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It showed up, the German HiPoint!
Was keen to shoot the thing after perusing the online reviews of it.
1st impressions? Well, while not as loose as a whole cow pussy, I'd say this one compared to the others I've looked at comes in at about a calf cunt!
The slide is rattle trap loose, the barrel - ok, the trigger is nice. Yeah, the trigger is nice. Grip feels good.
Onto the test track:
The Ammo: 1974 Marine Corp Hardball Match, Hornady XTP 185grn, and Missouir Bullet's 225grn coated lead with a "Comp-gun" charge of powder behind it.
17 yards, offhand, trying to take some time, (I'm seriously ADHD when it comes to pistols. If the sights seem remotely close, the voice in my head is like: Pull the goddamn trigger now! Bang! There it is again! Shoot it!)
1st the 74 Hardball:
Next the Hornady 185s
Next the Compu-gun load: I didn't hold out these were going to perform necessarily in the polygonal barrel, but aside from kicking like a 44 mag snub nose, they acted like they wanted to group. (fucksake these kicked in a regular gun, need to chronograph these things and see where they're at)
30 yards with the Hornady 185s Again AHHD, but I wanted to see if the gun felt like it was easy to hit, and I guess, I at least hit an entire paper bag, but there isn't a whole lotta stress goin on at a range so..... And I fogot to turn the photo, but you get the idea. I hit something, sorta!
Moving back to 50 yards I wanted to see if it hit anywhere like the HK VP9sk, (which made 50 yards great again) 6-7 hits outa 10 shots per mag. Had to take time and care though, more on that in a bit.
I got no fouling from the coated lead bullets at all.
Passing thoughts:
While shooting the 185 Hornadys I actually encountered a failure to feed which jammed up the works, and almost a 2nd which just made it in but slowed the cycling noticeably.
This day and age, with the manufacturing equipment, and the fact we're dealing with a gun as loose as a cow cunt, any fucking FTF is intolerable. If it was a Custom Comp-gun with minuscule tolerances that needed shooting in, ok, but not this shit. Big Strike.
I feel its a pretty accurate gun, maybe a little more than my XD45s, but overall the handling was off, I didn't like driving it.
Recoil wasn't any worse, but at the same time muzzle whip was excessively noticeable. Prolly wouldn't make a shit's worth of difference in a 9mm, but in a 45, the design lends itself to more muzzle whip than other guns. Case in Point I pulled out an XD45 and shot it after testing the Walther, and the muzzle whip with the same ammo was prolly only half.
Like I said, I didn't care for the way the gun handled when driving it from target to target, or even within the same target. Now i ain't no Chump-Norris Bad Ass Killer Motherfucker, I shoot for the pleasure of the shooting, but I do enjoy mechanical advantage over problems I gotta ride around. The excessive muzzle whip under recoil, the FTF, the loose as a cow cunt fit compared to other guns and others that I own personnally didn't overcome the strong points of the PPQ 45 in my estimation. I'll be sending this one back to Walther for the refund.
https://www.waltherarms.com/shoot-it-love-it-buy-it/
Was keen to shoot the thing after perusing the online reviews of it.
1st impressions? Well, while not as loose as a whole cow pussy, I'd say this one compared to the others I've looked at comes in at about a calf cunt!
The slide is rattle trap loose, the barrel - ok, the trigger is nice. Yeah, the trigger is nice. Grip feels good. Onto the test track:
The Ammo: 1974 Marine Corp Hardball Match, Hornady XTP 185grn, and Missouir Bullet's 225grn coated lead with a "Comp-gun" charge of powder behind it.
17 yards, offhand, trying to take some time, (I'm seriously ADHD when it comes to pistols. If the sights seem remotely close, the voice in my head is like: Pull the goddamn trigger now! Bang! There it is again! Shoot it!)
1st the 74 Hardball:
Next the Hornady 185s
Next the Compu-gun load: I didn't hold out these were going to perform necessarily in the polygonal barrel, but aside from kicking like a 44 mag snub nose, they acted like they wanted to group. (fucksake these kicked in a regular gun, need to chronograph these things and see where they're at)
30 yards with the Hornady 185s Again AHHD, but I wanted to see if the gun felt like it was easy to hit, and I guess, I at least hit an entire paper bag, but there isn't a whole lotta stress goin on at a range so..... And I fogot to turn the photo, but you get the idea. I hit something, sorta!
Moving back to 50 yards I wanted to see if it hit anywhere like the HK VP9sk, (which made 50 yards great again) 6-7 hits outa 10 shots per mag. Had to take time and care though, more on that in a bit.
I got no fouling from the coated lead bullets at all.
Passing thoughts:
While shooting the 185 Hornadys I actually encountered a failure to feed which jammed up the works, and almost a 2nd which just made it in but slowed the cycling noticeably.
This day and age, with the manufacturing equipment, and the fact we're dealing with a gun as loose as a cow cunt, any fucking FTF is intolerable. If it was a Custom Comp-gun with minuscule tolerances that needed shooting in, ok, but not this shit. Big Strike.
I feel its a pretty accurate gun, maybe a little more than my XD45s, but overall the handling was off, I didn't like driving it.
Recoil wasn't any worse, but at the same time muzzle whip was excessively noticeable. Prolly wouldn't make a shit's worth of difference in a 9mm, but in a 45, the design lends itself to more muzzle whip than other guns. Case in Point I pulled out an XD45 and shot it after testing the Walther, and the muzzle whip with the same ammo was prolly only half.
Like I said, I didn't care for the way the gun handled when driving it from target to target, or even within the same target. Now i ain't no Chump-Norris Bad Ass Killer Motherfucker, I shoot for the pleasure of the shooting, but I do enjoy mechanical advantage over problems I gotta ride around. The excessive muzzle whip under recoil, the FTF, the loose as a cow cunt fit compared to other guns and others that I own personnally didn't overcome the strong points of the PPQ 45 in my estimation. I'll be sending this one back to Walther for the refund.
https://www.waltherarms.com/shoot-it-love-it-buy-it/
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