I bought this gun a year ago. It was used and ceracoted grass camo tan. It had been sitting unwanted for quite some time. The price had been lowered several times. I walked out the door with it for around 300.00. It's an ugly mud duck which is what I was looking for. I wanted an HK I didn't have to regret carrying or inflicting rash on. What I noticed though is the ceracote made the cocking serrations a bit slippery. It took the edge off enough that my hand would not get a reliable purchase while manually cycling the slide. Enter the VP9.
I bought a VP9 just before the SK. At first I wasn't sure what I thought of the charging supports. Seemed like an unnecessary feature. Over time I came to really like them. Though I don't struggle to grip, having the supports kind of made it comfortable. Back to the mud duck.
While handling the duck I was bothered by the slick serrations enough to ruminate about a remedy. The VP9 was sitting on the table in the rear of my field of vision. My eyes focused from the mud duck to the VP9 and the solution occurred to me. Charging supports on the p2000sk. So, after a brief solicitation here of take-off charging supports, I bought a pair from HKParts as part of a larger order.
They are hollow on the inside so I filled them flush with JB Weld and let them cure overnight. Then I applied enough JB Weld to them to adhere without squishing out around the edges. Let them cure and voila!, charging supports on the mud duck. I figure it can't hurt the value of the gun any more than what has already been done to it. Hey, it's the mud duck. Now some pics from my crappy phone camera.
We'll see how long they last. :biggrin:
I bought a VP9 just before the SK. At first I wasn't sure what I thought of the charging supports. Seemed like an unnecessary feature. Over time I came to really like them. Though I don't struggle to grip, having the supports kind of made it comfortable. Back to the mud duck.
While handling the duck I was bothered by the slick serrations enough to ruminate about a remedy. The VP9 was sitting on the table in the rear of my field of vision. My eyes focused from the mud duck to the VP9 and the solution occurred to me. Charging supports on the p2000sk. So, after a brief solicitation here of take-off charging supports, I bought a pair from HKParts as part of a larger order.
They are hollow on the inside so I filled them flush with JB Weld and let them cure overnight. Then I applied enough JB Weld to them to adhere without squishing out around the edges. Let them cure and voila!, charging supports on the mud duck. I figure it can't hurt the value of the gun any more than what has already been done to it. Hey, it's the mud duck. Now some pics from my crappy phone camera.



We'll see how long they last. :biggrin: