Carrying Baby Browning Cocked And Locked?

[Gun1]

Lately I've been considering carrying a Baby Browning. However, whenever I carry something I always carry it cocked. I've looked at the internals on the Baby Browning and they seem to be in very good condition. I've heard stories about the sear being so small and mounted at an angle that if the slides gets pushed upwards it can disengage and cause a negligent discharge. Is this true or is it only if the internals are already worn out?

[blue_heron]

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-1931-FN-pistol-aka-the-Baby-Browning-safe-to-be-carried-with-a-round-in-the-chamber-and-the-safety-engaged

https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/baby-browning/

https://www.idahostatejournal.com/the-baby-browning-is-a-pretty-simple-pistol/article_bf492282-782e-5b41-b8b5-7ed42e4c1ce9.html

https://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/Baby/baby.html

[riadat]

I would not.  I used to own one and i had this concern about it firing into my knee cap.  So because i could never get rid of that concern i got rid of mine.

[bill_deshivs]

If it were a problem, it would have surfaced in the past 89-90 years.

[pietro]

Lately I've been considering carrying a Baby Browning.

However, whenever I carry something I always carry it cocked.

I've heard stories about the sear being so small and mounted at an angle that if the slides gets pushed upwards it can disengage and cause a negligent discharge.

Is this true or is it only if the internals are already worn out?

Go to a safe place, like a range; load a single round into the chamber; point it downrange & push the slide up with a dowel (so your hand won't be harmed if it fires) and see if it discharges.

That should tell you if the sample in your hand is safe or not.

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[RogueTS1]

I am confident it would not fire. Folks have been carrying it as such for over a hundred years now but if you take a look at the sear surface and its extremely small size you probably would not care to trust it. If you have to have it for fast action. Carry it cocked on an unloaded chamber. That will make the charging of the weapon extremely light and hence a bit quicker in a pinch. That is how I carry my BB when I carry it. 

[bearcatter]

Latest issue of Handgunner magazine has an article on .25s. Only two pages, but still interesting. A few photos of .25s, and of advertisements for them.

[RICKS PLACE]

If I had one, and, not so old and set in my ways, I would probably carry one cocked and locked.  However, I have a severe mind set.  I can't even carry a 1911 cocked and locked.  So, I carry revolvers. I have never heard of a Baby Browning going off by accident.  It is one fine gun. 

[blue_heron]

Jeff Cooper, the founder of the Modern Technique of the Pistol, had definite rules and opinions about cocked and locked and specifically with the 1911-Pistol. He favored condition-one, and I've carried the 1911 Pistol in condition-one since the late 1970s.
Condition One: Round in the chamber, hammer cocked, safety on with the loaded magazine.
Condition Two: Round in the chamber, hammer down, with the loaded magazine.
Condition Three: Empty chamber, hammer down with a loaded magazine.
Condition Four or (condition stupid) empty chamber, hammer down, no loaded magazine inserted. 
Bottom-line; if you're not comfortable with the Baby Browning design, why carry it at all?

[LHB]

As I have asked, and never gotten an answer to, when did the army change from from a cavalry trooper carrying his 1911 cocked and locked on his horse, to carrying with no round in the chamber?

It is my understanding that the army wanted the thumb safety added to the 1911 to make it safer to carry cocked and locked on that horse, because it was thought that the grip safety wasn't safe enough if you were having to try to control a bucking horse with the pistol in your hand.  I have read that a cavalry charge turns into the biggest horse race you ever could hope to see, and then throw gunfire and the screams of wounded men and horses into the mix, for real chaos.

[blue_heron]

Youtube Video Grip safety Origin of the 1911 Pistol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh6uJpwRBc4

Another link explaining the Cavalry connection. https://pistolsmith.com/m1911-pistols/23024-origins-grip-safety.html

[OV-1D]

  Dang Blue that text knocked me back in my seat .

[blue_heron]

OV-1D, my bad. This was intended to be Baby Browning 25acp caliber font, and I typed 45 acp font. This always happens when I misplace my reading glasses.

[Honky Tonk Man]

I didn't mind Blue Heron.  If everybody used that font; I could throw away my glasses. 

[RogueTS1]

The BB has no hammer. It is a striker fired pistol.

[riadat]

You asked and you got my opinion.;  I owned one and i didn't trust it and i sold it.

If you trust it, carry it.

I have a beretta bobcat in 25 acp with 9 total rounds and it doesnt have a striker which is cocked and being held by a piece of metal from discharging. 

It has a hammer and an intertial firing pin.  Very safe gun.

[autofull]

ok, as a repairman i have seen,tested and tried on purpose to have small striker fired auto pistols fire when cocked and locked. all but one and i mean all  but one failed at one point. the one that did not fire was the baby browning and its copies like the bauer and psp. but i still will not trust one guys. you do as you wish.

[RogueTS1]

I agree. I love the BB but I just cannot find it in me to carry it Cocked and Locked. 

[Boisesteve]

I agree with what the knife maker said up near the top of this thread.
But... that's why I like single actions. They are inert objects while being carried. None of those other worries.
I know, quality firearm design and then training in its use should make things go ok, but I'll stay with what I know.
Steve in Boise

[RogueTS1]

Let me rephrase what I said in post #17. As John Wayne stated in "The Shootist," Always carry on and empty chamber and if you know you are going into trouble you can always load that sixth chamber. With the BB I like to follow along the same lines. I carry it with the chamber empty in a pocket holster. (It is not the only gun/weapon on me) If I believe something is up I would have no problem cocking and locking it until the threat con was over. 

[autofull]

i agree, very low slide racking resistance involved.