Book Review: Vickers Guide Heckler & Koch Volume 1
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- čas přidán 19. 12. 2022
- Only available direct from Vickers Guide:
www.vickersguide.com/hk-vol1-1
The Vickers Guide series of books by Larry Vickers and James Rupley began as beautifully photographed firearms art books - and that's all they claim to be today. However, with the release of Heckler & Koch Volume 1, the series is doing something really cool: it's leaning into the reference/research realm without compromising its artistic vision. This book includes a third coauthor, James Williamson of Teufelhund Tactical. Between him and Vickers, this book has a remarkable amount of detailed information about the history and development of H&K handguns.
Hanguns, I should say, are the subject of this volume - SMGs and long guns will apparently be covered in Volumes 2 and 3 (yet to be published). Here we start with the HK4 (essentially an improved version of the Mauser HSc), move through H&K's classic non-Browning action designs like the VP70, P7, and P9, and then into the USP series. The Mk 23 is covered in its own specific chapter, and the modern H&K commercial pistols are explored in detail as well (P2000, VP9, P30). The development of the HK45 is also covered in detail, as Larry Vickers was heavily involved in that program.
Frankly, I wish I'd had this book available when I was filming some of my older H&K handgun videos. It has more information than most of the reference books out there, and is an excellent resource for better understanding how H&K has approached the handgun market and handgun design.
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Love that Ian becomes audibly more excited when talking about the actually cool pistols and then he gets significantly less interested when he's talking about boring tilting barrel pistols.
This book alone covers more details regarding HK's firearm lineup more than all of the wiki pages combined
I'd hope so, you ARE in fact paying for it with the book
The sacred texts!
As Ian turned the pages, I could almost smell the "new" smell of books with lots of pictures. Thank you for making my day start like this. Greetings from Argentine Patagonia.
Argentina - congrats on the Cup victory! I wanted Argentina to win! And I smelled that "new book smell" too - just as good or maybe better than a new car smell!
@@justanothergunnerd8128 Thanks!!!! and I agree about the new car smell!!!
I chuckled at your comment then started to watch the video.
Then as he opened the coffee table book …
… I smelled it too !!!
True story !
@@justanothergunnerd8128 +1 for sneaking in a reference to the World Cup final. Great match (even if H&Ks were not allowed) !
Patagonia is such a beautiful place
Vickers Guides make quite the statement. They are just beautiful books. And Larryu has had great support from the subject experts and sometimes the manufacturers. Love them.
Hope LAV is back to full fitness
OMG!!!! How do you keep doing this to me?! I need to start an OnlyFans to earn money to keep up with these book purchases. These are the type of books I wish I owned when I was a kid going through every gun book in our public library.
I managed to pick up the AR-15 Vol1 collectors edition when it was released and I've got the collectors edition of Vol2 on pre-order. Vol1 is well done and am looking forward to the next one, and also want to pick up the other books now.
This book is truly amazing, and the pistols are just beautiful. Great to go along with my own H&K pistols.
As one of the 1st Federal Flight Deck Officers I was issued a USP Compact in 40 S&W. I loved the gun and learned to shoot it very well. Bought one for myself and it still is my most carried firearm. I' ve had 0 problems with it and it is snap to clean.
i hope Larry is doing well!
It would be amazing to get a beretta vickers guide book
Great video and content. Very informative!
I really respect you and Larry Vickers, thanks again.
Larry Vickers has made considerable contributions to the firearms industry and I admire that. Great slings. I’m not a fan of his involvement with Heckler & Koch however. I don’t know everything about it, but as a fan of HK, I personally would have told them “Not that guy, find someone else.” - Just my opinion. There, I said it. I feel better now.
I need this. Thank you, Ian!
Exquisite photos indeed!
Awesome content as always!
I've got my copy! Preordered it months ago.
This baby is on my christmas wish list.
I love my Model4.
Wow, the P9S target model with 'wooden' [?] grips is a thing of great beauty..!
Doubtlessly walnut grips made by the well respected Nill company.
Wish I would have known about these earlier, I missed the sig book. Picked up the hk volume one though, thanks Ian.
