Video of VP40

[OnionsAndDragons]

Maybe they didn't want people pulling a Sig 320? Meaning then maybe you'd be able to swap a 40 slide out for a 9 and vice versa. Just a trigger pulling monkey with no clue about engineering or design development grasping at straws...

I don't see how that's a real loss for them, though. Unless there are some silly legal implications I can't wrap my rational mind around.


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[JMorse]

When I first saw how beefy the rails were I figured this was coming soon. I wonder when the VP45 will arrive?

[BaiHu]

I don't see how that's a real loss for them, though. Unless there are some silly legal implications I can't wrap my rational mind around.


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My only answer is (and I'm an HK man) it's typical HK/German mindset?

[RJ]

Obligatory 'Where is the VP9c' comment.

But seriously: why a 40? From my noob position, it appears LEO (at least here in the US) are going away from the 40. So why introduce a SF 40 at this time?

[breakingtime91]

anyone else notice the recoil? Seemed really snappy when one of those patrol officers let a round off.

[Mitchell, Esq.]

When I first saw how beefy the rails were I figured this was coming soon. I wonder when the VP45 will arrive?

Yes...the VP45C please...

[PPGMD]

anyone else notice the recoil? Seemed really snappy when one of those patrol officers let a round off.

I saw that one too.

The guy doing the rest of the demos didn't have that issue. But he might have been using a 9mm since the video seems to be for both.

[JodyH]

I was hands on with a pre-production VP40 several months ago. It shoots like a VP9... except in .40 .
Kind of like comparing a Glock 19 and 23. Of course it's a bit snappier, but it's not .357 from a Scandium J frame snappy.
Nothing memorable about it, like the VP9 is just a well executed polymer service pistol, so is the VP40.

[Wayne Dobbs]

Obligatory 'Where is the VP9c' comment.

But seriously: why a 40? From my noob position, it appears LEO (at least here in the US) are going away from the 40. So why introduce a SF 40 at this time?

It's called "chasing contracts", especially the Border Patrol, who are firmly in the .40 camp and not leaving it for a while. HK already has them (the largest LE agency in the US) with the P2000, but that's near the end of service life, so they want to keep the business. I think the VP9 takes care of any normal service pistol requirement, but there's a lot of places out there that think they are better off with the .40 and HK will take care of that itch.

[JodyH]

It's called "chasing contracts", especially the Border Patrol, who are firmly in the .40 camp and not leaving it for a while.

Don't be so sure about that, there's a big push for 9mm from the instructor side of things.