HK P30L vs. Beretta Px4 Storm

[oboe]

The difference in price between the HK P30L and the Beretta Px4 Storm (both 9mm) has me wondering if the HK is worth the price difference.

Of course, I'd love to shoot them both side by side . . . but that and my lottery winning probably will happen at the same time. If anyone knows where in south Florida I might do that, please let me know.

Meanwhile, any thoughts on this comparison will be appreciated. I am right handed and so any ambi- features are of not consequence to me.

[javentre]

You should do more homework on the PX4 (reliability issues..) before you buy one.

[oboe]

Thanks for the heads up. What ARE the reliability issues?

[William B.]

Thanks for the heads up. What ARE the reliability issues?

Here you go...

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=51840

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=43571

There are more links within these links, so make sure to check them out, too.

[mpardun]

More like apples to kumquats, or porsche to yugo.

I've owned a P30 and shot the Beretta at the range...no disrespect intended, but they are not even in the same ballpark. You'd be better off considering an M&P or Glock over the Beretta 7 days a week.

[mpardun]

Buy the M&P (L or Pro) 9mm from Grant, have him perform the Apex upgrades, buy a few spare mags and you'll end up with a real shooter, have a better trigger/FCG that is more shootable and accurate as the HK.

Having had both, I am 100% M&P now (less a Robar custom HK45C).

[John_Wayne777]

Thanks for the heads up. What ARE the reliability issues?

Rotary barreled handguns have a well-earned reputation for locking up during cycling if they are not treated with kid gloves. As ToodG referred to in one of the linked threads, the guns sieze up so hard you actually have to beat it apart with a rubber mallet to clear up the problem, clean and lube the gun, and then resume firing.

That is unsatisfactory in a sidearm. There is a reason why most auto-pistols on the market are not rotary-barrel designs. Beretta's compact PX4 isn't even rotary barreled...because even they had to admit failure at some point.

The P30, on the other hand, is by all accounts a reliable and durable pistol that will likely serve you well. I prefer the LEM version myself, but to each his own.

[CyberM4]

Of those two buy the P30L. Hands down the best of the two.

[oboe]

Friends,

You have been most persuasive. The Px4 is now out.

I'll be focusing on the HK P30L. Unfortunately, as of now, it's available only in DA/SA w/decocker. That's not unacceptable, but it would be better to have it in LEM V1 or V4 convertible more or less to V1.

The manual "safety" feature is not one I'd want.

[John_Wayne777]

Perhaps you should consider the standard P30. The extra barrel length doesn't really buy you all that much in terms of performance.