I bought one 9 months ago and it’s perfect. I’ve ran over 1200 rds with no malfunctions. I love mine

@ReLoadersBench

8 ай бұрын

Absolute tack driver. Never any function issues, just "cosmetic" and poor QA/QC IMO to let the obviously buggered front sight ship the way it was. But that's no longer an issue ;-)

I pre ordered mine. 6 months later it came with a mangled slide. Front sight was smashed into the slide. Two weeks later I had a new slide. It’s been a great pistol. Zero problems. Trigger is great. Just under 5 pounds and crisp. Paid 649. Happy with it.

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

Nice..I paid a LOT more than $649 for mine, but also didn't have as many issues as yours. Post my "fixes" it's been a tack drive and enjoyable pew pew...just not out of the box unfortunately.

Paid $650 for mine , runs like butter , trigger takes a minute to dial in but still happy with it for the money

I have an SA35 as well and I'm very happy with it. I've always been a BHP fan and was happy to be able to get ahold of one of these. A few things I've noted are the slide stop/release has some play from left to right and the pistol has a few sharp edges. Shoots fantastic. I gotta say, I love the description of the front sight issue..."this whole front sight is...fu____" LOL! Thanks for the review and I hope you get it all worked out.

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

The "repair" work was too long for a single video, so I broke it up into a few videos. Final results came out great. Very happy with my work I shouldn't have had to do to a new pew pew. Agreed, shoots fantastic and once I determined POA/POI it was a tack driver.

You have popsicle sticks in an organizer. Yes, your ocd will get the better of you. 😂

My first SA-35 likely had a cracked slide - after two trips back tp SA. where nobody could replicate my problem (although I told them exactly how to do so) they sent me a replacement gun, about half a year later. They always told me they are "waiting for parts". My replacement gun has the same issues with the front sight, but not as bad as on your gun. I agree with you - Springfield no longer builds guns, they just try to assemble parts. Your magazine is very different from the mags I had, and have now. Yours looks like the lower part is a something that is added to the upper part. My mags have been "one piece" metal mags. Congratulations - you are both very adventurous, and very skilled, and also methodical.

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

Based on your SA-35 experiences (and long wait times) I think I made the right call by doing the work myself. Turned out to be about an hour's worth of total time, but too long for a single video, so I broke it down into multiple videos. The last video was my range experience. I now have a tack driver...not so from the factory unfortunately! The magazine I have is not a "standard capacity" that ships with the SA-35 due to my state's...rules, so I have a neutered/compliant magazine.

@MikeMyers00

Жыл бұрын

@@ReLoadersBench Understood. What was the distance to the target? I assume you were using a rest? If I knew how to do so, I would post my own photos here - the front sight is off-set, as yours was, but other than that, there is no visible damage. I too paid much more than the price for the gun, probably about $250 if I remember correctly. I've been telling myself "it's only money", and I enjoyed the gun, enjoyed shooting it, I was satisfied with the (initial) accuracy, and I thought it was a great gun to just take to the range for target shooting. Then I found that it was seriously defective. I don't expect that on my replacement gun. My serial number was 5267, and the new gun is well over 9500, so maybe they have improved? Personally, I don't think a gunsmith ever touched my old gun, just some guy paid to put the parts together. I don't know what serial number range your gun is, but maybe it's even older than my original gun. I "should have" just paid $700, and that's probably all Springfield got from me - the gun store made a nice profit on my desire to get the gun sooner. Back to you, have you been shooting it much since fixing it? After 30 or so rounds, is it just as accurate as for the first few rounds? (That's where my first gun failed). I suspect if the gun is shooting well, you're going to enjoy it at least as much as I think I will, despite the extra work. (I wish they had charged more, and taken more care in building the guns, but then it wouldn't be such a "budget" gun I guess......

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

@@MikeMyers00 - This target was @ 10 yards. I don't use a rest when shooting pistols, as the range requires pistol shooters to be standing in this area of the range. I would have happily only paid $250 over MSRP...unfortunately the market in my state is what it is and capitalism is alive and well. Not only is SA apparently not "making" (maybe importing or assembling them now) pew pews they are definitely not checking them for quality. Makes me wonder if they are even now shot at the factory to ensure they truly function. My SA-35 is a bit older than yours with a SN of 50xx.

