Originally Posted by
azeriosu85
I will add to this thread, but my experiences will hurt some feelz.
With the new 2018 price drop on the HK P30's i was stoked! Figured i'd finally be able to get a few and get really good with the platform. I had a nice $1000 P30L back in 2013 that was nice but had a few FTE's i chocked up to "break-in". Sold it and have not had one until this year.
First one I purchased brand new back in April. At the new price point of $565. Felt great, was very happy. Took it out and put 400 rounds of 124gr Nato +P through it then some standard ammo and Federal HST. Ejection/extraction was all over the place. At about round number 520ish i started having bad FTE's. I took it apart inspected extractor and other parts of the gun, no issues seen. Figured it might be lighter ammo, so i ran 150 rounds of HST through it. 124gr +P as well. I had about 14 FTE's and a few weird things as well. Ejection was still all over since round 1. I was pissed. Traded it off and took a month off from new guns.
Fast forward to May, I bought another HK P30. Decided to give the platform one more try. Upon initial inspection i was bummed. MASSIVE tool markings under the slide. Probably the worst I've seen. Even worse than the older early 2000's CZ 75's. The grip panels seemed to have a different texture on them. They look the same but something about it just didn't feel the same as the older pre 2017 date code HK P30's. Both of these were 2018 by the way. Anyways, I headed out to the range. This time ready to go. 800 rounds of Nato 124gr +p, 250 rounds of WWB 115gr and 100 rounds of Federal HST. This Mofo was getting a workout. all was well until about 200 rounds in and ejections started getting more erratic. I figured maybe i was being a little girl and limp writing so i did the next two hundred with a gorilla grip and locked wrist...still no difference other than thumb knuckle pain lol. It fed them all but at about 700 rounds i got a 50/50 rate of 12:00 ejection, and BTF. Getting empties to 3:00 seemed luck of the draw and maybe 15% of the time with all ammo and multiple shooters. Left the range defeated and felt bad about the whole experience.
I decided to give it one last try after a good cleaning last week. Took it out with my new G19X and had a few other shooters there too to shoot it. once again I was getting 9:00 ejection/12:00/ etc you name it. Plus plenty of BTF. Round count at this time was over 1,000. "Stiff recoil spring" be damned as i ran some hot ammo through this sucker. Thus I haven't decided what i'm going to do with it yet. But I know for a fact it will be replaced with a CZ P-07 or P-01.
The P-07 seems very well built, and the gun looks to be a great AIWB candidate. At this time If i were you I would look for an older P30 or go 100% CZ P-07. Even though most dislike MAC's videos on the gauntlet, the P-07 seemed to be outstanding and was the only gun so far that did just as well as the rex.
There's my long winded experience anyways.
Have you contacted HK Customer service regarding your issues? I would be curious to hear what they say.
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