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The company was founded by Guy Hogue in 1968, after he started making pistol grips that would properly fit his hand. [5] As a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, [3] Hogue also started making grips for fellow officers. His grips became so popular that he retired from his job in law enforcement to focus on his own business. [5] [3]
HK USP (Universal Self-loading Pistol) HK USP Standard, HK USP Compact, HK USP Tactical, HK USP Expert, HK USP Elite, HK USP Match, HK P8: HK Mark 23 (also known as Mark 23 Mod 0 or HK SOCOM) HK P2000: HK P2000SK: HK P30: P30L, P30SK: HK45: HK45, HK45C Compact, HK45T Tactical: HK VP9 (AKA SFP9, Striker Fired Pistol, in Europe) VP40: HK CC9
Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK or H&K; German pronunciation: [ˌhɛklɐ ʔʊnt ˈkɔx]) is a German firearms manufacturer that produces handguns, rifles, submachine guns, and grenade launchers. The company is located in Oberndorf am Neckar , Baden-Württemberg and also has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States.
The HK4 is a pocket pistol, first introduced by Heckler & Koch in either 1964 [2] or 1967. [3] It was distinctive for allowing shooters to swap barrels chambered for different cartridges without tools and for having a durable but light hard-anodized aluminum-alloy frame.
The wooden grips were made by Karl Nills and had the H&K logo. [1] The P7M13 is the P7's counterpart with a double-stack magazine and a 13-round capacity. [1] [16] This pistol was entered to the US Army XM9 pistol trials as a replacement for the aging M1911 pistol, [3] but ultimately lost to the Beretta M9. [17]
2008 Heckler & Koch Military and LE brochure; HKPro page on the P30; Home Page of HK USA, which has a link to the P30 and P30L; Modern Firearms - Heckler & Koch HK P30 pistol (Germany) Reports on a Heckler & Koch P30 9x19mm Parabellum endurance test over 91,322 rounds conducted by pistol-training.com Archived 17 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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The original P2000 manual stated that HK does not recommend the use of +P and +P+ ammunition in P-series pistols: [1] The revised manual (2014) removes this recommendation, stating that P series handguns are designed for brass-cased ammunition, factory-loaded to NATO or SAAMI specifications. The revised manual continues to warn against the use ...