H&K Pistols

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Well, I am starting this thread for those of us who have HK pistols and rate them as their best of one the best pistols.

Also in this thread I hope we can discuss HK related questions.

I have HK P2000. I really like the gun, and now I am looking forward to purchase P30 whenever it becomes available.
 
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I have many great pistols, but the best all-round pistol for me is my HK P2000SK .40S&W.

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P2000 in .40 cal & I really like it. Not one malf ever, accurate. Another THR member suggested the flat mag floorplates to make it more concealable & he was right. Whenever the HK 45 gets released, I'm in.
 
You bet I am in as soon as I get my hand on HK 45.

I am also thinking of getting all HKs made so far and have a collection.
 
The P7 series including my P7M8 are truely outstanding...the new stuff is good quality but not outstanding! Dennis
 
P7M8 FTW. I own a SIG 226 purchased in 1992 with 20K rounds thru it, a Kahr PM9 and my favorite HK P7M8. Man do i love the HK. I am an avg shooter with the others, but transform into an amazing shooter to the point that I amaze myself:) Needless to say I am buying another one the P7 PSP. If you talk to anyone that has owned a P7, they will say the same thing. And they end up multiplying like rabits:)
 
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My USP45. It's one of the Custom Combat ones. Basically I think H&K tried to move their color frame models by putting Novak sights on them and throwing in some other goodies (embroidered soft case, decal grips, etc.). I actually wanted a black one, but the last USP45 in the store was this one in tan. I'm glad I got it now, the tan really grew on me, plus I think they've quit making the color framed USP's now.
I really love that pistol.

Jason
 
HK guns may be the best on the market. I say may because I don't own all brands, but of those that I do own, the HKs take the cake. I own Walther, Beretta CZ, Sig, Seecamp, Glock, Sphinx, Makarov and Colt.., pretty good company, but if tonight, I was sent to war, I'd want my HK.

They each have their own personality. The P2000sk is a bulldog, "let's roll" sort of piece. The USPc is my long distance runner, while the Elite is a refined gentleman, cool yet capable of great things. The P7 is the nerd of the group, a little odd, capable of wonderful things, it hears that "different drummer".

Don't get me wrong...I love all my babies. I like quality firearms. Mediocre, average or also rans turn me off. That's why I stay away from certain brands. Why suffer, when perfection is so near?
 
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My Vp70z remains one of my all time favorite 9mm pistols - heavy trigger pull and all. I bought mine back in 1986 and have many thousands of rounds through it and it continues to run like a top. Once you get used to the trigger, it's an amazing gun with great accuracy potential. Plus, it's hard to argue with 19-rounds of 9mm on deck... ;)
 
I'm quite fond of all of mine, but I'm more impressed with the older stuff. I carry a P7 just about every day.

When it comes to .45, I prefer the 1911 platform over the Tactical, but I wanted to suppress it and H&K was nice enough to provide something that was already threaded, and the Tac. is a pretty fine gun itself.

I don't have a picture of it yet, but the trigger on the P9S is pretty fantastic as well.

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It took me a while to realize what fantastic firearms HKs really are, but they are great. I never thought I'd say that a quality polymer firearm existed. I was all about steel or alloy, but HK is what got me into appreciating polymer handguns.

There is definitely a strong following to HK pistols, no surprise there. I am very eager to see how the new HKs fair in the polymer handgun race. Every manufacturer out there is quickly pushing out new and improved polymer platforms, lets see how HK will fair in this race.

The only thing I don't really like on HKs are their triggers. Long slack, really long reset, horridly long DA and heavy SA, but they work well and I still shoot decently well in SA.

Otherwise,fantastic all around.
 
:neener: Sometimes you just have to be in the right place at the right time. I purchased my P7/PSP from Frankonia Jagd (That's in Deutschland for those of you from Rio Linda!) in 1988 as an inventory liquidation special for . . . $320. :neener: Murphy's Law of Firearms Acquisition: "Whatever you think you might want to purchase today should have been purchased twenty years ago!" It finished at least one roebock after I screwed up and joined me on field exercises frequently. It remains in "95%" condition and recently acquired some very nice nussbaumholz grips from the Old Country. My Daughter will inherit it. :D
 
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:D And another thing! I suppose I'm just gettin' old but I haven't found a .45 equal to my P9 Spannabzug. Some newer pieces like the Ruger 345 come close but, somehow, just aren't the same. The P9S has this wonderful combination of (low) mass, pointability, accuracy and exquisite "feel" (especially with walnut grips) that I have never found with other products. It suffered from two major drawbacks: acquisition cost and relative complexity. Purchased in 1989, its $840 fee was greater than a high-grade SAKO rifle and Deutschers do like to make a dozen parts do the work of three! When RAF terrorists threatened my unit in Germany, it was carried, inconspicuously, in the thigh pocket of my BDUs. I continue to shoot it whenever possible. It continues to be as accurate as when new and shows no visible wear. Son #1 gets it when I'm gone! :D
 
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The only thing I don't really like on HKs are their triggers. Long slack, really long reset, horridly long DA and heavy SA, but they work well and I still shoot decently well in SA.
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I think it's a European thing, but I could be going on bad info. From what I hear, they prefer some slack in the trigger. I have gotten so used to mine that I really don't notice it, because I know exactly where the slack stops and I can kind of stage the trigger pretty quickly. But, I have heard so many good things about the competition trigger kit that I'm thinking hard about sending mine to H&K to have it done. I've heard it comes out much smoother if you get H&K to do it.

Jason
 
It's interesting that this thread turns up right now .... The local gunshop just got in a brand-new USP45 Compact--a noteworthy event, because this shop only rarely has any kind of HK to sell. Anyway, I've been admiring it. Any experiences or recommendations about this model?
 
I have several and love them all to death. P2000SK .40 V3 is my usual carry piece. I shoot a USP Expert .40 in IPSC (I wanted something with controls similar to my carry gun). I just bought one of the "final 500" P7M8's because I can and I've wanted one for 20 years now. :)
 
I've had three, USPC .40, P2000sk .40, and P2000 .40. Hate them all due to the stupid magazine release lever thing. Don't like dropping my mag with the trigger finger, a weak hand finger, or completely rotating the gun 90 degrees to reach the lever with my with my stronghand thumb. And I have very large hands. It's an awkward task no matter how it's done and it's a completely different manual of arms than any other pistol I own.

It's just a stupid, stupid design. Germans just cannot make a decent magazine release. At least it's better than the old butt release.
 
I've owned several flavors of USP...they were good guns, but never really hit that sweet spot for me. I have a P7M8 now, and I love it. The only thing I don't like about it is how hot it gets....it cuts down on my shooting time. :D
 
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