StarDust1
Member
Interesting poll, I've owned the H&K .45 auto, the new one that they intended for the joint service pistol trials.
It was a very problematic pistol, it's fit & finish were not emblematic of a $1,000.00 High end German firearm. Mine had a groove notched into the trigger guard, this to accomadate the trigger itself, problem was that under recoil it tended to pinch your trigger finger severely as on the reset your finger would be caught up between the two!
It was the most difficult auto I've ever owned to take down, a real PIA, I won't go into the details, it should suffice that if any of you own one you'll know just what I'm talking of, it was just ergonomically odd enough to prevent proper grasping for removal of the slide catch.
The pistol came with three grip inserts, none of which fit the pistol buttstock snugly, in fact they would shake about if you gently shook the pistol, further they would shift in your grip under recoil, which combined with the trigger groove, rendered my particular specimen very uncomfortable to fire, especially rapid fire!
Another thing that greatly annoyed me were the magazine feed lips, they were sharp, sharp enough to cut you if you weren't careful loading them. I was even able to get them to slice paper(like a pocket knife).
I obviously received a poor representation of the H&K work ethic, the proverbial "one that slipped" by if you will! However the worst was to come from the fine folks at H&K CS who were alarmingly nonchalant about the my whole experience, though they readily acknowleged the issue with the trigger groove being an issue that they were quite familiar with!
Everybody can churn out a bad one, however in this instance the pistol was so utterly unacceptable, with serious problems that were so clearly related to it's frame design that I found it profoundly overpriced and overrated....
It was a very problematic pistol, it's fit & finish were not emblematic of a $1,000.00 High end German firearm. Mine had a groove notched into the trigger guard, this to accomadate the trigger itself, problem was that under recoil it tended to pinch your trigger finger severely as on the reset your finger would be caught up between the two!
It was the most difficult auto I've ever owned to take down, a real PIA, I won't go into the details, it should suffice that if any of you own one you'll know just what I'm talking of, it was just ergonomically odd enough to prevent proper grasping for removal of the slide catch.
The pistol came with three grip inserts, none of which fit the pistol buttstock snugly, in fact they would shake about if you gently shook the pistol, further they would shift in your grip under recoil, which combined with the trigger groove, rendered my particular specimen very uncomfortable to fire, especially rapid fire!
Another thing that greatly annoyed me were the magazine feed lips, they were sharp, sharp enough to cut you if you weren't careful loading them. I was even able to get them to slice paper(like a pocket knife).
I obviously received a poor representation of the H&K work ethic, the proverbial "one that slipped" by if you will! However the worst was to come from the fine folks at H&K CS who were alarmingly nonchalant about the my whole experience, though they readily acknowleged the issue with the trigger groove being an issue that they were quite familiar with!
Everybody can churn out a bad one, however in this instance the pistol was so utterly unacceptable, with serious problems that were so clearly related to it's frame design that I found it profoundly overpriced and overrated....