SOLD - H&K VP70Z Semi Auto Pistol - 9mm

Description

3/21/24 - This is an excellent example of an H&K VP70Z, chambered in 9mm. It comes with three magazines, owners manual, two spare recoil springs, two spare firing pin springs, and its original matching-numbered test target. Also comes with a soft case. The gun has retained nearly all of its finish with just light surface scuffs. Excellent, shiny bore. Today, polymer-frame handguns are quite common. From newer names like Glock and FMK to much older names like Smith & Wesson, it seems like nearly every handgun manufacturer has a “plastic fantastic”. While Glock may make some claim to helping to popularize the idea, the first mass-produced polymer handgun actually came from Heckler & Koch in 1970. The original design was developed in the context of the Cold War, while the Berlin Wall still divided Germany’s capital city. H&K was trying to develop a new version of the “Volkspistole”, a handgun which could be produced quickly, in large numbers, and at minimal cost to provide to German civilians to help oppose an invasion. The original development was capable of burst-fire also included a detachable shoulder-stock which would convert the pistol into a submachine gun/PDW. The design was quite simple, a straight blowback, striker-fired gun fed by a double-stack, double-feed 18-round magazine. The VP70Z, or “Zivil”, is the civilian variant which has no provision for a stock nor for burst-fire.