Most people will shoot an 1911 better than their HK. Sorry HK fans.
Most will. Not sure what bearing that has on this thread whatsoever.
Most people will shoot an 1911 better than their HK. Sorry HK fans.
I would argue that the finish of HK pistols is honestly nothing special. The “Hostile Environment Finish” actually appears to show wear faster to me than some similar finishes/treatments, such as the S&W melonite or the older Glock “frying pan” finish. And the USP is notorious for showing a good bit of milling chatter marks on the inside of the slide.
@TunnelRat
H&K's Customer Service is infamous for having Representatives who are unfriendly, unhelpful, arrogant, condescending, short-tempered, and rude. There's actually an internet meme about H&K's Customer Service is that their slogan is; "Because you suck and we hate you." due to the way that they treat their civilian customers when they call with problems or ask any questions.
You can read no end of comments online who have dealt with their Customer Service, which is why it is often considered to be the worst in the industry among mainstream firearms manufacturers. Seriously, even Taurus is generally considered to have better Customer Service, because while they take a long time, make mistakes, and are generally ignorant of their own products, at least they don't try to pass the buck onto the end user when someone calls with an issue or sends a firearm in for repairs.
. All of this is hard to judge one customer service rep at a time.
cslinger said:The reality is any of the big players make a great product today and they have all had their product and or CS ups and downs over the years.
Glad you solved your problem. BTW, magazine springs are not weakened by compression. They are weakened by compression, decompression cycles.My first pistol when I turned 21 was an HK USP 45 manufactured in 2009. The guys at the gun store tried to talk me into an HK45 but I just didn’t love it and I don’t regret my decision. Recoil is very mild for .45 auto due to the recoil spring design. I thought briefly about trading it for an FNX45 but a friend talked me out of it citing that I would likely find the USP to be softer/better shooting.
Only complaint I have, which isn’t the pistols fault, is the garbage magazine springs. I don’t know if I was just unlucky or if it was my fault for leaving the magazine loaded for years but the springs lost their power, especially so in one of the three magazines it shipped with. Wouldn’t lock the pistol open on the last round and caused rounds to nose-dive into the feed ramp. The other two got noticeably weaker but still seemed to function well enough. I just spent $20 and ordered a set of three Wolff +10% power mag springs and decided to stop leaving my magazines loaded which solved the issue so it was an easy fix.
I’ve read somewhere that the metal used by HK to make magazine springs is not the best quality, or at least it wasn’t at one point. Not sure of the validity of that claim though.
Every magazine I've tested so far shows that the spring is weakened by leaving it fully compressed (leaving the mag fully loaded).BTW, magazine springs are not weakened by compression. They are weakened by compression, decompression cycles.
Every magazine I've tested so far shows that the spring is weakened by leaving it fully compressed (leaving the mag fully loaded).
So far I haven't tested one where the spring weakened so much that it would no longer function (although it is possible to find anecdotal evidence that such a thing can happen--as the post two up from this one), but they all weakened measurably.
BTW, magazine springs are not weakened by compression. They are weakened by compression, decompression cycles.