Seriously, Resident Evil fans would buy multiple ones.
@johnmoore2510
5 ай бұрын
Thanks James! As an owner of a VP70, I've had a few, who was mesmerized by the design in the 80's, I like bringing it out to show HK heritage. If I recall, the VP70 was used in the movie Alien. It was so futuristic it looked appropriate to the period. Kudos to the prop master. Yes, heavy trigger, fixed sights cause folks to scoff at the thought of a SHTF sidearm, but it works for the people! Reliably!!
@teufelshundtactical
5 ай бұрын
Aliens, not Alien. Yep, the futuristic look made it fit right in.
@WenzelGrey
5 ай бұрын
This pistol was also in Resident Evil. I think it was a first time I saw it as a kid back in the day.
@jimdandy4329
5 ай бұрын
Leon!
@servicerifle16
5 ай бұрын
My first HK, bought it back in the early 2010s, still have it.
@johndeere1951a
5 ай бұрын
That 18! Round magazine was what attracted me to buy this back in 1974. The avant garde design, simple function compared to the H&K P7 cocker, and I hated the open slide- exposed barrel Baretta 92 design. This was my first 9mm and still own it. My addiction today is Sig Sauer metal classics because of simplicity, high quality, beautiful simple design. P6, P224SAS, P239, P226 Elite, P227 Elite - thats my gray room here in Sig New Hampshire. Thanks James for honoring VP70Z. ps, I wish I purchased a P9S Sport Target way back then.
@John-ro3vu
5 ай бұрын
This gun was in a video game I played Growing up, Resident Evil 2. Seeing the gun in a video game got me interested in HK and firearms in general because of the unique burst mechanism and shoulder stock. It’s a very cool pistol, thanks for the video!
@ThisPhantomPain
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for another quality video, James. I’ve had a VP70z for roughly 5yrs now that I got in a trade. I remember seeing it in the 1986 James Cameron film, Aliens. It wasn’t till 1998 when I was a teenager that I found it was made by Heckler and Koch going by the information given to the main sidearm of the protagonist Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil 2. I’ve always enjoyed the history of this pistol, especially when uninformed people think Glock was the first polymer handgun, sorry, but Heckler and Koch did it first. Thanks again, James.
@r.stanley1049
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the excellent history lesson regarding these HK pistols. Btw, your work on the HK Vickers Guides is outstanding. Well done sir!
@user-xf3en8ih3d
5 ай бұрын
Excellent video and brief James, thank you for a classic piece of H&K pistol history and German firearm mindset of the Cold War.
@johndeere1951a
5 ай бұрын
It is documented that Glock engineers studied this VP70Z design when they were thinking about creating the first G17 - 13 years after this masterpiece came out.
@mwizardm13
5 ай бұрын
Thanks James! 🌟🌙
@andrewfoglesong4831
5 ай бұрын
James is my target of opportunity. I see a video by him on my feed, I'm clicking it.
@jimdandy4329
5 ай бұрын
I've always appreciated the aesthetics of the VP-70. Thanks for the video.
@KhanTrav
4 ай бұрын
Great content as always. The pistol looks like a space gun. I remember seeing one at a gun show back in the 1980s but kinda forgot about them since. Moving on to your nitnoid detailed video now. You are the man.
@tylerwitt7408
5 ай бұрын
The vp 70 is an awesome gun I found mine at a gun show
@Cats-TM
4 ай бұрын
A classic RE2 pistol.
@kyliejohn3813
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for more fantastic HK content, James. Keep it coming!
@thedumbguncollector5546
5 ай бұрын
Amazing video is always. I’ve had one of those pistols for years. They are a very interesting piece of history.
@ChanceandChoice
5 ай бұрын
Would be cool of HK to make an ode to the VP70 by making a stock/holster brace for the VP9 that turns it into a 3 round burst pdw. But I'm just daydreaming so don't mind me haha. Thanks for sharing James. Love me some HK.
@rifleshooterchannel208
5 ай бұрын
World’s best engineered Hi Point
@warfumble
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the cool info!
@Meerschwein
5 ай бұрын
From VP70 to HiPoint ... That's the same concept but two extremely different guns.
@JohnDoe-zg6fn
Ай бұрын
Leon Kennedy would approve. He has always been an HK fan in every mission he goes on.
@codyhollis3677
5 ай бұрын
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A BOND GUN...
@teufelshundtactical
5 ай бұрын
It actually was in the continuation novels. He ends up replacing it with a P7 too.
@timothyrobinson9598
5 ай бұрын
It also made an appearance in ‘Aliens’
@codyhollis3677
5 ай бұрын
the walther p 38 was a hard firearm to beat for 40yrs..
@chrisbulldog1353
5 ай бұрын
Still kicking myself for selling mine. The trigger pull was bad though
@andybyers5964
5 ай бұрын
Have two of these, one still NIB and unfired!
@AKlover
3 ай бұрын
Learned of it by playing the Resident Evil games, only ever seen one IRL once. It's other note is A pretty horrible trigger which was bad even for it's day. I think gun owners are now spoiled with far better triggers on average now.
@aa-bz9se
5 ай бұрын
If you translate VP70 to English it means high point
@Logan2070
5 ай бұрын
I like oddball guns, but damn thats ugly...
@ammosexual45
5 ай бұрын
I wish back in the 80s I would have bought a couple while they were 225$
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