HK45 here?

[Razoreye]

What's the scoop y'all? Price?


http://hkpro.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70086&page=1

[Gun-nut]

That thread you posted says $970. That was posted by someone who sold three already.

[Greg Bell]

It will creep down to the high $800 range. There are only going to be a few until U.S. production starts. Then prices should be a little more reasonable (since there won't be the Euro/dollar disparity.

[Peacekeeper1408]

Just ordered one. Hope to have it by the end of the week. Will post pics.

[SHIVAN]

I'm geeked up to get one, but good Christ, I think I'll wait for the prices to normalize first.

[Code3Patriot]

I just ordered one through my LE distributor. I was told it would be a few weeks and that it would be coming from Germany. Are they not being manufactured in here in the states yet?

[VA_Dinger]

I think I'll wait for the prices to normalize first.

That is also my plan.

I figure prices will settle out after the initial rush is over.

[rubberneck]

I have to ask, but at nearly $1000 is it worth twice what an M&P, G21 or XD go for? I know it is new and cool but even if the price comes down to the mid $800's I still don't see what you gain for the premium.

[SHIVAN]

... I still don't see what you gain for the premium.

A pistol I want. Pretty straightforward.

[Greg Bell]

They probably won't get much below $899 for a while. I picked up one for $919.00 today. It is quite nice.

DAY 1: 250/250
Saturday, November 17, 2007

First 20 rounds out of the gun at 30 feet. Fired offhand at a medium/fast pace.



I drove to Adventure Outdoors and picked up my HK45 today. I wasn’t able to get him to hold it when I called them yesterday. Luckily no one there knew what it was. When I got there at opening time this morning, there was someone on the phone asking about it. Too slow!

First things first. The HK45 is a service weapon. It is clearly meant for military/police/sport use, not CCW. That said, it is just as easy to conceal as a 1911, and carries a little more easily because it is lighter. Second, the gun is basically a USP Compact .45 that has been P30-ized. That is a very good thing. Ergonomically, the HK45 is in a different world, hell a different galaxy from the USP 45 fullsize. Everything is better. The grip is better, the sights are better, the safety is much, much better, the mag release is better, etc. If I had a fullsize USP .45 I would dump it immediately in favor of the HK45.

The gun came coated in what looked like Cosmo/Vaso line. I cleaned it all off before I shot it. I also boresnaked the barrel. I bought 250 rounds of Blazer Brass 230 grain ball for “break-in” My first group of 5 was barely bigger than a nickel. I knew I was going to be happy. The HK45 comes pre-sighted from the factory with some of the smartest sights out there. The HK45, despite being a little shorter than a 5 inch 1911, has a slightly longer sight radius. Hk also nicely added superlumiova sights to the gun without additional cost. That means, basically, tritium is a luxury now. The Superluminova sights are, essentially, solar powered. They retain light and glow in the dark for hours after their last charge. All you need to do is flash it with a light and you are good to go! I just flashed my front sight with my X200 and it basically turned my front sight into an Aimpoint/bigdot. Remember though, tritium is availible to if you must have it. I won’t be bothering.

I shot 50 rounds bullseye at 30 feet/10 yards. For the next 50 I then set up two targets. I practiced the Tactical Response FAST drill (well, my version) on multiple targets at 21 and 30 feet. Since I don’t have a proper holster I used an Uncle Mike’s nylon belt slide for large autoloaders. It worked nicely.

The HK45 is just as controllable as a 1911, IMHO. The sights return to zero just as quickly in my hands.



The next 50 rounds were spend shooting at a 12x15 inch plate at 40 yards. The HK45 was dead on. The very prominent sights. Look at the picture above made focusing on the front sight a breeze. Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping.




The next 50 rounds was spent shooting on the move. I shot strong handed moving to the left, and with both hands moving right. The HK45 again, despite its lower weight, proved even better at this drill than my 1911. You might also note the interesting fact that my HK45 has a lighter trigger. My HK45 trigger weighs 4.5 pounds. My 1911 trigger weighs 5.7.

Also, my drill involve constant tactical mag changes (I AM A NERD). The new extra large mag release makes strong and weak handed mag changes a snap. And the extra large slide release (yes, I said slide release!) on each side make weak handed drills almost as much of a no-brainer as with a P7.

All together, I fired 250 rounds through my HK45 today. As expected, it did not malfunction. It put every piece of brass 6-10 foot to my right and back.

The HK45 will probably feed anything. I noticed no bullet set-back even when rechambering ball multiple times. There was never any “feeling” of the action straining to feed a round like I can sense in a 1911.

Anyway, 250-300 more tomorrow including a lot of hollowpoints I have been saving.