Pretty pistol, reminds me of my CZ 75 pre-B and 97. Wise choice and smart purchase. I think you'd like a Sig P226 Elite. Nice extended beaver tail, no biting. Nice peaceful presentation. 👍👍
I don't own a SA-35. However, I'm thinking if the hole goes straight through the slide you may be missing a Roll pin which would reside under the firing pin. You may what to check the blueprint.
Big fail on presenting the history of the development of the GP35. "Enter a Belgian gun designer who took over after Browning died". Wrong. Browning had very, very little to do with either the initial prototype or all the years of development that led to the final design that is the High Power... that's the real history of the High Power that some in America don't like. BTW, the "GP" stands for "Grande Puissance", i.e. High Power. The final development version prior to the GP35 was the almost identical "Grande Rendement" with slightly less magazine capacity and a magazines that dropped free. The reality is that Browning initially refused to have anything to do with the project, archived FN correspondence indicating he believed that high capacity magazines would make pistols that had them unreliable as opposed to single stack magazines like the 1911. As a result FN had their in-house resident Belgian firearms genius Dieudonné Saive create the initial prototype and he was pretty much the sole inventor and designer in the years that followed that resulted in what we know as the High Power. So John Browning had very, very little involvement in either the initial prototype or the long development of the pistol after his one time involvement was rejected by the French. Saive created the initial prototype by modifying FN's then current blowback Model 1903 and fitting the double stack magazine he invented to that prototype. The French rejected that first prototype by Sauve, now saying the pistol could not be a blowback design. FN then approached Browning again with Sauve's prototype and new double stack magazine. Browning sent them back two new designs, both of which were striker fired and not hammer fired, with one still being a blowback design, the other being a rotating bolt locking breech design. The French rejected Browning's two designs as they had Sauve's original design. Browning shrugged his shoulders, sold the two patents on his designs to Winchester (who never manufactured either pistol) and went back to working on his Superposed shotgun design until he died a year later. France lost interest shortly after rejecting both JMB's two designs and designed the pistol they were looking for in-house in France. Sauve continued to work on the design for many more years and multiple further prototypes until the 1928(?) variant, the Grande Rendement, caught the attention of the Belgian military. Sauve made further changes to meet the specifications required for the Belgian contract, and the Browning Grande Puissance with a higher capacity magazine (High Power as we know it) was borne. For those who have a hard time believing this, an online search will find you Browning's patents of the two pistols he designed for the French contract. Aside from the fact that you quickly see that neither has a hammer, when you look at the internals you will see a lot of differences in the mechanism that don't relate to the mechanism of the High Power. BTW, those who like you claim that it's "a problem" you can't fire/drop the hammer on a High Power with the original magazine disconnect and no magazine... you don't actually know much about the pistol. There's at least two different ways to do that.
Thank you for the information. You version is quite different from our research. Can I ask what was your source material? Also, I'm curious how you circumvent the magazine disconnect? I didn't know that was possible. Thanks again.
@@DaGunGuy One way as taught in almost every military that issued the High Power: keep (or press again) the magazine release while pulling the trigger. As I might have mentioned, Sauve was almost certainly aware that the bin rats in military weapons lockups never want troops handing them back any weapon including a pistol with the hammer cocked after showing them it was safe. As for references for research, you haven't already contacted the High Power collectors group? You can find JMB's two patents that he submitted online via the patent office with a web search and see how completely dissimilar they are. And there's the collector grade "The Browning High Power Automatic Pistol" by Blake Stevens.
@@DaGunGuy Well, when people want to cosplay as having expertise on a firearm, in this case the GP35, sometimes actually learning about the firearm requires spending some money on research. Rather than just turning the video camera on. Might help avoid embarrassing moments like claiming the GP35 can't be fired with the magazine disconnect in place and no magazine seated. Or that JMB was instrumental in the design and development. But don't worry about those embarrassing moments - most TH-cam experts broadcast the same lack of actual knowledge about this particular firearm. You can take my word for that as well.
Great presentation; enjoyed the quick history and overview of the SA*35. I’m looking forward to having my own.
Thanks! Really appreciate the feedback and let us know your thoughts on the gun when you get one.
The ergonomics are fantastic and a great shooter!
Pretty pistol, reminds me of my CZ 75 pre-B and 97. Wise choice and smart purchase. I think you'd like a Sig P226 Elite. Nice extended beaver tail, no biting.
