Yeah, title is bold, but it's the truth. My very first handgun was a HK USP 9. Loved that gun. But sold it several years later just due to it's size.
Welp, I was in the market for a new full size 9, and the VP9T fit the bill. Bought it without touching one before, bc HK, what could go wrong.
Cleaned and lubed it up before taking it out for it's first outing, which was a couple of weeks ago. I also greased the rails with WeaponShield grease. Also use WS CLP on the other parts.
100 rounds of WWB and 50 rounds of Blazer Brass.
2nd round, I have a failure to load. Click and the chamber was empty.... Rack the slide and visually saw the next round chamber.
I know about the issue people have with rest their thumb on the slide lock/release, so I was being mindful of where my thumbs were to hopefully, not have any issues. Well hell, after shooting 1 way for so long, hard to change. Clicked on an empty chamber and magazine. FFFUUU.
First 15 rounds and 2 "malfunctions" already.
So I tried to change my grip up. This made my grip on the pistol awkward and I couldn't get a strong grip on it. I was experiencing a lot of muzzle flip. So I do the normal 2 thumbs forward, but this time, I have my thumb underneath the bar. PS, I'm shooting left handed. After the 2nd or 3rd shot, the slide locks back. Make sense, since I probably applied upwards pressure on the bar. Bah! So now I have my left thumb pinned underneath my right thumb. I'm hitting about 1" right at 10 yards. I'm thinking it's most likely me, since I would think HK would zero their sights first?
I still got a couple failures to lock back on last round. I had my partner shoot and she experienced a failure to load on the last round of the magazine. Not sure wtf that's all about. Had to drop the mag and rack it. Also, while she was shooting, I noticed how poor the extraction power is, compared to the Glock 19 and my M&P 9c. The casings were barely flying to the rightt. I noticed a couple practically plopped right next to the shooter.
I'm told, try a hotter 9MM round. So I brought 100rds of Aguila 124gr and another box of 50 of Blazer Brass 115gr with me today. I also adjusted the rear sight so it looks like it was perfectly center.
Started with the Aguila since it's suppose to run hotter.
I place my left thumb on top of the right thumb's knuckle area.
Bang, and failure to feed. SOB. 2nd round in and malfunction already.
Drop mag and rack slide. Nothing fell out. Looks like it just didn't strip off the top round completely.
Finished mag without issue. And I have to say, a solid ragged hole with only 1 non-touching @ 15'. I know that's not elite, but that's pretty decent in my books.
2nd mag.
Bang, and same ****ing problem. FTL. UGH. Finished mag with no issue.
3rd magazine. Bang Bang Bang, and maybe 1 more, then failure to eject! Stovepiped an empty casing. Failed to lock back on last round too. But this must have been caused by my thumb. It just naturally wants to see up there on the bar instead of my knuckle.
4th, 5th, and 6th magazine all had some sort of failure. Mixture of failure to load and eject and failed to lock back on last round.
7th magazine. I topped off with 5 Blazer Brass for a full magazine.
Bang, jammed FTL. Bang. Click. Empty chamber. Bang, another empty chamber. FFFFUUU. It's not longer a semi auto, but a single shot handgun.
Cleared out all the BB from that magazine and fired the rest of the 10 Aguila without issue.
Now I load up 3 15 round magazines with just the BB.
Suprisingly, the 1st magazine went through fine, but did fail to lock back on last round. I felt my thumb slipping. Old habits.
2nd magazine, issue started popping up again. Bang, jammed and FTF. Cleared and BANG, failed to feed again.
**** this. I'm frustrated and tired of this POS. Packed up and left.
This has been the WORST handgun I've owned by far. I wonder if it has anything to do with my right thumb. The bending knuckle, will lay almost on or just below the pivot point of the slide lock.
So I've put about 271 rounds through this gun and well. I'm hoping this isn't the "norm". I've contacted H&K today to see what they say.
Am I the only one having issues so far with the VP9T?