Browning BDM any experience?

FM12 · July 1, 2015, 02:37 PM

Local gun store has one, used, one mag. Any one with experience with them? Love the grip and operation.

rt11002003 · July 1, 2015, 06:27 PM

Try pistolsmith.com for a good review.

Viper99 · July 1, 2015, 07:25 PM

I will assume that it shoots a lot like the Beretta Cheetah, have the Cheetah, BDM still on my wish list.

Jim Watson · July 1, 2015, 07:31 PM

A guy here in North Alabama wore out three and keeps the best one patched up as a house gun.

Parts are hard to come by or he would have kept shooting them.

DanTSX · July 1, 2015, 09:56 PM

If you buy it, get used to that one mag..... Parts for these guns are hard to find. Maybe impossible.

They are good, quality guns, with very good ergonomics and triggers. But they hit the market at the wrong time, and Browning never put a lick of marketing effort into them. The end result is a short-lived, still-born pistol, which isn't that different of a MO than Browning / FN's follow-up efforts since then.

If you have other guns that you use and shoot, and you want an interesting gun from a time when the market and manufacturing was in a major state of transition, by all means, pick it up. But if you are looking for a first, second, or a handgun for specific person or purpose, I'd recommend widening the search.

tekarra · July 2, 2015, 05:53 PM

I had one and sold it because the "R" mode trigger was very mushy. In "A" mode it was a pretty good shooter. Wish I still had it.

gyvel · July 3, 2015, 06:34 AM

I had one, briefly, in Pre-Ban times with two hi cap mags. What sold me was the excellent feel of the grip. What turned me off and ultimately made me get rid of it were some of the Zamak internals parts and the use of Silastic to hold a certain part in the slide.

July 1, 2015, 02:37 PM	#1
FM12 Senior Member Join Date: February 5, 2007 Location: Monroeville, Alabama Posts: 1,683	Browning BDM any experience? Local gun store has one, used, one mag. Any one with experience with them? Love the grip and operation.

July 3, 2015, 06:34 AM	#7
gyvel Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2009 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 7,172	I had one, briefly, in Pre-Ban times with two hi cap mags. What sold me was the excellent feel of the grip. What turned me off and ultimately made me get rid of it were some of the Zamak internals parts and the use of Silastic to hold a certain part in the slide. __________________ As always, YMMV. __________________________________________ MIIAA SIFE

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July 1, 2015, 06:27 PM	#2
rt11002003 Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2014 Posts: 524	Try pistolsmith.com for a good review.

July 1, 2015, 07:25 PM	#3
Viper99 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2010 Location: CT Posts: 846	I will assume that it shoots a lot like the Beretta Cheetah, have the Cheetah, BDM still on my wish list.

July 1, 2015, 07:31 PM	#4
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,532	A guy here in North Alabama wore out three and keeps the best one patched up as a house gun. Parts are hard to come by or he would have kept shooting them.

July 1, 2015, 09:56 PM	#5
DanTSX Senior Member Join Date: October 11, 2008 Posts: 318	If you buy it, get used to that one mag..... Parts for these guns are hard to find. Maybe impossible. They are good, quality guns, with very good ergonomics and triggers. But they hit the market at the wrong time, and Browning never put a lick of marketing effort into them. The end result is a short-lived, still-born pistol, which isn't that different of a MO than Browning / FN's follow-up efforts since then. If you have other guns that you use and shoot, and you want an interesting gun from a time when the market and manufacturing was in a major state of transition, by all means, pick it up. But if you are looking for a first, second, or a handgun for specific person or purpose, I'd recommend widening the search.

July 2, 2015, 05:53 PM	#6
tekarra Senior Member Join Date: May 26, 2007 Posts: 1,164	I had one and sold it because the "R" mode trigger was very mushy. In "A" mode it was a pretty good shooter. Wish I still had it.