Variant 9?
Well, you could always get the HK in a Variant 9, which has a 1911-style safety lever (not decocker) on the left side of the frame, facilitating carrying "cocked and locked" if you desire.
I know from IPSC/IDPA events that one big complaint about having a Variant 1 HK is that when you "load & make ready" and re-holster cocked and locked, when you draw you can inadvertently de-cock the gun rather than just off-safe.
I also detest the DA pull of the HK's but have no objection to the SA pull, so that's the primary benefit of cocked and locked carry.
I like the DA and SA pull of my SIG P220 much better than the HK.
One more thought on capacity. Assuming you have a spare mag with you, I would say that if you need 20 rounds of .45 RIGHT NOW, you are very much in the wrong place...and the odds of 16% more ammo helping seems woefully unlikely.
/TCP
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Well, you could always get the HK in a Variant 9, which has a 1911-style safety lever (not decocker) on the left side of the frame, facilitating carrying "cocked and locked" if you desire.
I know from IPSC/IDPA events that one big complaint about having a Variant 1 HK is that when you "load & make ready" and re-holster cocked and locked, when you draw you can inadvertently de-cock the gun rather than just off-safe.
I also detest the DA pull of the HK's but have no objection to the SA pull, so that's the primary benefit of cocked and locked carry.
I like the DA and SA pull of my SIG P220 much better than the HK.
One more thought on capacity. Assuming you have a spare mag with you, I would say that if you need 20 rounds of .45 RIGHT NOW, you are very much in the wrong place...and the odds of 16% more ammo helping seems woefully unlikely.
/TCP
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