Owned a Browning hi power here in the UK in the 1990's prior to the handgun ban i believe it was one of the last fully manufactured in Belgium, later models were assembled in Portugal and were stamped as such .The Springfield variant looks like a great improvement well done Springfield !

My first time on this channel and A new Springfield Browning is highlighted. Your channel showing was awesome and in deciding factor to purchase one. I have a 1944 that came out of Brussels plant just days before the German exit. Plus 2 more new models that are great guns. This gun at this price with this quality is a no brainer. I will buy one.

Now's time to binge watch Matt's videos and catch up on his reviews.

Looks like there is huge improvement on everything. Well done!

awesome review. just convinced me to get this for my next pistol.

Hey guy, I just stumbled onto your channel because KZfaq suggested it, since I have been watching whatever I can find about the new SA-35. I carried Hi Powers daily for a long time before the "plastic blasters" came along, and love them. I'm excited about this new gun. Now I just have to wait until more of them get into the pipeline. The ones out there now are going for insanely high prices. Let me say a word about your video. I've been in the gun game for 50 years now, and of course have seen a lot of videos. You are an excellent presenter, and clearly are a professional. Your 9 minute video showed me everything I needed to see, and didn't waste my time. I love that you actually sat down at the bench and shot the gun on a paper target so we could se the accuracy potential of the pistol. I get so tired of watching kids banging away at a big steel target and dumping a mag as fast as they can. This tells me nothing. You have the best and most concise video I've seen so far on the SA-35, much better than some of the "big name" KZfaqrs. So, a big thumbs up on your presentation. I have subscribed to your channel, and if you ship, when demand settles down for this gun, I'd probably buy from your shop.

That chair with the revolver cylinder as a base is great :)

Excellent review in the shootability of the new Springfield. It should be very popular..

Sub'd. I sold my Argie a few years back. Taking a hard look at this. Very good review and proressional shooting.

Thanks for uploading!

Just picked mine up today from your store! Thanks for all your help. I came home and disassembled the magazine, put it back together, the slide was functioning normal now when racking on an empty mag locking to the rear. I think something was wrong with the magazine follower not pushing up against the slide stop lever, you did mention it probably had to do with the magazine. . Anyway, cant wait to shoot it next week. Thanks again!

Another 2 changes no one mentions: no firing pin block in the SA35 as in the Mark IIIs. Single piece cold hammer forged barrel vs the 2 piece braised barrels used in the Browninf HPs. I bought the SA35 after a 1 1/2 year wait. I have owned a Browninf High Power III for some 35 years. Back in 2014 I took it in to Terry Tussey for a trigger job and new sights. I then had it cerakoted at another shop. Thr SA35 has a lighter trigger but with noticeable creep. Livable but not crisp. So I swapped thr sear and hammer out of thr Browning into the SA35 so now the SA35 has an instant Terry Tussey trigger work. Super crisp. Absolutely zero creep. On or fire. No sense of any creep as as the sear slide across the hammer hook. Overall I love thr SA35. I've retired my BHP, and consider my SA35 my social work companion, along with my 5 1911s, HK VP9, and FN FNX .45.

Good presentation and execution.

Very interesting information.

I was disappointed by the accuracy from a seated rest at 30 feet. My Belgium Browning made in 1979 is very accurate. Was interested in this pistol but will wait for Springfield to fix all the problems people are reporting.

I'm certainly going to buy one. It will be a nice companion to my .40 Tactical HiPower I picked up in Germany during the mid-90's.

great vidio sir thanks for sharing i want one

The Browning HP35 is the granddaddy of Double Capacity handgun.

Sweet!

Great review. Now if I can only find a dealer who has one for sale other then Gun Broker asking $300.00 plus over MSRP

Felt disappointed to learn that the frame and slide are made in Turkey. Was hoping for a US-made pistol. Have a German marked P-35 made in Belgium in about 1944. Its in non-firing condition but is an important part of history. Glad to it.

A thorough review. I believe all internal parts are MIM.

This pistol is going to sell like crazy. People have been buying those Turkish made ones. I can’t wait to get my hand on an American made highpower.

Nice Chanel 👍👍👍

Excellent review.. You stated the SA 35 would be "a little hard to come by" Short supply is not a surprise.. This is a welcome offering from Springfield! The surprise (and disappointment to me) is the way many dealers are taking advantage of the short supply by demanding 2 or 3 times MSRP pricing! It's a despicable practice! Free enterprise is one thing but 12 to 16 hundred dollars for an item with a $699 MSRP is criminal in my estimation! It's dubious at best that the manufacturer is exacting that much of a mark up to dealers and distributors.. I find this practice discusting!

What was the actual trigger pull weight on the SA-35? It was mentioned that it was lighter than 10 lb but not down to the sub 5.5 lb specification.

Forged frame, no MIM, manufactured and assembled in the U.S. Only $700??! Sounds too good to be true.

Cool gun but it should be retailing at like 700 bux and the gunbroker crew has it going for 1.8k down to about 1.1k now.

Thanks for the review! I was just wondering how does the SA-35's accuracy compare to other "modern" polymer framed pistols like glock 19s, Sigs and others? Is this pistol more accurate to your experience? Also, how does it compare to the original Browning Hi power's accuracy? Thanks!

Do you have any in stock? I'm about a two hour drive.

Not a big Springfield fan, but this pistol might change that stance. How many mags does it ship with?

Does it have a firing pin block like the later Hi Powers?

Can I buy a new style hammer from Springfield, for my old Browning?

Where can I order one?

Springfield SA-35 or Girsan MC p35???

I would like to buy one? I’ve called and have been to a few gun shops and nobody’s got one!

I would get another CZ75B before I got a high power clone.

I’d rather shoot my FNS9L any day of the week & I have several old hi-powers

It irritates me that every KZfaqr that reviews this pistol gets so much wrong. First, any Hi-Power shooter (it's my EDC) has been using the Mec-Gar 15 round mags for at least 20 years. Springfield didn't invent that, they just supply them with the same Mec-Gar 15 round mags everyone buys - Mec-Gar also made the 13 rounders for FN. The old 13 rounders have a "tail" on the follower to prevent you from over-compressing the spring and weakening it. With modern metallurgy that's not an issue thus the 15 rounders without the "tail." The burr (no bite) hammer has been an option from FN almost from the beginning. Most BHPs went out with the long hammer, but many contracts also went out with the round burr. The extended safety and slide stop have been aftermarket drop-ins since at least the seventies. Not Springfield's idea. Removing the hated mag safety is the first thing every buyer with a brain has done for many years. In effect, and I applaud Springfield for doing so, Springfield built the pistol from the ground up with the best FN options (the bestest hammer for example) and the standard upgrades that every Hi-Power shooter did on their kitchen table or sent to companies like Cylinder & Slide to have done for them. I applaud them for doing so, but they didn't invent any of this. They just looked at the standard upgrades that everyone has done for many decades. If FN had done this they'd probably still be making them (and charging their outrageous prices). Good job Springfield, but I wish tubers would stop crediting Springfield for the upgrades that have been standard for many years.

No way will I buy one, accuracy sucks

Not impressed with the accuracy at all.

Great review, unfortunately the pistol is still a very outdated overweight dinosaur. The improvements as stated are the bare minimums of what is deemed acceptable today.

Interesting why Springfield decided to launch this project. The pistol is great, but too old design.

dieudonne saive had much more to do with that pistol than JMB.