Zaydok Allen
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Hey gang,
I just thought I'd share a new acquisition I made recently. I's an HK P30SK with night sights and HK's light LEM trigger.
My two concealed carry guns have always been six shooters or less. One is a Ruger SP101 (5 shot) and the other is a SA XDs in 45 acp (6 shots). I lived my life in a way that minimized the potential for criminal threats while I was out and about. I was content I had enough ammo on tap to deal with any bad situation I'd come across. I live in a small town with little violence or crime, though some does spring up from time to time. I avoid cities at night and I think that is a big part of living a safe lifestyle.
Then I met a woman who lives in the city to the north of me and suddenly I find myself in the city more often, and frequently at night. The thing I noticed is that I see groups of clearly intoxicated or drug influenced people in groups of two to four staggering down the streets on a regular basis. I see that as a potential threat so my concern grew. There is definitely racial tension in that town as well. So I found myself wanting more ammo than I was carrying.
After a lot of research, I still feel that 45 acp is a good choice for self defense for it's penetration characteristics, but modern 9mm ammo seems pretty capable as well for a defensive cartridge. So I picked up this........
The machining seems very precise as I expect from HK. The fit and finish are great. The interchangeable back strap and side panels allow you to fit the gun to your hand pretty well, and for me, the ergos in general are really great. I use the largest side panel on the right side, to fill my hand as well as possible, and the smallest panel on the left, so my fingers curl around as much as possible. My pinky wraps comfortably around the bottom of the magazine and is very comfortable in a one handed or two handed, thumbs forward hold. Your opinion may vary on the ergos. Some folks hate finger grooves and some folks hat the pinky dangle.
The Night sites glow brightly in the dark, and I'm confident I'll be able to pick them up quickly in a dark alley should I need to. It came with three magazines and they hold ten rounds each. In addition I got a pinky extension that increases the capacity to 11, and I'm going to experiment with that. So now I have 11 or 12 rounds on tap as apposed to 5 or 6.
I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, but that should change this weekend. I'll report back on the experience. This particular version (V1) comes with the LEM trigger which I find I really like. I believe everyone is familiar, but for those who aren't, it has a long but very lite and smooth take up, then there is a very clean break. So it's double action only, but it doesn't have the stiff pull you get on a lot of other DAO guns. It's more like staging the trigger with little to no effort in order to get a single action break. Very smooth. It's my first experience with this trigger type. No external safety.
I own a Beretta, a SA, a few Rugers, a couple S&W's, and have shot Taurus, Glocks, FN's, Walthers, and a few others I've lost track of. HK guns have been very (totally) reliable for me thus far, and I tend to shoot them pretty well. So I thought why not start carrying one?
Here she is next to her older cousins. Sorry for the crappy pictures. I don't have the proper lighting needed to take good photos of totally black pistols, and I had just oiled all of them up, so they are a bit shinier than normal.
From left to right, we have a P30SK, a VP9, and an HK45.
I just thought I'd share a new acquisition I made recently. I's an HK P30SK with night sights and HK's light LEM trigger.
My two concealed carry guns have always been six shooters or less. One is a Ruger SP101 (5 shot) and the other is a SA XDs in 45 acp (6 shots). I lived my life in a way that minimized the potential for criminal threats while I was out and about. I was content I had enough ammo on tap to deal with any bad situation I'd come across. I live in a small town with little violence or crime, though some does spring up from time to time. I avoid cities at night and I think that is a big part of living a safe lifestyle.
Then I met a woman who lives in the city to the north of me and suddenly I find myself in the city more often, and frequently at night. The thing I noticed is that I see groups of clearly intoxicated or drug influenced people in groups of two to four staggering down the streets on a regular basis. I see that as a potential threat so my concern grew. There is definitely racial tension in that town as well. So I found myself wanting more ammo than I was carrying.
After a lot of research, I still feel that 45 acp is a good choice for self defense for it's penetration characteristics, but modern 9mm ammo seems pretty capable as well for a defensive cartridge. So I picked up this........
The machining seems very precise as I expect from HK. The fit and finish are great. The interchangeable back strap and side panels allow you to fit the gun to your hand pretty well, and for me, the ergos in general are really great. I use the largest side panel on the right side, to fill my hand as well as possible, and the smallest panel on the left, so my fingers curl around as much as possible. My pinky wraps comfortably around the bottom of the magazine and is very comfortable in a one handed or two handed, thumbs forward hold. Your opinion may vary on the ergos. Some folks hate finger grooves and some folks hat the pinky dangle.
The Night sites glow brightly in the dark, and I'm confident I'll be able to pick them up quickly in a dark alley should I need to. It came with three magazines and they hold ten rounds each. In addition I got a pinky extension that increases the capacity to 11, and I'm going to experiment with that. So now I have 11 or 12 rounds on tap as apposed to 5 or 6.
I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, but that should change this weekend. I'll report back on the experience. This particular version (V1) comes with the LEM trigger which I find I really like. I believe everyone is familiar, but for those who aren't, it has a long but very lite and smooth take up, then there is a very clean break. So it's double action only, but it doesn't have the stiff pull you get on a lot of other DAO guns. It's more like staging the trigger with little to no effort in order to get a single action break. Very smooth. It's my first experience with this trigger type. No external safety.
I own a Beretta, a SA, a few Rugers, a couple S&W's, and have shot Taurus, Glocks, FN's, Walthers, and a few others I've lost track of. HK guns have been very (totally) reliable for me thus far, and I tend to shoot them pretty well. So I thought why not start carrying one?
Here she is next to her older cousins. Sorry for the crappy pictures. I don't have the proper lighting needed to take good photos of totally black pistols, and I had just oiled all of them up, so they are a bit shinier than normal.
From left to right, we have a P30SK, a VP9, and an HK45.
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