I got one off gunbroker for about the price you're seeing them. I thought it was a steal! I wasn't crazy about the color until I got it, now I love it!! Mine is he full size, just saw you're talking compact. For that price I'd buy it in a second.
Picking up an HK45 Compact in the near future. Thinking about sand color...
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Well, I decided that I just can't pass up that value. Especially after seeing @PC7's post of his... so I ordered it.
http://www.hkpro.com/forum/hk-handgun-talk/231543-ral-8000-hk45c-tactical.html
I would really like to see a well worn or dirty sand color model if anyone has one.
http://www.hkpro.com/forum/hk-handgun-talk/231543-ral-8000-hk45c-tactical.html
I would really like to see a well worn or dirty sand color model if anyone has one.
Pics!?
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Picked up the new 45C today. I must say that I am much more impressed with the color in person than I was from most photos online. It seems to me like this color is kind of like the original Glock "OD" where they appeared to be coyote tan in photos but were clearly green in person.
These things look very mustard yellow in most photos, but it looks a lot better in person... at least to me. The trigger is quite smooth right out of box, so that's good. It is fairly heavy in DA, per usual with HK's. A few thousand dry fires should lighten that up a little bit.
I'm happy with it so far! Wishing my holster would hurry up and get here.
I think these photos fairly accurately represent the real color of the gun. For $749, it's a freaking steal!
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These things look very mustard yellow in most photos, but it looks a lot better in person... at least to me. The trigger is quite smooth right out of box, so that's good. It is fairly heavy in DA, per usual with HK's. A few thousand dry fires should lighten that up a little bit.
I'm happy with it so far! Wishing my holster would hurry up and get here.
I think these photos fairly accurately represent the real color of the gun. For $749, it's a freaking steal!
Picked up the new 45C today. I must say that I am much more impressed with the color in person than I was from most photos online. It seems to me like this color is kind of like the original Glock "OD" where they appeared to be coyote tan in photos but were clearly green in person.
These things look very mustard yellow in most photos, but it looks a lot better in person... at least to me. The trigger is quite smooth right out of box, so that's good. It is fairly heavy in DA, per usual with HK's. A few thousand dry fires should lighten that up a little bit.
I'm happy with it so far! Wishing my holster would hurry up and get here.
I think these photos fairly accurately represent the real color of the gun. For $749, it's a freaking steal!
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Nice pistol! yea, i saw some like this sand one for sale a lot cheaper than the black, just like you. I think some think they have to be black to not look like a toy. I think it is a good look, but i do wonder if you ever sell one of the cerakote models, if it would sell as good? I had a FNP 9 that was the FDE and wanted to sell it a few years back. It did take a while, because nobody wanted the non-black look. I think you did good as long as you plan on keeping it and not just flipping it for profit. I am really wanting one also, but am waiting on a few things to shake out before i can either buy a HK45,HK45C,HK USP compact 45, or maybe a CZ Scorpion carbine. Just cant decide which i would like first, because the others would have to wait for a while.
Hey guys, so interesting discovery. First off, I want to make it clear that I am not upset by this in the least. This is not a criticism or bashing of HK in any way. I love them.
Everyone says that cerakote is nearly impervious to wear. Well, after only about a dozen or so holster presentations with the 45C, I noticed a bit of wear on the high points at the muzzle end. Like, THROUGH the coating. This seemed a little surprising as I have seen plenty of cerakote "abuse" videos where they do all kinds of stuff and the gun comes away no worse for wear. I did some googling to see if cerakote would respond to chemical strippers and the consensus seems to be that it does not. So I decided to do a little test to see what would happen and stripped my slide, sprayed a little Kleen Strip towards the front of the slide and let it sit for 10-15 min.... I then took a little bit of 000 steel wool and rubbed the slide a little. To my surprise, the coating started to come right off.
So I decided to give it a hose down all over the external areas of the slide and let it sit again, then wipe down the whole thing. So this is after just one treatment. I was actually thinking about sending it out for one of "battle worn" cerakote finishes, so this helps me visualize what that would actually look like. While it's not quite the same, I do actually like it so far.
This is my first experience with cerakote. So what do you guys think? Is this actually cerakote or something more like durakote/guncoat?
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Everyone says that cerakote is nearly impervious to wear. Well, after only about a dozen or so holster presentations with the 45C, I noticed a bit of wear on the high points at the muzzle end. Like, THROUGH the coating. This seemed a little surprising as I have seen plenty of cerakote "abuse" videos where they do all kinds of stuff and the gun comes away no worse for wear. I did some googling to see if cerakote would respond to chemical strippers and the consensus seems to be that it does not. So I decided to do a little test to see what would happen and stripped my slide, sprayed a little Kleen Strip towards the front of the slide and let it sit for 10-15 min.... I then took a little bit of 000 steel wool and rubbed the slide a little. To my surprise, the coating started to come right off.
So I decided to give it a hose down all over the external areas of the slide and let it sit again, then wipe down the whole thing. So this is after just one treatment. I was actually thinking about sending it out for one of "battle worn" cerakote finishes, so this helps me visualize what that would actually look like. While it's not quite the same, I do actually like it so far.
This is my first experience with cerakote. So what do you guys think? Is this actually cerakote or something more like durakote/guncoat?
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