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!
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 :)
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 😭😭
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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 RUclips 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.
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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
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
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.
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.
The sacred texts!
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 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.
Hope LAV is back to full fitness
I really respect you and Larry Vickers, thanks again.
i hope Larry is doing well!
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.
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 love my Model4.
I've got my copy! Preordered it months ago.
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 !
It would be amazing to get a beretta vickers guide book
This baby is on my christmas wish list.
Wow, the P9S target model with 'wooden' [?] grips is a thing of great beauty..!
Doubtlessly walnut grips made by the well respected Nill company.
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.
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.
Exquisite photos indeed!
Ok who is going to need more bookshelves. Or a massive coffee table.
I need this. Thank you, Ian!
No idea how I missed this but am glad I found it as a massive HK snob.
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.
I want my wife to get me this for Christmas!!
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.
Great video and content. Very informative!
Interesting. The first handgun I purchased was an H&K P9s in .45 acp. Back in 1980.
Not Ian sneaking a Christmas gift guide onto his channel ;)
Wish I would have known about these earlier, I missed the sig book. Picked up the hk volume one though, thanks Ian.
Picked up a HK P2000 best EDC gun I've ever owned
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.
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. 😢
There any ebook versions of these? Digital format imo is the best for any actual guide or reference book
Wish I had this book. I would definitely do some research for my video game offscreen!
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 content as always!
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.
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 😭😭
A great interesting bookand video.
Well, I know what I am getting myself for Christmas.
Will there be a volume 5 on nothing but the G11?
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.
So I have to choose between ISOM#1 and this for my literary purchases...or try to for more gun parts...hmmm
Any chance of a book on Galil's?
Vickers Guide - Kalashnikov Volume 2 has a thirty page chapter on the Galil.
3:01 Snake? Snake? SNNAAAAAAKE!
*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.
Usp worked for me left handed.
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.
Cool when i will have money for HK guns i will have money for this book too! :D
ooooohhhhh HK goodness.
Awesome!!! they got PSR to do a cameo in the book !!
A was have book for me 👍👍
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
Did anyone else get an advert for Kerastase hair products before this video?
I’m gonna a be honest, I want that.
👍
The book is so big you could fire it out of a canon
**Drools in P30 V1**
Hey, it's my pistol.
Is there a Glock book I’m to lazy to goggle it
Larry is a legend, in his own mind.
How long did you serve in Delta Force?
Leon S. Kennedy would be happy
Niceee
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 RUclips 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.
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.
Ahh yes heckler & coke
Early gang
Koch! not Coke! 😄
early
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
@@StraightOuttaDb What specifically is wrong with me? I look forward to your diagnosis.
Heckler and Koch ? are they famous for anything ? 🙄🙄
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