Traded for a Like New HK45 Today

[JDR]

Today I traded two safe queens, a Gen4 Glock 22 and an HK USP 40 straight up today for a like new HK45 with 2 extra mags (4 total). Tomorrow will be the first time at the range;

Question: Anybody familiar with one of these have any advice on factory ammo that the gun shoots particularly well?

 

[jamal28]

Be prepared to get spoiled by arguably the best polymer .45 on the market.

 

[Bentonville]

I don't have the HK45 but I do have the HK45C. It has not had a failure since I put the first rounds through it in 2007. It has fired PMC, S&B, WWB ( quality control issues with deformed casings in several instances), Federal Champion, Speer Gold Dot, Rem. Golden Saber, Blazer Brass, and Fiochhi. No problems whatsoever with many rounds. I believe the HK45 will have the same results. Folks on HKPro.com seem to really like the HK45. Hornady and the steel cased Russian stuff aren't particularly popular, iirc.

 

[PO2Hammer]

I had the HK45, now I have the HK45C. Never found a factory load that didn't shoot well, although I shoot mostly handloads.
Blazer brass would be a good start, then a reloading press. My .45 caliber HKs have been fantastic with handloads.

 

[Phaedrus/69]

It should run everything fine. Congrats! That's a beauty of a pistol!

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Mine eats any ammo I feed it and is a great shooter. Enjoy man.

 

[JDR]

This afternoon I ran 100 rounds each of Tula steel case and Federal aluminum case ammo through the HK45. This handles recoil of the Fed ammo noticeably better than my G-21, which really isn't bad anyway. Very happy with the way it hits the targets with the cheap ammo.

 

[tarosean]

Plastic Safe Queen???????????????????????


Congrats on your trade thou...

 

[Shipwreck]

Glad it worked for ya!

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Plastic Safe Queen???????????????????????

I thought the same , but hey, we're all different right?

 

[Phaedrus/69]

I dearly love the good ol' USP but mine is kind of a safe queen, too (or would be if I had a proper safe). It's on the large side for CCW; doable but I have a P30S, USPc and P30L that are slightly more concealable that fill the same role. The one time I generally do carry a USP is while camping. I dunno why but the big old built-like-a-brick-gunstore USP is very comforting to have when I'm out in the sticks. I really like that the USP can fire the hottest of +P+ loads All Day Long, day in and day out. My particular USP has also been outfitted with a Match Trigger. While handguns are not ideal for gunfighting I can't imagine a much better gunfighting handgun than a USP.

If I won the lottery I'd absolutely buy an HK45! But I probably won't buy one anytime soon, and for the same reason I eventually sold my beloved USP45 Tactical. I have reached the point where any gun I own has to have some utility for CCW. If I can't carry it then I need an extraordinary reason to keep it. I probably will get another USP45 Tactical again down the road (at the time I used the cash to fund a near once-in-a-lifetime deal on an HK that has become my primary EDC CCW) just because I love the gun so. I probably like the USP45 a bit more than the newer HK45. It just fits my hand so well, and holds two more rounds.

Still, I could probably talk myself into an HK45! But I'd rather have an HK45C...a little better for CCW.