XLMiguel
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With the demise of the AWB , I promptly went out and got some standard capacity mags for my 228 (now almost affordable @ $49) and then took advantage of Galyan's bailing out of the pistol market to buy a USP9C ($669). I had previously held off on the H&K 'cause IMO, it was too expensive to buy and then be limited to/frustrated by gelded magazines, but no longer, 3 - 13 round mags are on order.
Anyhoo, I goofed off Friday AM and took both out to the NRA range in Fairfax to make sure the SIG's mags worked OK, and break in the H&K, and thought I'd share my impressions of both from shooting side by side. The SIG has approx 2K rnds thru, the H&K was NIB.
As expected, the SIG functioned flawlessly wiht the new mags, and the H&K also functioned flawlessly. Both guns feel good in hand to me (I havae fairly large hands), though the SIG seems better balanced (less top heavy).
Physically, the H&K is the smaller/lighter gun - .3" shorter in length, .25" shorter in height, and about 2 oz. lighter empty, though I think it's a tad wider due to the safety/decocker lever.
Trigger-wise, the SIG wins hands down, partly due to the fact that it's broken-in, partly, well, it's a SIG. The H&K's DA trigger was pretty decent though, not as smooth as the SIG, but provided good feel and broke cleanly, feeling about as 'heavy' as the SIG. The SA trigger wasn't bad, but felt a bit gritty. It also felt comparabl;e to the SIG in effort, and I expect it will get better with use (my USP45C has a very nice trigger after about 1K rnds).
Accuracy - both are better'n I am. I did abit better with the SIG, probably because I'm more practiced with it. The SIG shot to POA with both the S&B and Silvertips I had for the day, while the H&K shot about an inch low with the S&B @ 25', POA with Silvertips.
Felt recoil was the same only different. I but a couple hundred rounds of S&Bthrough each, I split a box of Silvertips. Both are easy shooters, though the H&K seemed a little more so. Being lighter, it had a bit more muzzle flip with the Silvertips, but the ignition impluse seemed a little lighter/shorter overall than the Sig. Both were very controllable, and quick follow-ups were no problem. Eiother would make a fine CCW piece.
FWIW, it was a Good Friday
Anyhoo, I goofed off Friday AM and took both out to the NRA range in Fairfax to make sure the SIG's mags worked OK, and break in the H&K, and thought I'd share my impressions of both from shooting side by side. The SIG has approx 2K rnds thru, the H&K was NIB.
As expected, the SIG functioned flawlessly wiht the new mags, and the H&K also functioned flawlessly. Both guns feel good in hand to me (I havae fairly large hands), though the SIG seems better balanced (less top heavy).
Physically, the H&K is the smaller/lighter gun - .3" shorter in length, .25" shorter in height, and about 2 oz. lighter empty, though I think it's a tad wider due to the safety/decocker lever.
Trigger-wise, the SIG wins hands down, partly due to the fact that it's broken-in, partly, well, it's a SIG. The H&K's DA trigger was pretty decent though, not as smooth as the SIG, but provided good feel and broke cleanly, feeling about as 'heavy' as the SIG. The SA trigger wasn't bad, but felt a bit gritty. It also felt comparabl;e to the SIG in effort, and I expect it will get better with use (my USP45C has a very nice trigger after about 1K rnds).
Accuracy - both are better'n I am. I did abit better with the SIG, probably because I'm more practiced with it. The SIG shot to POA with both the S&B and Silvertips I had for the day, while the H&K shot about an inch low with the S&B @ 25', POA with Silvertips.
Felt recoil was the same only different. I but a couple hundred rounds of S&Bthrough each, I split a box of Silvertips. Both are easy shooters, though the H&K seemed a little more so. Being lighter, it had a bit more muzzle flip with the Silvertips, but the ignition impluse seemed a little lighter/shorter overall than the Sig. Both were very controllable, and quick follow-ups were no problem. Eiother would make a fine CCW piece.
FWIW, it was a Good Friday