What was it that Murphy's Laws of Combat said? Something along the lines of:
Bring a gun, better still bring 2 guns. And make sure your gun never has a calibre that starts with a number less than 4. Seems reasonable to me!
I never had any problems with the Browning - it worked fine as a paperweight. I always said if I had to use a sidearm then something had gone spectacularly wrong. I'd always rather use an L85 which although a bit heavy are accurate, reliable (now at least) and relatively compact and therefore good in confined spaces.