Gunnerboy
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Someone forgot to have one in the chamber.....
psyopspec, thanks for the backup. It's OK, I've been disbelieved many times - it's always interesting when I talk about the Glocks that have failed in my hand, ah, the screams and furor are always shrill and forceful.
To reiterate what I said earlier that was overlooked - I would hazard a good solid guess there was other factors involved - I was talking to the troops on the ground, the ones who had the repeated issues.
I also said HK makes a good product, and has a reputation that was earned, so we were very surprised to find all these issues with this first generation pistol. My boss went so far as to change what "USP" stood for, she was so disgusted with the problems. This was from a woman who loved the P-7 and the MP-5, by the way.
I also stated that this was 12 years ago or so, and any issues that many have been back then are undoubtedly fixed by now, like the famous teething issues of the CZ P-07, now completely rectified.
One last item - broken firing pin spring. Some guns, (SKS), were designed without one at all. Just a casual observation, nothing more.
golden, while I would assume the environment had something to do with the damage, incredibly poor maintenance will kill any gun, no matter how well it is built. In that case the staff needed some disciplinary action to rectify the situation.
The P8 is very reliable pistol I would trust in it's performance for both military and civilian use.The "can't be shot well" comment is based on the fact that many people find the grip on the USP to be too large for them to be comfortable with. It has "nothing" to do with the officers being crappy with guns or anything....lol. Don't take this so personally. That's not what I meant.
All I can say is I've NEVER heard of anybody else, anywhere on the entire planet, who has gotten rid of USPs because of "reliability" issues what so ever.
In fact, I bought this one all the way back on 23 AUG 1996 (still have the receipt right here if ya wanna see it...lol) and it has been flawless. It has literally thousands+ of rounds through it now over all these years, and I've never had to replace a single spring, firing pin, extractor...nothing at all yet. Nothing.
So, I still stand by my assertion that there is just something weird, strange and unnatural going on in Arizona that just doesn't happen elsewhere. Don't know what else to say.....
USPs are used by various military and L/E agencies in over 16 various countries with great results. Likewise by civilians all over the world for HD and CCW as well...with likewise impressive results.
All these problems in Arizona just seem quite suspicious to me.
I have no doubt there's been some BS in this thread, but the highest concentration seems to be in that post. Enjoy your HK; others, enjoy your Glocks. Keep them in good repair (no missing pieces, please ), and make sure the chamber's loaded if you need to use it.This thread reeks of BS...I, on the other hand, prefer the best.
SW, to the best of my knowledge they were full size 9mm. The ones we had on the rental range were full size and compact, 9mm and 40SW, IIRC. I don't remember any recalls issued by HK while I worked there.
HK is the best gun manufacturer in the world. <-Period.
Normally I would apologize for making such a blanket statement that "Joe-the-Plumber" types would find to be arrogant, condescending, and opinionated. But this is HK- they really are the best!
If you can't tell, I am in love.
Baring that justification, my first thought was thank god it didnt fire, after 2 years of no pistol practice, god knows who he would have actually hit.
He did not test fire his weapon after service.
Yeah ... the armorer messed up; but I test the brakes on the car before leaving the parking lot, man.
No, they just sent the ones that had the rounds in backwards...like the catalog...