As someone who often fantasizes about buying into a blued steel and walnut secondary pistol family to supplement my collection of Glocks, I have on more than one occasion entertained buying a P35. This is distinctly unlikely to happen any time in the foreseeable future, but I was poking around the P35 gallery thread and realized that even though they sure look nice, I don't actually know very much about them at all.
What are people's experiences here with the P35/BHP? Why do they seem so relatively uncommon? What are some of their strengths/weaknesses vs similarly mature designs (i.e. the 1911, CZ75s)? How do they fare in terms of reliability, durability, ergonomics, aftermarket support and ease of maintenance?
It surprises me that they aren't a little more popular but my only experience with them has been putting a magazine through one many years ago. I recall the trigger being distinctly unimpressive but that's about it. Very curious to hear more from people who have experience with these guns.