Give me your Opinion: 9mm HKP30S V3 vs. M&P9 Ambi Safety - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

KirStang · 12-22-2010, 07:07 AM

Just toying around with an idea for a next pistol:

I'd like something I can use at training, and something I can throw in to an IWB and run around town. I've been hearing *great* things about the S&W M&P, and I made the mistake the other day of holding one. It felt *great* in my hands, and I like the polymer design. In short, this gun is everything I felt the glock could have been. (Better grip angle, safety).

However, I've also been wanting a P30S for the longest time. I found an auction last night for a P30S/Nightsights/complimentary knife for $850, which is not a bad deal.

Heckler & Koch HK P30S V3 9mm w/Night Sights,Knife : Semi-auto at GunBroker.com

So between a P30S 9mm and a M&P9 Ambi safety (going to install a Apex trigger kit [DCAEK] too). Which one would you choose and Why?

Both guns will have night sights. I prefer a consistent trigger over a DA/SA.

Plan9 · 12-22-2010, 08:17 AM

No. No. Don't do it.

KirStang · 12-22-2010, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plan9

No. No. Don't do it.

Bad breakup w/HK back in the day?

wraithhibn · 12-22-2010, 10:22 AM

I have an MP40 but no safety, it's a really nice gun. It points very well. Only problem with the MP is the trigger is crap until its broken in, though the DCAEK is supposed to help, I will get one eventually. I haven't seen any of the HK p30s'.

twobanger · 12-22-2010, 06:33 PM

Buy American! My M&P 40 is by far my favorite pistol. Don't get me wrong, H&K makes a good weapon but for the money, and the room to hot rod, I love the M&P.

KirStang · 01-03-2011, 05:50 PM

Wraith--how was the accuracy on your M&P?

I'm hearing stories that the M&P's in 9mm and .40 are unacceptably inaccurate due to the slop in the barrel and early unlocking. Have you shot for groups at 15 yards?

Thanks

12-22-2010, 07:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
KirStang Future Bureaucrat	Give me your Opinion: 9mm HKP30S V3 vs. M&P9 Ambi Safety Just toying around with an idea for a next pistol: I'd like something I can use at training, and something I can throw in to an IWB and run around town. I've been hearing great things about the S&W M&P, and I made the mistake the other day of holding one. It felt great in my hands, and I like the polymer design. In short, this gun is everything I felt the glock could have been. (Better grip angle, safety). However, I've also been wanting a P30S for the longest time. I found an auction last night for a P30S/Nightsights/complimentary knife for $850, which is not a bad deal. Heckler & Koch HK P30S V3 9mm w/Night Sights,Knife : Semi-auto at GunBroker.com So between a P30S 9mm and a M&P9 Ambi safety (going to install a Apex trigger kit [DCAEK] too). Which one would you choose and *Why?* Both guns will have night sights. I prefer a consistent trigger over a DA/SA.

12-22-2010, 08:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	No. No. Don't do it. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

12-22-2010, 10:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
wraithhibn Dopefish Location: the 'Ville	I have an MP40 but no safety, it's a really nice gun. It points very well. Only problem with the MP is the trigger is crap until its broken in, though the DCAEK is supposed to help, I will get one eventually. I haven't seen any of the HK p30s'. __________________ If you won't dress like the Victoria Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

12-22-2010, 06:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
twobanger Upright	Buy American! My M&P 40 is by far my favorite pistol. Don't get me wrong, H&K makes a good weapon but for the money, and the room to hot rod, I love the M&P. __________________ Such a lot of good ways...to be bad!

01-03-2011, 05:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
KirStang Future Bureaucrat	Wraith--how was the accuracy on your M&P? I'm hearing stories that the M&P's in 9mm and .40 are unacceptably inaccurate due to the slop in the barrel and early unlocking. Have you shot for groups at 15 yards? Thanks