Hk p4

[Lebaneseblonde]

Does this qualify as c and r? To avoid the roster bs ?

[Saigon1965]

If you meant the HK 4 then it's almost there - Next year will be ok for the initial run of 1968 -

You'll ofcourse will need to confirm serial numbers to date, ect. -

[Quiet]

The H&K HK-4 was manufactured from 1968-1984.

I believe, as with all H&K firearms, they are date coded.

H&K date codes:
A = 0
B = 1
C = 2
D = 3
E = 4
F = 5
G = 6
H = 7
I = 8
K = 9

Example... "IE" date code = made in 1984.

[onelonehorseman]

The H&K HK-4 was manufactured from 1968-1984.

I believe, as with all H&K firearms, they are date coded.

H&K date codes:
A = 0
B = 1
C = 2
D = 3
E = 4
F = 5
G = 6
H = 7
I = 8
K = 9

Example... "IE" date code = made in 1984.

^yup

I just sold one, earlier this year, with a 1982 date code.

[Lebaneseblonde]

Thanks. Guess wait another year.

[hambam105]

Why wasn't the HK-4 a more popular pistol in America?

[mtenenhaus]

I had the opportunity to shoot one several years ago. It had a rather comfortable geometry, but the double action trigger was noteworthy....not smooth and very heavy.

I was told that they offered multiple caliber packages...one could shoot a variety of calibers with the same pistol

[onelonehorseman]

Why wasn't the HK-4 a more popular pistol in America?

I believe that quite a few were sold during the many years they were manufactured. They don't seem to be scarce in free states at all.

It was the first handgun produced by H&K and had a long production life. It's resemblance to some early Mauser pistols is no surprise as the guys who started H&K were former Mauser engineers.

IIRC it was convertible between 22lr, 25ACP, and 380ACP. The kit for each came with a screwdriver, barrel/spring, and magazine. It might have had a much bigger following if it had also come available in 9 x 19 as well.

[hambam105]

I was too young in the 1970s to buy a pistol, but that didn't stop me from pestering the local gun shops.

Magnalum revolvers were king back then. I remember very well the HK4s, but I never knew and still don't to this day anybody who owns one. Where is Hickok45 when you need him? I'll just have to go to YT and get a HK4 fix.

[Elgatodeacero]

I think an HK4 with the full set of caliber conversions (I think .32 ACP was also available-so 4 calibers, HK4) is one of the coolest packages any company has every offered.

The Sig 210's with caliber conversions are the only thing classier, to my eye!

[Marquand]

I owned an HK4 with all three caliber conversions and shot in in all four calibers. While novel as a multi-caliber pistol it just frankly wasn't a very good pistol. The trigger pull was nowhere near as good at the Mauser HSc it was based on. In .25ACP it was mediocre, in .32ACP it kicked like a .380, in .380 it had more muzzle jump than any other .380 I've ever shot, and in .22LR it was just flat out unreliable. After 15 years I finally sold it and as much as I liked having it next to my P7M8 and P9S in the safe, I don't miss it.