Wish I had this book. I would definitely do some research for my video game offscreen!
Not sure how else to ask this. On the channel Lindybeige there is an interview with a British man who has returned from the Ukraine war. I only mention this because Ian mentioned a book idea about it that blew up. If your interested its worth your time.
Thanks for the heads up !
Ok who is going to need more bookshelves. Or a massive coffee table.
Interesting. The first handgun I purchased was an H&K P9s in .45 acp. Back in 1980.
No idea how I missed this but am glad I found it as a massive HK snob.
I used the H. K. P2000 for almost 10 years at my law enforcement job. It ran fine but my agency got the 7 pound trigger squeeze for every pull. That wasn’t cool.
Hard to beat the P2000s; one of the few manufacturers that actually sold dual caliber kits, 40 S&W/357Sig. You could even get them with 9mm conversion barrels or the 9mm barrels may very well fit in the 40/357 though I can’t recall exactly. It’s been a long time since I got my 9mm barrel and recoil spring. I know neither caliber is that popular today but it’s hard to beat both in their respective strengths with say 9mm; 40 S&W is excellent at barrier penetration and maintaining lethality post barrier while the 356 Sig just has top notch terminal performance with a flat shooting projectile which at lighter weights can easily penetrate NIJ Level 3A soft body armor. 357 Sig can actually get to SBR velocities and similar weights to AR platforms with 2,500 FPS with 60 Grain projectiles and with even lighter offerings an on par 3k FPS for 55 grain isn’t probably that out of the question.
Not Ian sneaking a Christmas gift guide onto his channel ;)
A great interesting bookand video.
There any ebook versions of these? Digital format imo is the best for any actual guide or reference book
I want my wife to get me this for Christmas!!
Picked up a HK P2000 best EDC gun I've ever owned
That is a gorgeous book! Come to think of it, for such a major arms manufacture, it is odd that HK really doesn't get proper technical coverage. Unfortunately, I've already bought the Clockwork Basilisk and the Tobacco of the Emperor. So I'll not be getting this fabulous gem this Christmas 😭😭
I needs me everything hk and or usp so i need this 🤯 i saw no usp match when you flipped thru it, i hope i missed it and its in there. 😢
I still maintain that the P2000 with the light LEM trigger is one of the best conceal carry guns on the market, even in 2022.
Well, I know what I am getting myself for Christmas.
Oh boy, looks like required reading. I'm an unabashed H&K freak, having owned a USP in .40 for more than 20 years. It is the only SA pistol I own that has never ever bobbled a round on loading, failed to fire, or failed to extract/eject. And this is with factory ammo, cheap reloads, and my own hand loads. It happily eats whatever it's fed. The Glock comes close, but I've had a few issues with it.
Will there be a volume 5 on nothing but the G11?
Only one issue. Why these books are so expensive. Around $90 is around 400 PLN, which is a lot for a typical guy in Poland :-(
It's a big hardcover book in full colour. A price of $98 isn't unreasonable. I understand that international shipping isn't cheap.
@@redcat9436 With average salary being about $1000 (Poland), it's a lot.
Price made in China lulu leggings
The great question is: How does the book describe the HK P7's system? Is the slide kept shut until the bullet left the barrel or does the slide starts to open emidialty after firing but slowly.
I can almost guarantee it doesnt even mention it. These books are not technical in any way. Picture book only.
@@chrisj2848 Wrong. I worked very hard to provide a great amount of detail in this book.
@@teufelshundtactical Im sorry to have offended you sir, hopefully I am wrong about this edition of the Vickers Guides. I have spent a lot of money on four of these guides and each one although each one is beautiful, the manuscript is just bad. I hope you have written the first good Vickers Guide. Sadly I wont be betting another $100 to find out.
@@chrisj2848 No offense taken. Putting more of the history and design information has been a goal for me for the H&K series.
*sad usp expert noises* but what about the competition pistols?
This book does cover the competition guns but the USP Expert and Elite only get a few pages.
@@redcat9436 only commented due to Ian skipping over it. Just to poke fun.
