P30LS mostly for travel carry and bag carry to medical appointments

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Originally posted by ergoproxy:
With the advent of the flush fit 17rd factory mags, I would guess a lot of them will come out of retirement.

When did these come out and where do I get them??

i'm still on the hunt for a good P30L again. I miss that gun way more than I should admit.

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Originally posted by ruger357:

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Originally posted by ergoproxy:
With the advent of the flush fit 17rd factory mags, I would guess a lot of them will come out of retirement.

When did these come out and where do I get them??

Mags not available yet. The new VP9 Optics model with 17rd mags just appeared last week.

Mike

I just replaced a P30sk LEM that I stupidly sold some time ago. It’s about to have the HK CDA 4.1 kit put in and Grayguns reduced reset kit. Should be quite the shooter.

Yup. P30SK LEM V1


And a P30 LEM V1 as a suppressor host

I rotate 4 H&K's for 90% of my EDC. P30S .40, P30sk 9mm, P2000 .40, and P2000sk .40. I should note that the P30S was not supposed to have a safety as I am not fond of safeties on my EDC's and especially see no need on a DA/SA gun. But the gun store received it and the Distributor had a no return policy (strange) and since we are friends and .40's and H&K's not the most popular I took the gun anyway. BTW two are DA/SA and two are LEM.

I am resurrecting this 2 year old thread because I just came home with a V1 P30. Played with all the panels and settled on what I think is correct. Once I go shooting we shall reassess.

I really like how the pin for the panels is not tied to mainspring retention. I always hate driving pins that then decompress the mainspring. This system is easy. I might change the panels 10 more times it's so easy.

It is very obviously similar to my P2000. I need to look this up but I assume based on feel that V1 is the LIGHT LEM?

V1 is Light LEM. V3 is DA/SA. You can get V3 with or w/o manual safety.

Judging from HK's website, all the other trigger variants are either discontinued or no longer offered to civilian market.

I have the H&K P30L that is my bedroom and travel pistol. I bought it with the long heavy trigger before I knew better. The sales person did not advise me properly. Oh well, one lives and learn.

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I am resurrecting this 2 year old thread because I just came home with a V1 P30.

I finally bought a V1 myself after years of struggling with the V3. This time around I put aside my regular aversion to movie tie-ins and bought the long slide P30, pencil wielding Mr. Wick be damned. A decade plus ago I couldn't choose between the two, then during the course of indecision I read about the break-in period issues with the P30L so I up and went with the 4" V3 as a result, for lack of any other reason to. Kinda silly and dumb, but I never said I was particularly smart especially when it comes to my decision-making.

For the P30L I pretty much copied its interchangeable grip panel setup to how I have the V3 and my VP9s (standard and longslide here as well) configured. Boring but it's the most ergonomic for me. Bought a batch of Winchester 124gr 9mm NATO for break-in, which should quicken the working in of the gun nicely. Or so I hope.

I have a P2000sk V3 in 40 S&W
It does what it should do

I have 2 P2000s & P2000SKs and they still fit my hand like a glove. I have 4 HK P30/VP9 15rd mags new in the wrapper as I intended to by a P30 but never did. I don’t really want to spend the money to get the 17rd expansion kits and I really don’t need a VP9 or P30 thought the ergonomics fit my hand very well. I wanted a P30L when I bought the mags before the VP9 was ever released.

I should also add, that I had an HK45 Tactical that I sold off because it felt huge in my hands and I didn’t like it.

P30skv1

My nephew carries a V3 P30sk in 9mm. I fixed the magazine release size issue, mentioned by the OP, in my V3 P2000 9mm with a P30 release.

I still shoot my P30L. I don’t carry it much, but it does do a rotation in my console vault in the truck from time to time.

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I carry a P30sk v1 and play with a P30 V1 that I’ve changed some springs on. Both are amazing, but not quite as easy to hit with as my VP9. However, I really like the ability to control the hammer when holstering.

I honestly think the VP is more natural at this point due to the 800 rounds I put through it in an OPSPEC training class several years ago.

Waiting to take delivery of a P30 right now. I will carry it. Gun is alot like John Corrieas.

I love me some P2000. I put the larger mag paddle in mine and trijicon HD's on it and it is a shooter. The P30 just reminds me of a more full size P2000. The slide cuts on the top of the slide even look identical. Similar slide stops as well. The panels always looked odd to me in a spiderman kind of way but in person they work very well. I noticed the P30 has the USP recoil buffer while the P2000 does not. Cool gun.

Edited: Totally wrong on the buffer, it does have it.

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If I need the maximum concealment I carry my SIG P365. An HK P30SK is still what I grab most often if I don’t need the smaller footprint and bulk of the P365.