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Originally posted by skyshark:
Being a DA/SA guy I'm torn between my P226 and my P30. The P226 has always been my go to since I bought my first in 1987. But over the last year the P30 has been getting all of the love as I've been carrying and shooting it exclusively.

Here's why:
While I think the 226 has the better trigger, for reasons I can't explain my press-outs are more consistent with the P30. By that I mean that I tend to break the shot early far less often with the P30. Maybe the DA pull of the P30 just better suits my cadence? I don't know.

Back in June of 16' I took Jerry's class in Paducah with a P226 and really improved my ability to do press-outs. I kept practicing on my own and kept getting better, very happy camper (thanks Jerry).

Then on a whim I bought a P30S; and on my first day with it I was shooting as well as with the P226. Then after a few range sessions doing various drills, all beginning with a DA press-out, I began to notice tighter DA/SA pairs, especially when using 3x5 cards. The difference was that after getting used to the P30 I was breaking far fewer shots early.

After a little over a year and some 5000 rds, I believe the P30 is now my go-to.

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Originally posted by jljones:
I have been monitoring this thread but not wanting to pollute people’s opinion with my own.

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Originally posted by jljones:
I've been a big fan of the P30 since it came out. After the P2000 came out, I purchased one for carry and carried it many miles. There were a few minor things that I did not like about it, namely one of the biggies was the small magazine release paddle. I found it really hard to hit most of the time at speed. The P30 came out and it fixed that big issue for me so I purchased one and began to play with it. I found that the gun needed a wee bit of work to be useful for my needs. The grove in the trigger guard needed removed, and the DA lightened a bit to make it more usable. (I could work with it if it was 12 or maybe even 14 pounds but 18-20 pounds is excessive).

After I got the P30 back, I carried it a bunch. Only drawback I see is that the magazines are the weak link. They are hit and miss for a lot of vendors.

I guess if I could sum up the bottom line for me it would be a demo I shot in a class. I had planned to teach the class with a 226, but at the last minute I had some issues with the 226 and swapped it to the P30. The demo was about driving the gun on the draw. I drew the pistol out at speed, drove the sights, and broke two very fast shots. I was rewarded with two rounds touching in the head box. That is the kind of shooting that I can do with the P30 with very little effort.

I am a fan of the P30. It is just that some of the guns come with an oppressive trigger system, and may need some work.

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Originally posted by jljones:

I am a fan of the P30. It is just that some of the guns come with an oppressive trigger system, and may need some work.

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Originally posted by cslinger:
Would you mind explaining the hit or miss magazine comment please? I thought there was ONLY HK as far as the vendor/manufacturer of these go? Do they sub them out?

Thanks so much. Always appreciate the insight.

Or am I a dumbass and you were not talking about quality of the magazine but availability?

Chris.

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:

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Originally posted by jljones:
I've been a big fan of the P30 since it came out. After the P2000 came out, I purchased one for carry and carried it many miles. There were a few minor things that I did not like about it, namely one of the biggies was the small magazine release paddle. I found it really hard to hit most of the time at speed. The P30 came out and it fixed that big issue for me so I purchased one and began to play with it. I found that the gun needed a wee bit of work to be useful for my needs. The grove in the trigger guard needed removed, and the DA lightened a bit to make it more usable. (I could work with it if it was 12 or maybe even 14 pounds but 18-20 pounds is excessive).

After I got the P30 back, I carried it a bunch. Only drawback I see is that the magazines are the weak link. They are hit and miss for a lot of vendors.

I guess if I could sum up the bottom line for me it would be a demo I shot in a class. I had planned to teach the class with a 226, but at the last minute I had some issues with the 226 and swapped it to the P30. The demo was about driving the gun on the draw. I drew the pistol out at speed, drove the sights, and broke two very fast shots. I was rewarded with two rounds touching in the head box. That is the kind of shooting that I can do with the P30 with very little effort.

I am a fan of the P30. It is just that some of the guns come with an oppressive trigger system, and may need some work.

How did you remove the groove in the trigger guard jj? I’ve already fixed the DA # and the reset, lightening and shortening both. Trigger guard work just a dremel?

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:

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Originally posted by cslinger:
Would you mind explaining the hit or miss magazine comment please? I thought there was ONLY HK as far as the vendor/manufacturer of these go? Do they sub them out?

Thanks so much. Always appreciate the insight.

Or am I a dumbass and you were not talking about quality of the magazine but availability?

Chris.

I think he is referring to them being in stock. HK makes their own magazines and they do not farm them out.

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Originally posted by gtmtnbiker98:
Our department issues the P30 V1 9mm since 2012.