Description

First introduced in 2014, the VP9 is a striker-fired, locked breech, “Browning type” tilt barrel pistol, and features a Picatinny rail. The HK VP9 carries the factory designation of the SFP9-SF. Of course these are both the same gun, but since HK’s are sold abroad, some alteration were needed in Germany to accommodate governmental restriction on the trigger system. The difference in the trigger constitute a different factory designation, which is the SFP9-TR. The VP9 is a polymer frame gun that sports an ambidextrous magazine release, lefthanded slide release, built in trigger safety, and drift only dovetail sights. The sights are a 3-dot configuration and can be ordered in tritium for low light and nighttime visibility. Other safety features include a “loaded chamber” indicator which is located to the rear of the ejection port, and is clearly visible in red when a round is in the chamber. The VP9 has a staged safety trigger, much like that of the Glock. There is an opening in the rear of the slide which allows the shooter to see if the internal striker is in the cocked position.