Furyataurus
11-07-2008, 03:35 AM
Taken from GT, guy sounds like an idiot.
This is just a follow up to an earlier thread of mine concerning H&K's new ,45 auto(only)called just the H&K .45! If you're considering buying one of these I'd strongly caution you away from it! I purchased one just over 3-months back and it remains the singularly biggest POS firearm I've ever purchased from anyone at anytime and that includes the Bangor Punta S&W debacle! I will not re-review it for everyone, just point out several obvious shortfalls.
1. Trigger guard has a small hump/bump that by itself would be just fine, however the standard trigger obviously was to big for the trigger guard so they had to scallop the trigger guard from that bump/hump rearward to the ambi-mag release. it's sharp and deep enough to catch your finger after the trigger resets AFTER EVERY shot. Let me be clear on this, it's very painful and distracting to fire this weapon as a result of this little mistake, rapid fire drills are all but impossible and H&K is well aware of it! Yet they will not fix the issue, I was told that they recomend
the use of a shooting glove! The H&K tech I talked with even advised that it was ok for ME to take a moto tool to it and try and smooth it down though they themselves refused to do this for me as they were addressing issue number two.
2. The new model comes with a set of interchangable backstraps, small and medium! The one marked small that came with my pistol did not fit well, as say a S&W M&P which slides in with the precision of perfection, on my M&P you can't even see the grooves or line seperating the two pieces! They sent me several replacements and ditto for those as well! I ended up having to send the firearm into them over this issue, upon recieving it and examining the issue the tech told me that ALL OF THE INSERTS MARKED SMALL did the same thing and they'd notify the parent office in Germany! I was left with ABSOLUTELY NO assurance that they'd take care of me on that issue! In fact the impression I was left with was that they could care less about it! Let me be very clear on this, my H&K .45 auto(MSRP, $1200.00)displayed a fit and finish that was nowhere near the level of quality and workmanship displayed on a pistol that was priced at well under half of it's pricetag! Doesn't bother you? Wait and see how distracting it is to have your grip frame slide about in your hand during fire! To hear it clicking in and out of it's grooves! Additionally the pistol is not shipped with a tool(a punch)thats required to effect the swapping out of the rear grip components! You'll hear from die-hard H&K fans that this is no big deal, I'm not one of them. At this pricepoint I expect the little extras!
3. The magazine feed-lips are not quite razor sharp, but their damn close and will cut your fingers(deeply)if you're not attentive to the task!
I just wanted to be sure that this follow up was posted, there are also other serious issues that I've not elaborated on at this time! You need to place your hands on one of these pistols at the GUN RANGE before you drop your cash on one! I'll not respond to any of your query's, I'm not going to argue with the internet commandos who will tell you that H&K pisses tiffany cufflinks. If you've been tossing around the possibility of dropping a grand on one of these you'd best heed my warning because you're in for some serious dissapointment if you don't!
Good luck lads.....
This is just a follow up to an earlier thread of mine concerning H&K's new ,45 auto(only)called just the H&K .45! If you're considering buying one of these I'd strongly caution you away from it! I purchased one just over 3-months back and it remains the singularly biggest POS firearm I've ever purchased from anyone at anytime and that includes the Bangor Punta S&W debacle! I will not re-review it for everyone, just point out several obvious shortfalls.
1. Trigger guard has a small hump/bump that by itself would be just fine, however the standard trigger obviously was to big for the trigger guard so they had to scallop the trigger guard from that bump/hump rearward to the ambi-mag release. it's sharp and deep enough to catch your finger after the trigger resets AFTER EVERY shot. Let me be clear on this, it's very painful and distracting to fire this weapon as a result of this little mistake, rapid fire drills are all but impossible and H&K is well aware of it! Yet they will not fix the issue, I was told that they recomend
the use of a shooting glove! The H&K tech I talked with even advised that it was ok for ME to take a moto tool to it and try and smooth it down though they themselves refused to do this for me as they were addressing issue number two.
2. The new model comes with a set of interchangable backstraps, small and medium! The one marked small that came with my pistol did not fit well, as say a S&W M&P which slides in with the precision of perfection, on my M&P you can't even see the grooves or line seperating the two pieces! They sent me several replacements and ditto for those as well! I ended up having to send the firearm into them over this issue, upon recieving it and examining the issue the tech told me that ALL OF THE INSERTS MARKED SMALL did the same thing and they'd notify the parent office in Germany! I was left with ABSOLUTELY NO assurance that they'd take care of me on that issue! In fact the impression I was left with was that they could care less about it! Let me be very clear on this, my H&K .45 auto(MSRP, $1200.00)displayed a fit and finish that was nowhere near the level of quality and workmanship displayed on a pistol that was priced at well under half of it's pricetag! Doesn't bother you? Wait and see how distracting it is to have your grip frame slide about in your hand during fire! To hear it clicking in and out of it's grooves! Additionally the pistol is not shipped with a tool(a punch)thats required to effect the swapping out of the rear grip components! You'll hear from die-hard H&K fans that this is no big deal, I'm not one of them. At this pricepoint I expect the little extras!
3. The magazine feed-lips are not quite razor sharp, but their damn close and will cut your fingers(deeply)if you're not attentive to the task!
I just wanted to be sure that this follow up was posted, there are also other serious issues that I've not elaborated on at this time! You need to place your hands on one of these pistols at the GUN RANGE before you drop your cash on one! I'll not respond to any of your query's, I'm not going to argue with the internet commandos who will tell you that H&K pisses tiffany cufflinks. If you've been tossing around the possibility of dropping a grand on one of these you'd best heed my warning because you're in for some serious dissapointment if you don't!
Good luck lads.....