So I have to choose between ISOM#1 and this for my literary purchases...or try to for more gun parts...hmmm
Usp worked for me left handed.
3:01 Snake? Snake? SNNAAAAAAKE!
Did you recognize, that there was a book named "HK Heckler & Koch" by Manfred Kersten and Walter Schmid in 1999?
It tells very much about the known HK guns, the history of HK, but also about the history about the G11 and other rare HK guns link selfloading shotguns with brass cased ammo. There are pictures from the prototypes and also a picture and a descripion of a HK33 in 4,73 × 33 mm.
The book is only available in german language, but I'll do my very best, if you have questions :)
For what its worth, the Karsten book was available in English. HK USA used to import them.
A was have book for me 👍👍
Cool when i will have money for HK guns i will have money for this book too! :D
Interesting that we have a German company making new and innovative stuff and then after all of that "cool stuff " they start to make Browning style pistols.
I think it just speaks again to his genius.
Awesome!!! they got PSR to do a cameo in the book !!
Any chance of a book on Galil's?
Vickers Guide - Kalashnikov Volume 2 has a thirty page chapter on the Galil.
ooooohhhhh HK goodness.
Trust me but the name is just the whole game. Bring one to a comedy show and i GUARANTEE you will be a real Heckler... this also is considered a real Koch move, so there you go people.
👍
I Ian i'm à fan of your work and I know thé interrest you have in french Guns and culture too. 2 or 3 weeks ago french People have been asked to bring their undeclared Guns to thé authorities. It has been à gréât success. Thé authorities have collected à great number and very old Guns à newspaper has reported like à tankgewehr m1918. Good bye Ian
I love my p30. Pity it's no longer being iterated on by HK. They are clearly focusing on SFP9...
It's not just the P30. They haven't really iterated on any of their hammer fired lines in over a decade now. It seems like it would be a no brainer for them to add slide-cuts and improve their triggers to compete with things like the Beretta 92X/M9A4, Arex Zero 2 and newer P226 models.
@@Horgler They clearly don't see a point, considering everyone and their mothers has hots for striker fired guns. They could at least modify the P30 so it has more "meat" where you would make an optic cut, so people can do it themselves.
Early gang
I’m gonna a be honest, I want that.
Did anyone else get an advert for Kerastase hair products before this video?
Niceee
**Drools in P30 V1**
The book is so big you could fire it out of a canon
Hey, it's my pistol.
Is there a Glock book I’m to lazy to goggle it
Ahh yes heckler & coke
Larry is a legend, in his own mind.
How long did you serve in Delta Force?
Koch! not Coke! 😄
These books are beautiful but some of the commentary is pretty biased, laced with opinions, very America-centric. Especially the WWII volumes and the two Kalashnikov volumes. Its like reading CZcams comments....
A series of books written by an American author and published in America is America-centric? Shocking. I could say the same thing about books written and published in the UK.
@@redcat9436 Fair of course, but its pretty bad. These books are for the US collectors market only IMO. Shame.
Leon S. Kennedy would be happy
early
What's the best handgun to mag dump into a home intruder?
The one you have?
Model 29
@@cascurse2780 i do have a friend in Australia and that is a tragedy.
Ps. Not that I have a friend😂
Anything you're comfortable with.
G18
I just want to know who thought it was ok for them to charge $98 for a book
It's a big hardcover in full colour. A price of $98 isn't unreasonable.
@@redcat9436 no, something is wrong with you if you think $98 for a book of gun pictures is worth it. I could see $49.99 maybe but $98 is absurd
Price lulu leggings
@@StraightOuttaDb What specifically is wrong with me? I look forward to your diagnosis.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY TURN THE PAGES FROM THE CORNERS. All the guns in the world won't save you from an angry librarian.
98USD for a book. What the heck.
High quality paper for the photo's is expensive. The limited printing quantity doesn't help. We're not talking a hit paperback novel here.
Worth every penny.
Sorry, this isn't the 2023 edition of yellow pages
Heckler and Koch ? are they famous for anything ? 🙄🙄