10k P35 Update

[Dave Berryhill]

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Two piece barrel failure example:

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Maybe I'm missing something but how does the fact that it's a two piece barrel have any effect on that lug failure?

[BLR]

The 2 piece barrels are heated to braze where the 1 piece are only heat treated.

I am not offering that as a cause of anything, just noting a difference.

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[LittleLebowski]

It's not just factory barrels that break, it seems.

[ToddG]

Me, I think a batch went out that had inclusions in the part, and after a few broke, the legend was solidified. I had to work like hell to find the few broken examples I have.

That seems unlikely given that people -- including some genuine BHP/P35 experts -- have reported similar breakages with aftermarket barrels.

[LittleLebowski]

http://pistolsmith.com/browning-pist...hi-powers.html

[KevinB]

I've put a few hundred thousand rounds mostly 9mm NATO SMG ammo that was effectively 124gr ++P++
I've never had a two piece barrel - as most of those guns where Inglis No2 Mk1* Canadian Forces guns -- and never sheered a lug including 30k rounds on a 70's vintage custom Novak gun.

[BLR]

That seems unlikely given that people -- including some genuine BHP/P35 experts -- have reported similar breakages with aftermarket barrels.

True enough.

That said, I recently had one of the "Tier 1" 1911 pistolsmiths tell me a flat bottom firing pin stop doesn't appreciably slow slide velocity as confirmed by high speed video. And installing one in my pro shortened the ejection distance nearly 2 ft.

And I had an engineer at uber German firearms manufacturer tell me forging makes for tougher slides than possible using billet because of better grain alignment. Even with a heat treat being involved.

This is not to imply i have the answers. Rather, I'm not going to accept convention without substantiation.





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