I just bought this gun and I need to do the paper work still today or tomorrow. But now I’m thinking maybe I should swap and buy the CZ 75B instead. Another old time classic.

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

Congrats on your purchase! I’m a CZ 75 (and 97) fan but for MSRP (or lower) the SA-35 is a sweet shooting tack driver IMO.

Thanks for this unboxing video. I've been considering buying one but not for some online prices. Springfield need to improve their SA-35 QC inspections. This doesn't impress me at all

Will look for part two after the tea !

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

Definitely more than 2 parts to this series!

@nickjm37fordel1

Жыл бұрын

@@ReLoadersBench 🙂

Glad I have the original ones from Browning. The SA 35 has been associated with problems from day one and the blueing is not very attractive compared to Browning’s high Polish

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

I view the new SA-35 as a "modern" (new/current parts) with slight design changes that make it "just a shooter" to me versus something to collect or shoot rarely. Disappointed in the QC/QA, but after my "repairs", all is well and I'm happy overall with the pew pew.

I bought one back when they first came out. Wanted it for my collection. Paid closer to MSRP on mine. I think around the $699 price. When I bought it I figured these guns would only go up in value. Mine came with an all metal Springfield Mag, front sight similar, barely flush, but a better fit than yours. Similar small punch mark around that pin on top of the slide. The hi-power has gone through many changes over the years, and I think this may be one of the best yet as far as changes to the original design. I am happy with the fit and finish on mine. Still a beautiful gun! Have yet to shoot it. Now, if I could just find a WWII Hi-power that was not $2500 to $3000! ;) Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us! :)

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I spent so much time on the sight work for both sights that the video would be too long for one video. If you see the final results it came out great and I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out. Took it to the range and it's a tack driver (last video segment shows my sighting in or zeroing efforts). DEFINITELY not worth what I paid, but for MSRP this is a winner.

@waylonlegend4603

Жыл бұрын

Have you shot yours? How long did you wait to get it?

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

@@waylonlegend4603 - I did shoot it and am quite happy with its POA/POI as well as overall performance. Not a single issue for a few hundred rounds now. Here's the video of my first outing and sighting in post the sight "repair"... kzread.info/dash/bejne/fKWOta6Ykrufl9I.html

@waylonlegend4603

Жыл бұрын

@@ReLoadersBench Thank you. I ordered one back in March and Still waiting. I was worried about malfunctioning like I’ve seen on other KZread channels.

Lucky you! I’m still waiting. Only one mag, come on Springfield. This is the best handgun for home defense and personal carry. I’m big fan of SA/DA handguns.

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully SA will have worked out their fit/finish/function issues by the time you get yours. I think they come with 2 mags from the factory, but my state limits our freedoms with the number of freedom seeds we can have in a magazine, so this came with an aftermarket 10 rounder as part of the PPT. I will say this magazine has operated flawlessly however. I should make a follow up video ;-)

@neilaxelrod5872

Жыл бұрын

@@ReLoadersBench SA ships with one 15 round mag when new. You can get MecGar mags for less money than the SA branded ones, and I believe MecGar OEMs them to begin with.

Save your money and get the real thing. I glad I bought several Brownings when they still made them. I guess now you can get the FN ones now. Don’t waste your money on the Springfield. They are just not interested in fixing the issues with this model

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

All my issue have been self resolved/fixed, so all is good now and as you can see in subsequent videos, it’s a tack driver now.

I have the exact same issue with the front sight on mine too.

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

Had a feeling I wouldn't be the only one with this issue. If you follow my subsequent videos you'll see how I remedied the problem. Came out nice.

after this and a few others I'm thinking about getting the Tisas version

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

Aside from WAY overpaying MSRP due to where I live and the front sight boo boo, I'm completely happy with my SA-35. I was never a BHP fan (1911 instead), but I do like this pew pew. Tack driver makes it all the better!

@remiel3315

Жыл бұрын

@@ReLoadersBench I'm also a 1911 fan, I only have my High Standard Executive right now, but i built my mentor a custom 10mm 1911 on a rock island A1 frame, he loves it and i didn't want to give it back, kinda like he does with me and my Mausers

@ReLoadersBench

Жыл бұрын

@@remiel3315 - Nice!

at least four minutes of rambling before you got into the meat of the video.

@ReLoadersBench

9 ай бұрын

yep, that's my YT video format