Nice peaceful presentation. 👍👍
I don't own a SA-35. However, I'm thinking if the hole goes straight through the slide you may be missing a Roll pin which would reside under the firing pin. You may what to check the blueprint.
Inglis were producing HP under licence before the war ,for China mainly i think check forgotten weapons
This is lovely gun. But with Apex magwell it is even better!
This guy looks like Javier Bardem.
I think he looks drunk.
The Inglis Version got 14 rds, because 13 will be a missluck number in UK. 😂
I just seen it for 600$ ima have to get it
Good gun to be a buck a ro at bbq. Museum piece
What’s this, Ships with 1 mag BS ?? Firearm manufacturers have become So Cheap, lately.
If you buy it off of midway rn it comes with 4 mags
For 600$ you can buy a few 😅😅😅😅😅
Big fail on presenting the history of the development of the GP35. "Enter a Belgian gun designer who took over after Browning died". Wrong.
Browning had very, very little to do with either the initial prototype or all the years of development that led to the final design that is the High Power... that's the real history of the High Power that some in America don't like.
BTW, the "GP" stands for "Grande Puissance", i.e. High Power. The final development version prior to the GP35 was the almost identical "Grande Rendement" with slightly less magazine capacity and a magazines that dropped free.
The reality is that Browning initially refused to have anything to do with the project, archived FN correspondence indicating he believed that high capacity magazines would make pistols that had them unreliable as opposed to single stack magazines like the 1911.
As a result FN had their in-house resident Belgian firearms genius Dieudonné Saive create the initial prototype and he was pretty much the sole inventor and designer in the years that followed that resulted in what we know as the High Power.
So John Browning had very, very little involvement in either the initial prototype or the long development of the pistol after his one time involvement was rejected by the French. Saive created the initial prototype by modifying FN's then current blowback Model 1903 and fitting the double stack magazine he invented to that prototype.
The French rejected that first prototype by Sauve, now saying the pistol could not be a blowback design. FN then approached Browning again with Sauve's prototype and new double stack magazine. Browning sent them back two new designs, both of which were striker fired and not hammer fired, with one still being a blowback design, the other being a rotating bolt locking breech design.
The French rejected Browning's two designs as they had Sauve's original design. Browning shrugged his shoulders, sold the two patents on his designs to Winchester (who never manufactured either pistol) and went back to working on his Superposed shotgun design until he died a year later. France lost interest shortly after rejecting both JMB's two designs and designed the pistol they were looking for in-house in France.
Sauve continued to work on the design for many more years and multiple further prototypes until the 1928(?) variant, the Grande Rendement, caught the attention of the Belgian military. Sauve made further changes to meet the specifications required for the Belgian contract, and the Browning Grande Puissance with a higher capacity magazine (High Power as we know it) was borne.
For those who have a hard time believing this, an online search will find you Browning's patents of the two pistols he designed for the French contract. Aside from the fact that you quickly see that neither has a hammer, when you look at the internals you will see a lot of differences in the mechanism that don't relate to the mechanism of the High Power.
BTW, those who like you claim that it's "a problem" you can't fire/drop the hammer on a High Power with the original magazine disconnect and no magazine... you don't actually know much about the pistol. There's at least two different ways to do that.
Thank you for the information. You version is quite different from our research. Can I ask what was your source material? Also, I'm curious how you circumvent the magazine disconnect? I didn't know that was possible. Thanks again.
@@DaGunGuy One way as taught in almost every military that issued the High Power: keep (or press again) the magazine release while pulling the trigger. As I might have mentioned, Sauve was almost certainly aware that the bin rats in military weapons lockups never want troops handing them back any weapon including a pistol with the hammer cocked after showing them it was safe.
As for references for research, you haven't already contacted the High Power collectors group? You can find JMB's two patents that he submitted online via the patent office with a web search and see how completely dissimilar they are.
And there's the collector grade "The Browning High Power Automatic Pistol" by Blake Stevens.
Well, since that book is going for $75.00 used - I'm gonna take your word for it or wait for the library to get it!
@@DaGunGuy Well, when people want to cosplay as having expertise on a firearm, in this case the GP35, sometimes actually learning about the firearm requires spending some money on research. Rather than just turning the video camera on.
Might help avoid embarrassing moments like claiming the GP35 can't be fired with the magazine disconnect in place and no magazine seated. Or that JMB was instrumental in the design and development.
But don't worry about those embarrassing moments - most TH-cam experts broadcast the same lack of actual knowledge about this particular firearm.
You can take my word for that as well.