Just got an Inglis BHP

[android]

Looks to be very clean and in good shape.

[RaiderZee]

Great catch! I saw the very one online; if I hadn't sunk so much dough into Indy guns lately I'd have bid myself. Well done!

RZ

[crismans]

Very nice! This is on my "to get list" (which is so incredibly looooong!).

[theinterchange]

Crismans, I know what you mean. My want list is pretty big. sometimes it scares me! haha

Randy

[Solent MKIII]

Nice pickup - looks to be in really good shape.

[Alkali Jones]

Hey android,

Wow! Just... wow! Can I have it? Wow.

Dan S

[Dragonlady Jones]

Wow, great piece.

Guess I'll have to start looking for an Inglis...

[android]

Alright, so I've got the FFL transfer all arranged and I should have better photos later this week.

Anyway, I'm out running some errands on Sat afternoon and I stop in this little strip center gun shop I've been meaning to check out for a year.

In the display case they have an Inglis BHP with the stock/holster and another stock/holster for sale. So, I put the stock/holster on lay-a-way. I'm going to take the pistol over and make sure it fits right before I take it home.

So, I got a pretty historical and Indy related piece and I now own more Canadian handguns than most Canadians!!

[android]

Hey android,

Wow! Just... wow! Can I have it? Wow.

Dan S

Not if you live in Chicago... You know better!!!

[Alkali Jones]

Hey android,

Wow! Just... wow! Can I have it? Wow.

Dan S

Not if you live in Chicago... You know better!!!

Hey android,

Since I'm about forty miles south of Chicago in the nebulous "Chicagoland Area", (Custer Park) now can I have it? Really though, what a great find. Enjoy every shot!

Dan S

[interbak]

Very nice,

Just picked one up myself. the pictures are a little over flashed, but you get the idea.

Brian

[android]

In the display case they have an Inglis BHP with the stock/holster and another stock/holster for sale. So, I put the stock/holster on lay-a-way. I'm going to take the pistol over and make sure it fits right before I take it home.

So, I got a pretty historical and Indy related piece and I now own more Canadian handguns than most Canadians!!

Picked it up today and went and ran it through its paces. Trigger pull is way too hard. Made my finger sore putting 100 rounds through it. Mostly shot OK, but stove piped a few times. Sights may need to be aligned, but could just be off due to heavy pull.

The big DOH! (and I knew better, just didn't put 2 and 2 together) was that the ramp sighted Inglis BHPs do not have the slotted back strap to mount the stock, so I will not be getting that. I'll try and post more pictures tonight.

[interbak]

Android,

Typically the Inglis HP's that went to China, "CH" in the serial number, had the shoulder stock as well as the ladder type rear sight.
You'd be surprised how many guns, both Canadian and foreign us Canadians have!

Brian

[RCSignals]

Alright, so I've got the FFL transfer all arranged and I should have better photos later this week.

Anyway, I'm out running some errands on Sat afternoon and I stop in this little strip center gun shop I've been meaning to check out for a year.

In the display case they have an Inglis BHP with the stock/holster and another stock/holster for sale. So, I put the stock/holster on lay-a-way. I'm going to take the pistol over and make sure it fits right before I take it home.

So, I got a pretty historical and Indy related piece and I now own more Canadian handguns than most Canadians!!

Did you buy this from a Canadian source?
i've heard of importation problems of Inglis's to the US. BATF does not consider them as qualifying as 'sporting purpose'
(I have no idea where the notion any has to qualify a 'sporting purpose' the Second amendment doesn't mention such a thing)
anyway glad you got it with no trouble.
Is yours cut for a wood holster/stock? most fixed sight versions are not, but some are

[RCSignals]

Very nice,

Just picked one up myself. the pictures are a little over flashed, but you get the idea.

Brian

That looks to have it's original finish

[interbak]

Yup,

Original gray parkerized finish, with the serial numbers "in the white" (stamped through after the finish was applied so they show bare metal through). The lanyard ring was missing, but I picked one up on ebay. The only rough part is the hacksaw cuts in the magazine, used to reduce the 13 round capacity to 10 rounds to suit Canadian laws. The mag was cut with a hacksaw and and dented in to stop the follower from going past 10 rounds, crude but effective. There are better ways to do it that are not invisible, I'll keep looking for one of them.

Brian

[RCSignals]

The serial numbers were actually engraved, not stamped.
I hope you find an original Inglis magazine, they are unique, not that a regular HP one won't work.
typical Canadian laws won't allow grandfathering, too bad. I guess it's lucky any military arms are allowed to be surplussed there.

[interbak]

Actually, we have tons of ex-mil stuff up here. Modern automatic stuff is virtually impossible for the average person to own, but vintage stuff is all over the place. Lee-Enfield rifles, BHP's, 1911's, 1917's, Lugers, P38's, Garands are all readily available. The only grandfathered mag capacity I know of is the M1A1 Garand, which has a 10 round clip. The law only allows 5 rounds in a semi-auto rifle, but the Garand can still have 10. This is a good time of year for gun owners up here, with the fall hunting seasons starting there are gun shows almost every weekend from now until Christmas.

Brian