wild cat mccane
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Picked up a new Walther Q5 M1 (paddle release) and a new HK P30 V3 with night sights. Both were the same price and both with 3 mags. Both were lower than I’ve seen before.
Interesting observation on mags, the Walther mag is 15rnd and the HK is 17rnd. The mags are the exact the same height when you place them upright on a table. However, the HK mag is significantly more angled, and the Walther is rather straight upright. Just rather interesting observation for pistol given that both companies chased each other on and that the original P99 was 16rnd.
Walther Q5 – this is the second Q5 I own. I just like this set up and at the low price, it was worth getting a second. I also have the Walther Q5 Steel Frame. I admit I like both. BUT the SF does the knuckle rub that it’s known to have where they didn’t smooth part of the tang. I wouldn’t say one is more pleasant than the other, so the Q5 polymer is just a heck of a deal. If you're interested, gun.deals search (https://gun.deals/search/apachesolr_search/4063132855340) and is the current SKU starting in 284 and gets the free optic plate from Walther.
The SF feel nicer, but it is heavier and after a bit at the range I’m not sure that the heavy feel is a positive.
The Q5 polymer M1 is also in the better paddle mag release set up. Walther’s paddle is fantastic. HK has the same paddle release idea, but the Walther is just so much better in shape and function.
-I ordered a Dawson fiber to replace the red LPA 1.5mm optic. I’m learning LPA has a great rep, but I’m keen to see if I can burn the optic bulb smaller than the stock LPA optic bulb which is kinda large.
-I ordered the Overwatch Green and Red trigger springs, but don’t expect to use the comp red spring.
-I ordered 5 20rnd Walther M1 mags. I currently own a few and don’t know what the struggle is with the PDP 18rnd mag, but the Walther M1 20rnd mag has been rock solid for me.
HK P30 – I owned a P30L V3 and hated it. But that was years ago. Couldn’t shake the want again. I decided on the non L version this time. Comes with 3 mags and night sights. The DA is smooth but stacks horribly right at the end. The SA reset is just crazy bad. Thankfully my P30 does not have the slide release rattle. My P30L did. This great, but I’d already resided myself to putting something behind the levers to cushion. Great I don’t have to do that.
I have nothing really nice to say about the trigger, but I’m accepting it for what it is. I had a CZ P-09 too, but that trigger also was terrible. I figured I’d go with the P30 for my polymer trigger gun over the P-07 knowing full well that the P-07 probably could get a better trigger through Cajun works. Grayguns sent me their Reset Kit in 3 days of purchasing. So time to get to work on that.
-Though the description and SKU say the 3 mags are 15rnd, they all are the factory 17rnd with the red followers. Glad I was somewhat lazy on hitting purchase at BeeBe for their super low listed HK magazine conversion kits. Phew. I *bet* at this point that all current production HKs sell with the 17rnd mags regardless of the stock descriptions with 15rnd.
-Gray Guns has a sale right now that I didn’t know about and they aren’t advertising. In cart it showed up and knocked a bit off their short reset. Happy about that.
-I am considering the Lazy Wolf 11lbs hammer spring from hkparts. I am going to see what the Gray Guns reset kit does. They list that it cleans weight a bit, some say it does, but others say they saw nothing.
On my new P226 Elite, I bought it new but the barrel had a rather large hood wear mark. I called Sig and they exchanged for new without issue at all. I have had the P226 since November but let the wear mark sit with me for about a month before calling them and just got the new barrel. Shooting it soon.
Take care!
Interesting observation on mags, the Walther mag is 15rnd and the HK is 17rnd. The mags are the exact the same height when you place them upright on a table. However, the HK mag is significantly more angled, and the Walther is rather straight upright. Just rather interesting observation for pistol given that both companies chased each other on and that the original P99 was 16rnd.
Walther Q5 – this is the second Q5 I own. I just like this set up and at the low price, it was worth getting a second. I also have the Walther Q5 Steel Frame. I admit I like both. BUT the SF does the knuckle rub that it’s known to have where they didn’t smooth part of the tang. I wouldn’t say one is more pleasant than the other, so the Q5 polymer is just a heck of a deal. If you're interested, gun.deals search (https://gun.deals/search/apachesolr_search/4063132855340) and is the current SKU starting in 284 and gets the free optic plate from Walther.
The SF feel nicer, but it is heavier and after a bit at the range I’m not sure that the heavy feel is a positive.
The Q5 polymer M1 is also in the better paddle mag release set up. Walther’s paddle is fantastic. HK has the same paddle release idea, but the Walther is just so much better in shape and function.
-I ordered a Dawson fiber to replace the red LPA 1.5mm optic. I’m learning LPA has a great rep, but I’m keen to see if I can burn the optic bulb smaller than the stock LPA optic bulb which is kinda large.
-I ordered the Overwatch Green and Red trigger springs, but don’t expect to use the comp red spring.
-I ordered 5 20rnd Walther M1 mags. I currently own a few and don’t know what the struggle is with the PDP 18rnd mag, but the Walther M1 20rnd mag has been rock solid for me.
HK P30 – I owned a P30L V3 and hated it. But that was years ago. Couldn’t shake the want again. I decided on the non L version this time. Comes with 3 mags and night sights. The DA is smooth but stacks horribly right at the end. The SA reset is just crazy bad. Thankfully my P30 does not have the slide release rattle. My P30L did. This great, but I’d already resided myself to putting something behind the levers to cushion. Great I don’t have to do that.
I have nothing really nice to say about the trigger, but I’m accepting it for what it is. I had a CZ P-09 too, but that trigger also was terrible. I figured I’d go with the P30 for my polymer trigger gun over the P-07 knowing full well that the P-07 probably could get a better trigger through Cajun works. Grayguns sent me their Reset Kit in 3 days of purchasing. So time to get to work on that.
-Though the description and SKU say the 3 mags are 15rnd, they all are the factory 17rnd with the red followers. Glad I was somewhat lazy on hitting purchase at BeeBe for their super low listed HK magazine conversion kits. Phew. I *bet* at this point that all current production HKs sell with the 17rnd mags regardless of the stock descriptions with 15rnd.
-Gray Guns has a sale right now that I didn’t know about and they aren’t advertising. In cart it showed up and knocked a bit off their short reset. Happy about that.
-I am considering the Lazy Wolf 11lbs hammer spring from hkparts. I am going to see what the Gray Guns reset kit does. They list that it cleans weight a bit, some say it does, but others say they saw nothing.
On my new P226 Elite, I bought it new but the barrel had a rather large hood wear mark. I called Sig and they exchanged for new without issue at all. I have had the P226 since November but let the wear mark sit with me for about a month before calling them and just got the new barrel. Shooting it soon.
Take care!
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