That mallet thread was pretty stupid, sorry.
That mallet thread was pretty stupid, sorry.
Semper Gumby, Always Flexible
I didn’t think that it was stupid per se, I just couldn’t reproduce the results on my N of 3.
I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
I never said it would fire. It won’t. Unlike the P320.
You will get a dead trigger and I was able to reproduce my findings on one other sample. It takes a hard hit and is unlikely to be a real world issue but for me the VP9 was not compelling enough otherwise to stay with it.
Try it for yourself.
A PPQ will also drop its striker with much less of a hit. It also will not fire.
@JonInWA, As far as failures to lock back and or auto forwarding: my experience is 2x P30l, P30, and VP9 all suffered from this. A friend’s VP9 has had problems locking back to the point where it took a trip back to HK without any resolution. He still carries it though because love.
I am pretty sure it is grip related on the failures to lock back, but it truly takes very little pressure to activate the slide releases on these. I believe some folks have ground them shorter in an attempt to improve the behavior.
Last edited by Doc_Glock; 07-15-2018 at 07:10 PM.
The VP9 has massive slide stops so it could be related to that. I find it hard to believe that there would be a mechanical reason for the gun to not lock back.