Drooling
It's true, H&Ks are hard to find, because I've been looking. My local dealer says they don't keep many in stock because of their high price point and the fact that they don't sell quickly, so they tie up a lot of inventory dollars. I make it a point to shoot something new every time I go to the range, and I've had the opportunity to put a box of ammo each thru a USP and a P30.
I got interested in the USPc 40 after learning that it was the official DHS-approved flight crew weapon. The range at Camp Allen happened to have one, so I tried one out and didn't like it at all. Recoil was really snappy and the grip was too square. It was actually painful to shoot it. (Much later I shot an M&P40, which managed the recoil better and didn't hurt my thumb, so it was definitely the ergonomics and not the caliber.)
Later I saw a P30, which I initially wrote off as a sexed-up (and over-priced) P2000. Eventually I handled one in the shop and fell in love. This past summer I finally got to shoot one (in 9mm) and now I'm in lust. Incredibly smooth, perfect ergonomics, feels like it's molded to my hand. I even like the mag release; since my wife is a lefty, I've been looking for ambi handguns and this one truly is. I usually prefer striker-fired guns for their lighter, consistent trigger pull, but this wasn't bad. The trigger on the P30 was not as nice as a Sig, but certainly better than the CZs I've tried and no worse than a Beretta M9 or Px4. It was also notably more accurate than my M&P9.
The new Sig E2s might give the P30 a run for the money, but they're every bit as expensive and even harder to find than H&Ks. Probably heavier, too. I wanted to like the Walther P99. The ergo's were good (though not truly ambi), but the trigger felt like my Taurus. (That's not a compliment.) So I'm hooked on the P30.
Now I'm in a quandary. I really, really want a P30. But can I justify spending $850 for a gun that basically does the same job as my $450 M&P? I'm a practical guy. If a $20,000 Corolla gets me to work reliably, it's hard to justify buying a $50,000 Mercedes. Unless I really, really want one. ;-)