I have an opportunity to pick up an excellent condition VP70 and have a few questions. Aside from actually being the first polymer pistol ever, it has several characteristics that seperate it from the rest of the pack and I've always had a natural attraction to more unique firearms. Are the triggers really THAT horrible? Do the Wolff striker springs make a noticeable difference and does anyone know where extra mags and spare parts can be found? It's remarkable just how far ahead of its time this thing was! To think, production on these blowback autos began in 1970 and at that time there was NOTHING that used it's method of construction or even vaguely resembled it. Having an 18 rnd capacity makes it more than competitive with anything out there today. How anyone could leave this pistol off of a "top ten" list of most innovative handguns ever, is beyond me??!!
Any HK VP70 owners?
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I shot it again today.
That 12 pound trigger is wearing on my finger.:supergrin:
That 12 pound trigger is wearing on my finger.:supergrin:
That said, it was never designed to be a connoisseur's weapon, and as a cheap-to-manufacture, high capacity, simple, serviceable handgun, it's not bad.[/QUOTE]
Somebody should have let the guys in HK's marketing dept. know that. At $600 MSRP, it was more than twice the price of a Colt 1911 in the '70's.
Somebody should have let the guys in HK's marketing dept. know that. At $600 MSRP, it was more than twice the price of a Colt 1911 in the '70's.
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we had one where I used to work. it was new in the box and had a red holster stock with the switch.
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I'd completely forgotten that the "space marines" from Aliens had the VP70 as their sidearm. Very cool!!
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On a different note...I have to question why the barrel was designed as a "blowby"? No question that this was designed as a machine pistol, with a cyclic rate of 2,200rpm no less!! As such, it would have been designed around(most likely)high pressure NATO spec sub-gun ammo, so it could be fed the same diet as the existing MP5's,etc. Being fed the hotter ammo, the velocities would most likely have been in line with standard pistol ammo, taking into consideration the % of velocity lost between the barrel surface and bullet jacket. It would also allow it to run slightly cooler during extended firing. Just thinking out loud here....
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