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Section 8: Handguns Subject: Browning Handguns Msg# 1152985
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I had a BDM for a short time, and found it more "marketing" than practical for a civilian like me. Having a choice of SA/DA and DAO in the same pistol might have made sense to some LEOs who were concerned about firearm safety issues with their personnel. The problem Browning ignored was the proliferation of Glock pistols in LEO at the time they introduced the BDM, so they turned to the civilian market for sales of that pistol. That same market was also turning to Glock and other striker fired, polymer hand guns. Timing is everything, eh?
My BDM worked just fine in the DA/SA mode. I liked the ergonomics and appearance of the pistol, and it was reliable and accurate. I should have bought the model that did not have the "switch" and just functioned in DA/SA mode. I tried my pistol's DAO mode a couple of times, but it just wasn't to my liking. So yes, the BDM "never floated my boat". Harvey |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I remember the BDM (photo below for those who don't remember it), we actually got at least one of those in stock in the gun shop I worked in here in the local Dayton suburbs. Fairly clever, if somewhat overcomplicated. I get the idea--offer one gun to law enforcement with the option for it to be an SA/DA or a DAO ("revolver mode"), but I suspect LE shops thought it over-complicated too. And from my limited experience, if you give cops something they can mess with, they will mess with it.  But that's still a pistol I'd like to have in my collection, just for the uniqueness of it. It was actually fairly ergonomic. I'm guessing it never floated your boat, based on:
And then there was the BDM . . .
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