VP70

9mm, AWB, Clinton, G17, Glock, H&K, handguns, Historical, hs2000, News, striker fired, Uncategorized, VP70 July 26, 2021

Retro Polymer: HK’s VP70Z, GLOCK’s P80, & IM Metal’s HS2000

I still remember coming of age as a shooter when the polymer revolution happened. I went from shooting K-Frame S&W Revolvers and Beretta Wonder-Nines to those crazy Austrian Polymer Pistols that everyone thought wouldn’t catch…

9mm, Aliens, fulda gap, Gladio, H&K, handguns, Heckler & Kock, Historical, hk vp70, News, Pistol, Resident Evil, Uncategorized, VP70, vp70m, vp70z, West Germany February 12, 2021

Obscure Object of Desire: HK VP70Z Pistol

The Heckler & Koch GmbH Volkspistole Modell 1970 Zivil, otherwise known as the VP70Z was the firearms industry’s first commercially mass produced polymer framed striker fired pistol. It beat GLOCK by twelve years and actually…