust that gun but... my 44 mag revolvers are the ones I really trust. They easily outshoot semi autos, are easy to reload for... don't throw brass all over the place and can hit out hundreds of yards. If something goes wrong with a load... pull the trigger again. For anything a pistol will work for I can't imagine needing more than 6 rounds or... not having time to reload after six 44's

lazs

deSelys · « **Reply #20 on:** March 10, 2004, 09:29:01 AM »

Lazs, if this is what you're talking about:

...well it IS[/U] a single action gun. I carried 1 as service weapon for 3+ years , so I should know what I'm talking about. The trigger may look like a double action one, but it isn't.

lazs2 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 10, 2004, 11:35:36 AM »

desely... what does double action and single action mean to you?

The high power you show a picture of is a double action in single action mode... the pictures of the Colt and radom are single actions.

double action means that you can cycle the hammer using the trigger.

lazs

Monk · « **Reply #22 on:** March 10, 2004, 11:58:13 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
desely... what does double action and single action mean to you?

lazs

Mini D · « **Reply #23 on:** March 10, 2004, 02:02:11 PM »

For those that might be confused:

Single action: Pulling triger will only release the hammer if the hammer is cocked. It does nothing if the hammer is not cocked.

Double Action: Pulling the trigger will cok the hammer and release it (or just release hammer if it is cocked).

deSelys · « **Reply #24 on:** March 10, 2004, 02:18:44 PM »

Exactly. Single action trigger will let the hammer fall down on the firing pin, and nothing else.

The trigger of the Browning HP won't do anything when the hammer is down....how hard you pull on it doesn't matter.

Browning HP 1935 is a single action gun. Period.

deSelys · « **Reply #25 on:** March 10, 2004, 02:32:55 PM »

After a quick google search (hundreds of hits), I picked a page at random.

http://www.alpharubicon.com/leo/browningkingpin.htm

2nd paragraph on the page:

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The BHP is a Single-Action only semi-automatic pistol. It has a basic magazine capacity of 13 rounds, and there are 20 round magazines available.

Maybe you are confusing with the CZ 75.

Browning made in the eighties a POS double-action pistol based upon the Hi-Power but from what I've heard and read about, it wasn't worth the money, and it hadn't much success (same story as the Colt Double Eagle I guess).

Here is the link:

http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg104-e.htm

You'll quickly see the differences between the pics I posted first and this gun.

Check by yourself.

EDIT: If you've only tried a DA Browning, may I suggest you to put your hands on a 'real' browning HP (with the useless magazine safety removed if possible)... It's still a 9mm, but a damn fine one.

midnight Target · « **Reply #26 on:** March 10, 2004, 03:07:43 PM »

I'm not sure... but was lazs just OWNED in a gun discussion? Cause if he was I just gotta go find hell and get the ski report.

Mini D · « **Reply #27 on:** March 10, 2004, 04:28:08 PM »

Screw random web sites... go to http://www.browning.com and find the HiPower owners manual (in .pdf) there. That should clear it up.

And MT... yes... you've read it right.

MiniD

lazs2 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 10, 2004, 04:31:27 PM »

All the current production Browning hi powers here in the states are double action. Early models were single action. The one in the picture sure looks like a double action from the trigger.

lazs

Mini D · « **Reply #29 on:** March 10, 2004, 04:41:59 PM »

Read the manual lazs. Please.