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What is the value of a Browning BDM 9 mm Luger? The Browning BDM was not a commercial success. For an owner's manual, check with Browning. Well made, accurate rilfes.
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~ Thomas Jefferson. The BDM is a nice gun.
It's very thin, VERY THIN for a full size gun. It is light weight, alloy frame with parts held in place by roll pins. It comes in blue or Practical version and the trigger can be set to standard double/single action or a light double action only. I'd be surprised if you could find one for less than $400. It does have a few quirks.
The safety is a decocker so FIRE is UP while safe is down. They don't fit standard holsters. You can find magazines, but you have to look and they are pricey. Zte mf65m free unlock. The 13rd mags are very expensive. I find it kicks a little more than the steel HP. The double action first pull is long, and the single action reset is short -- if that bothers you. The light double action (basically from a half cocked position) splits the difference.
I've heard that gunsmiths hate them because of all the roll pins, but that's just hearsay. It does have a few quirks. The safety is a decocker so FIRE is UP while safe is down. They don't fit standard holsters. You can find magazines, but you have to look and they are pricey.
The 13rd mags are very expensive. I find it kicks a little more than the steel HP.
The double action first pull is long, and the single action reset is short -- if that bothers you. The light double action (basically from a half cocked position) splits the difference.
I've heard that gunsmiths hate them because of all the roll pins, but that's just hearsay. Vern[/QUOTE] One small comment; I don't know of a 13 round mag for the BDM. The hi-cap mag holds 15 rounds. I have two types, both factory. Both have the 5-10-15 round holes on the back; one is simply marked '9 mm-made in USA' while the other says Browning BDM and the usual Clinton-era law enforcement/export only phrase. I tried a ProMag and it jammed the gun.
Bought my BDM used with only one hi-cap mag but I was lucky enough to find an almost new hi-cap mag online at a SoCal Gun for $50 and I got three more by buying them with a FN HP-DA which uses the same mag. Strangely, these three were the ones marked BDM. You can still buy factory 10 round mags; Midwest Gun Works has some. Best regards, Bill in Cleveland. 15 round magazine for browning 9mm bdm double action, 9mm bdm double action pistol, bdm 15 round magazine, browning 9mm bdm double action pistol, browning 9mm bdm double action. Pistol ammo, browning bdm, browning bdm 9mm 15 round magazine, browning bdm 9mm oem magazines 15 rd, browning bdm 9mm price, browning bpm d 9mm, browning double action pistols bdm, browning-bdm-d, factory magazine for browning bdm 9mm 15 rounds, is plus p ammo safe to fire in a browning bdm, what is the best ammo for 9mm bdm double action.
The BDM was the first Browning that I purchased, I was talked into it by the salesman who stated that it was thinner than the High Power and held more rounds. What he didn't tell me was it only came with one magazine and extra magazines were $100 each.
I had strapped together a lot for the pistol and was upset that I couldn't get hicap magazines for a decent price (this was 1996). I also did not like how the thumb safety operated (pressing down activated the safety, so you had to press up to fire -- very different than what I was used to and I didn't like the idea of having to change my thinking or training to work with one pistol that I intended to carry occasionally). I also didn't like the small slide stop, too hard and small to depress in slide-lock. I would press down on the thumb safety to release the slide (as mentioned in the owners manual), but that put the gun in safe, so I had to push up in order to fire.
Just didn't like that idea at all. Of course now I don't use the slide stop at all, I rack the slide after a reload to get the gun into battery. Gross movements are a lot easier to perform under stress. It shot well, just the ergonomics didn't suit me.