For those of us that remember the 'wondernines' of the late 80's and early 90's, the Browning BDM is probably the most unique of all the entrys. BDM stands for Browning, Double Mode. Browning submitted there pistol rather late in the process, did not market it aggresively, and got little interest from law enforcement and the civilian market.
The early versions were released before the the Assault Weapons Ban of 1993. These came with two fifteen round magazines. Later versions were released with two ten round magazines. My version has two ten round magazines that appear to be original to the pistol, as well as one more ten round magazine that appears to be fairly new.
The BDM has a host of 'custom' and unique features. My version is all steel, two tone that weighs 28 ounces unloaded. It has a 4 1/2" barrel, a pinned patridge style front sight, the rear sight bears a remarkable resemblence to the original Heine sights. Sights are 3-dot with the front dot being red and the rear dots white. The rear sight is adjustable for windage.
The slide is tapered, to aid in one-handed reholstering. This gun is probably the thinnest double stack 9mm I have ever handled. It is only slightly wider than a 1911. The magazine release in frame mounted behind the trigger guard and can be moved for left or right handed use.
On to the unique; Double Mode or Dual Mode means that this gun can be changed from double action only to double/single action. That's right, with just a turn of a switch you can change the trigger mechanism of this gun. The second unique feature is the ambidextrous safety/decocker/slide release lever. I personally think that this did more to kill the sales in the US than anything (at the time) as safe is down, and off safe is up.
Wheeler
The early versions were released before the the Assault Weapons Ban of 1993. These came with two fifteen round magazines. Later versions were released with two ten round magazines. My version has two ten round magazines that appear to be original to the pistol, as well as one more ten round magazine that appears to be fairly new.
The BDM has a host of 'custom' and unique features. My version is all steel, two tone that weighs 28 ounces unloaded. It has a 4 1/2" barrel, a pinned patridge style front sight, the rear sight bears a remarkable resemblence to the original Heine sights. Sights are 3-dot with the front dot being red and the rear dots white. The rear sight is adjustable for windage.
The slide is tapered, to aid in one-handed reholstering. This gun is probably the thinnest double stack 9mm I have ever handled. It is only slightly wider than a 1911. The magazine release in frame mounted behind the trigger guard and can be moved for left or right handed use.
On to the unique; Double Mode or Dual Mode means that this gun can be changed from double action only to double/single action. That's right, with just a turn of a switch you can change the trigger mechanism of this gun. The second unique feature is the ambidextrous safety/decocker/slide release lever. I personally think that this did more to kill the sales in the US than anything (at the time) as safe is down, and off safe is up.
Wheeler