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HK 45

azzeaterazzeater Member Posts: 187 ✭✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
I don't know what model it was but i looked at an HK 45 last week and wasn't impressed at all. As a matter of fact, i thought it was junk but don't want to offend any HK guys/gals. My buddy has an HK .40 that is different, i don't know what either model is but i think his is A LOT better. The one at the shop was too bulky atop and too light for my taste. What a puke of a gun! I guess i should fire one before judging it but i don't even care to do that. Plus, it was about $200.00 bucks more than the CZ i was interested in and not as nice as the SIG they had for $729.00. It appeared to be used as it was very loose and the slide didn't give any resistance. I could have chambered one by rubbing it down my leg. any comments on these pistols?? are people just paying for the name??


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  • azzeaterazzeater Member Posts: 187 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm thinking of getting preston one.... What do ya'll think of them?? Has anyone handled one yet?

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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've got the USP Match and Tactical models and like them both, they have been accurate, reliable and feel good to me. With mine the only way you could pull the slide back by rubbing it down your leg is if one of the sights caught on your pants. That would indicate a problem such as a broken spring ... I'd stay away from it.

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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Your radar is working fine if you like the CZ. Why pay more? I like the H&Ks, and they are heavy built guns, supposedly. I'm thinking of trying to acquire one, but the prices, you're right, are still too high. My dealer tells me he doesn't have a single one in the shop any more because they just stopped selling. Realistically, dealers should be unloading these near wholesale. Some are still pretending they're "hot." Whether a gun is popular and whether it is quality are two different things. The CZ is not as popular as it should be for its quality. Probably, the USP isn't either, any more. Both are good guns. The CZ is a better "value" at its price and very nice to look at. The care in design is obvious.

    There are lemons of all brands. I once picked up a Sig 220 (the one that also had Browning's name on it) and I couldn't even pull the double action trigger. I literally could not get the trigger back far enough to dry fire the piece. Needless to say the Sig 220 design, which is attractive, did not make any points with me that day. Sounds like your H&K needed some work on its guide rod/spring assembly.

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    Edited by - offeror on 07/24/2002 19:25:17
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Personally, I never liked the look of the HK P7 with the grip cocker -- it just looked wrong. Reputation aside, I think it was the ugly gun, in the pre-glock era. But the SOCOM project gave HK a whole new "panache" in the handgun department. But nobody could afford an M23, so here comes the USP, touted as a gun being tested for adoption by various military and police units. Whether it was or not, the SOCOM momentum carried the USP for quite a while. But when everything blew over, the USP simply lost popularity -- too common, to expensive, too many other choices on the shelf. Still, I'm belatedly getting interested in a full-size .45 with an accessory rail, and adjustable lever for left-hand shooters. Not to mention a dual-spring recoil reduction system, on some models, at least. But, since I'm not buying in during the feeding frenzy, I would not expect to pay top dollar anymore either. They really are past their popularity, however well regarded they still may be with the military. We'll see... Some models have already been discontinued, apparently.

    By the way, I can't pass up this opportunity to ask those who are dealers, what should I expect to pay for a full size USP in .45 caliber with the stainless slide?

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    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

    Edited by - offeror on 07/24/2002 20:04:01
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