I said something on another thread about .40 Super and got flamed to death. Maybe since I did not explain myself. Said a few words and it was as though I shoved some pins up someone a$$. Not that anyone is going to listen anyway. Right! Man got to do what a mans got to do.
The HK, Sig, Glock, you name them. They are all great guns. That is, for what they were designed to shoot. In our little world of handguns, everyone is looking for more firepower in lighter packages and the industry is giving it to us. Company engineers are finding better ways to make lighters receivers and cutting better light weight slides. They are pushing the envelope with these cartridges and there is the occasional failure that we all hear about. In most any industry, three percent defective rate due to structural failure is acceptable. And I've seen them all break and we have all read about them here in these forums.
HK's are designed to shoot 45 acp, 45 acp +P and can handle large doses of 45 Super. The .38 Casull, like .40 Super, has almost twice the throttle of that 45 cartridge. The stresses on the gun are that much greater. How long before that gun has a catastrophic failure due to the extra stresses of that cartridge? I saw the .38 Casull at Shot Show and it is not your run of the mill 1911. It is a pretty beefed up gun. And, if I remember correctly, it even came with spare parts that were expected to fail after a certain amount of discharges. Just can't remember which parts and how often.
In the case of the HK, I would guess that the slide would fail before the receiver. Maybe?
HK's have that weird cut on the side of the slide, just above the rail. If you decide to do it, keep your eyes on the rails where the guide rod cover meets that rail. That is the weakest part of the gun (it's a hard point) and were some of the largest stresses are. Check it regularly from the inside.
Good Luck!
Robert
[Edited by Robert the41MagFan on 05-31-2001 at 02:06 AM]
