Helwan Brigadier

tubbyfirefighter · January 13, 2012, 05:21 PM

I just aquired a helwan 9mm, not to familiar with it, does anyone else own one. I was told that they are an exact copy of the beretta 1951. Do the parts enterchange and such?

m.p.driver · January 13, 2012, 05:41 PM

Parts should interchange,made on the same machinery,helwans are just a little more rougher finished.Bought one of each back in around 1990 on the same table at a local gunshow.Never tried to swap parts though.

James K · January 13, 2012, 08:53 PM

Yes, parts should interchange. The Beretta Brigadier (they later re-used the name) was a decent gun, just behind its time, a single action pistol when the world was going to double action. Beretta built on the experience, though, and came up with some good DA pistols.

Jim

shootniron · January 13, 2012, 08:58 PM

Parts will interchange, or at least they did many years ago when I had one.

They are actually good, reliable and inexpensive little guns. When I bought my first Helwan they could be bought for $100.00...that was about 25yrs ago.

10-96 · January 14, 2012, 06:24 PM

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helwans are just a little more rougher finished

Man, that's an understatement!

The two I had ran like scalded apes, but they looked like they had each part hammered out with dull cold chissels by a one armed drunk chimp.

tubbyfirefighter · January 15, 2012, 04:48 PM

Thanks for the info guys, i really like the little gun. I got sausage fingers so i tend to lean towards the single stack pistols, and this one fits perfectly in my hand.

Te Anau · January 29, 2012, 08:26 PM

Sounds like others have had luck with their Helwan.Mine was a poorly made piece of junk and completely unreliable.

January 13, 2012, 05:21 PM	#1
tubbyfirefighter Member Join Date: August 16, 2011 Location: Muhlenberg Kentucky Posts: 42	Helwan Brigadier I just aquired a helwan 9mm, not to familiar with it, does anyone else own one. I was told that they are an exact copy of the beretta 1951. Do the parts enterchange and such?

January 29, 2012, 08:26 PM	#7
Te Anau Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2004 Location: Somewhere south of the No Posts: 3,824	Sounds like others have had luck with their Helwan.Mine was a poorly made piece of junk and completely unreliable. __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." --American author Mark Twain (1835-1910)

January 13, 2012, 05:41 PM	#2
m.p.driver Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 552	Parts should interchange,made on the same machinery,helwans are just a little more rougher finished.Bought one of each back in around 1990 on the same table at a local gunshow.Never tried to swap parts though.

January 13, 2012, 08:53 PM	#3
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	Yes, parts should interchange. The Beretta Brigadier (they later re-used the name) was a decent gun, just behind its time, a single action pistol when the world was going to double action. Beretta built on the experience, though, and came up with some good DA pistols. Jim

January 13, 2012, 08:58 PM	#4
shootniron Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,599	Parts will interchange, or at least they did many years ago when I had one. They are actually good, reliable and inexpensive little guns. When I bought my first Helwan they could be bought for $100.00...that was about 25yrs ago.

January 15, 2012, 04:48 PM	#6
tubbyfirefighter Member Join Date: August 16, 2011 Location: Muhlenberg Kentucky Posts: 42	Thanks for the info guys, i really like the little gun. I got sausage fingers so i tend to lean towards the single stack pistols, and this one fits perfectly in my hand.