Montrala
I'm sponsored competition shooter representing Heckler&Koch, Kahles, Hornady and Typhoon Defence brands in Poland, so I can be biased
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”Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American… The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state government, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people”
~Tench Coxe
P30 is made in Germany.
HK45 and HK45C were initially completely made in Germany, then molds for frames were sent to USA and frames were made in USA with "top" made in Germany and sent to USA (you should see German proof marks on slide and barrel of "made in USA" pistols). Then HK decided that there is market for HK45 and HK45C also in Europe and they restarted manufacture of complete pistols in Germany for European market.
Montrala
I'm sponsored competition shooter representing Heckler&Koch, Kahles, Hornady and Typhoon Defence brands in Poland, so I can be biased
http://montrala.blogspot.com
i picked up a brand new P30, a couple weeks ago, and i've run a couple hundred rounds of 115gr Perfecta and some IMI jhp die-cut 115gr ammo thru the gun and it's run flawlessly.. I did lube up the slide grooves and the frame where the slide would make any friction before ever firing the gun.. And even my other HK's P30sk, VP9sk, VP9, P30L have run flawlessly since day 1
No, I can verify to the best of my ability (no equipment for metallurgical testing) that UMC is indeed brass. I just reloaded some UMC 9mm and it loads just fine.
What I caution about in 9mm UMC is iterated above: cartridge overall length is quite a bit shorter than spec, and can cause problems in some guns.
I shoot reloads but for range fodder American Eagle or Winchester, 115 or 124, is fine. Q4318 is a bit stouter and that's what I carry.
I've purchased many new pistols over the years and one thing that I've figured out is that not all 9mm pistols are sprung the same and the power of 9mm ammo varies significantly. Therefore, you can't assume that any factory 9mm will work in any 9mm pistol. Though I do reload, I keep a good variety of factory 9mm on hand as well. I always buy it by the case. When I get a new pistol, I shoot the higher power NATO spec ammunition through it to start with. If it's reliable, I'll run weaker ammo through it. Most guns will run with the full variety of ammo, but some simply require the higher power ammo. That's not to say that there's anything wrong with the lower power ammo if it doesn't run in a particular gun. Based on what the OP has said, I'd surmise that he got a more heavily spring pistol and tried weaker ammo in it. The combination didn't work. I'd also surmise that HK simply put some of their factory ammo through it and it ran fine, so they included the video to demonstrate that the pistol was working reliably.
BTW, if a gun simply does not run with a variety of factory ammo, I send in a video of it failing with the various types of factory ammo. That significantly reduces the odds that you'll get the pistol returned to you with a note saying that they could find no problem.
Shot another 150 rounds today ejection is strong no issues. Runs great like my older P30
”Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American… The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state government, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people”
~Tench Coxe
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