In the 70's I searched the country and finally found the greatest semiauto ever made. The HK VP70. The modern semi that was going to be the greatest handgun ever built. That is until I tried to shoot it. I burned about 1000 rounds through it trying to get it to break in and have the ability to fire an entire magazine with out a FTF. Never did. Thought it was me then I read a magazine article about them and the writer made the same comments. Got rid of it as fast as I could. Never missed it again.
The VP70Z has the distinction of being, I think, the first polymer frame pistol. WHAT A STEAMING PILE OF CRAP!!!
That trigger...OMG. If I was given a full week and full engineering team to come up with the worst trigger ever put on a handgun, I doubt I could improve on the VP70's trigger. The shape of the trigger was an abomination, the length of the trigger pull was horrendous, the WEIGHT of the pull would have to be measured on a truck scale...don't even get me started on the reset.
And that front sight (or lack thereof???)...what on Earth were they thinking? A sight picture with NO light coming in on either side of the front blade...it had no blade really...or maybe it had too much blade...abomination!!
