I'm just guessing that the Springfield mags are made by Mec-Gar (really don't know). If so, I have had intermittent problems with the 15-rd'ers. Mostly when I got down to the last round or two. Never a hitch with the 13's. Did some searching and found a lot of other people having issues with 15's that they didn't with 13's. Once I lost confidence, I just can't carry them.
On my BHP's, I've done the factory MKIII grips, Pachmar wraps (carried back in the 90's), various wood species, and the Hogue wrap arounds. I've got smaller hands (Hey, no jokes!) and the wood look and feel great. The Pachmar's were a little too fat, then the material got hard and started cracking.
I may just go for 13 rounders. This will never be a carry gun. Strictly just a range gun. I would hope the mag that came with it is reliable. They are Mec-gar made so I would expect them to be. I haven't even shot the darn thing yet
I truely hope you enjoy it - and hey, the 13 rounders will save you 50 cents a mag dump!
THEY DON'T FIT!There shouldn't be any dimensional differences, i've seen plenty of pictures of SA-35's put in older holsters made for the BHP.Does anyone have both the SA-35 and an original BHP yet? I'd like to confirm that the dimensions are/are not identical. Particularly the front of the slide at the moment.
I have Desantis Slim-Tuk's for a P365 and P365XL. (Cheap but very functional IWB Kydex holster.) Wanted one for BHPs, but can't get them anywhere. Along comes the SA-35, and this is the IWB holster Springfield is selling for it. I jumped on it and bought 2.
Can't get the pistol all the way into the holster. It will actually retract the slide when you try. Yes, I tried loosening the tension screw. Next I fully removed both screws and everything down to just the shell. If I pull the shell open further, the BHP goes in and fits great.
Same issue with both holsters. Desantis lists this holster as being for the SA-35, with no mention of the BHP. I assumed that the dimensions of the slide would be the same, but conceivably not. I believe it's a mfg issue with the holster, but...
I just want to confirm that they are before I call Desantis/Springfield to deal with this. If I bought the wrong thing, I don't want to be the dumb@$$ complaining about a product that works just as it should.
Also, I already put the money aside to grab one of these when the crazy dies down. I'm not interested if it's just "similar" to the original, but Springfield started doing their own thing with core components like the slide. Parts compatibility is key on this for me. I'll get the Girsan for less, or a good used practical.
If anyone knows the answer for fact, I appreciate it!
I still have a box of 6.5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer in my closet, "just in case" I find a Greek M30 rifle that I can afford.
Grab-A-Gun keeps sending me notice that they have a SA-35 available for the princely sum of $1199 ..... it can remain "available" at that price !
Yeah, I keep getting those too, nothing like trying to double your money.
I think the prices are starting to cool off a bit, there are some 'buy it now's' on GB for 899.00 and several sold in the 800's and even one sold at 725.00. When they get to around 650.00 or some IOP one's pop up i'll grab one, whichever comes first.
From what I can tell very few LGS's have gotten them, mostly large internet operations.
Sadly
Hopefully they're trickling in to the regular distributors then, maybe we'll see one around here, i'm first on the list at Highsmiths.
Ha. Put my name on that same list. 3 or 4 down I was told. They sure are nice people though. My new go to shop. 15 miles away but worth it. I noticed they have a Springfield Garrison in stainless.
