Heckler & Koch VP9-B

Name: Heckler & Koch VP9-B
Brand: Heckler & Koch

Heckler & Koch lists the VP9-B as a striker-fired 9 mm pistol identical to the VP9 but with a push-button magazine release in place of the paddle lever, with a 104 mm polygonal barrel, a reinforced polyamide frame with interchangeable backstraps and lateral grip plates, a 24 N trigger, and two 17-round magazines.

Record / hk-vp9-b

VP9-B

Heckler & Koch · VP Series

Source verified

Scope note: ID number 81000285, "VP9-B, 9mm, two 17rd magazines", UPC 642230261891. Sourced from a Web Archive capture of hk-usa.com, which serves a Cloudflare interstitial to every request — see the hk-vp9 record for that reasoning and for why heckler-koch.com cannot substitute. Live product, so this is as-published at 2024-12-02 and may drift. NO OVERALL WIDTH IS RECORDED, AND THIS IS THE CLEANEST ILLUSTRATION OF THE NO-TRANSPLANT RULE IN THE DIRECTORY. The VP9-B's dimension table is headed "Caliber | Length | Height | Barrel Length | Sight Radius" — HK simply omits the Width column that the VP9's own page carries, on an otherwise identically formatted table one click away. The VP9 publishes 33.5 mm / 1.32 in, and these two pistols differ ONLY in their magazine release: HK groups the SKUs under the heading "VP9 Push Button Magazine Release", so the B is a push-button release in place of the VP9's ambidextrous paddle lever, a change that plainly cannot alter the slide's width. The figure was still not carried across. That is the same refusal as the Colt O1911C-SS, where matching model codes named different chamberings, and it is harder here precisely because the inference looks safe — which is the point: "obviously the same" is not a citation, and the dimensions row names the missing axis rather than implying a complete set. WHAT THE B MEANS IS RECORDED BECAUSE HK EXPLAINS IT, unlike Springfield's "GU23" or the Echelon's "4.5F", both of which this directory left unexpanded for want of a manufacturer statement. HK's own catalogue heading spells it out. EVERYTHING ELSE MATCHES THE VP9 EXACTLY, INCLUDING ITS DEFECT. Length, height, barrel length, sight radius, trigger pull, trigger travel, magazine capacities and barrel profile are identical, and so is the weight — 753 g and 25.56 oz under a row headed "Weight (with empty magazine)", where 753 g is 26.56 oz. Both figures are recorded and neither is flagged converted, because this directory converted nothing; the ounce-sized gap is HK's and is disclosed here as on the VP9, the CZ 1330 g / 46.5 oz handling. Every other pair reconciles: 186.5 mm/7.34 in, 137.5 mm/5.41 in, 104 mm/4.09 in and 24 N/5.4 lb all check out. The basis needs no inference — HK heads the row itself. IGNITION IS RECORDED AND THE TRIGGER MODE IS NOT, exactly as on the VP9 and for the same sentences, which this page carries verbatim: "The VP Series pistols use a striker fired ignition and a modified Browning operating system" states the ignition axis outright, while a modified Browning system is a locking method rather than one of this directory's cycling values, so `operatingSystem` stays unset on the CZ Shadow 2 precedent. The trigger is described as having "a solid, single action type break" — hedged by the word type, a claim about how the break feels rather than a classification, so `triggerAction` is unset. Capacity follows the SKU: the spec row lists 10 / 15 / 17 without designating any, and 81000285 ships two 17-round magazines. The 10-round SKU 81000263 and the night-sight configurations are separate listings, as are the whole VP9, VP9 Optics Ready, VP9 FDE and Holosun package lines, all of which appear in this page's catalogue table. YEAR INTRODUCED IS UNRECORDED AND THE VP9'S 2014 WAS DELIBERATELY NOT REUSED. HK's launch release announces the VP9, not this variant, and no VP9-B announcement exists anywhere in the archive — a targeted CDX query returns only the product page, its media gallery and two oEmbed endpoints. Dating this pistol from its parent's release would be the same error as transplanting its width. Frame class is unset: HK publishes no size class. HK publishes both unit systems, so nothing here is converted. Warranty is HK's class-scoped Lifetime Limited Warranty with its stated exclusions, as on the other HK records. Also published and unrecorded for want of a schema field: a 162 mm / 6.38 in sight radius, 6 mm and 3 mm trigger travel and reset, a polygonal six-groove right-hand barrel with a 1-in-250 mm twist, two additional backstraps and two additional sets of lateral grip plates in the box, and the $839 MSRP.

Reference fields

Manufacturer	Heckler & Koch^[1]
Manufacturer series	VP Series
Firearm category	Handgun^[1]
Chambering	9x19mm Parabellum^[1]
Manufacturer chambering	9mm x 19^[1]
Generation	Not yet verified
Directory frame class	Not yet verified
Manufacturer listing	Listed by HK as ID number 81000285, "VP9-B, 9mm, two 17rd magazines", UPC 642230261891, under the catalogue heading "VP9 Push Button Magazine Release"^[1]
Year introduced	Not yet verified
Manufacturer action label	Striker fired ignition and a modified Browning operating system^[1]
Ignition	Striker-fired^[1]
Overall dimensions	length 186.5, height 137.5 mm / length 7.34, height 5.41 in (width not published)^[1]
Barrel length	104 mm / 4.09 in^[1]
Weight with empty magazine	753 g / 25.56 oz (HK's own row heading; note its two published figures disagree by about an ounce — 753 g is 26.56 oz — and neither was converted by this directory)^[1]
Magazine capacity	Standard: 17; optional listed: 10 / 15^[1]
Trigger pull	24 N / 5.4 lb^[1]
Slide finish	Not yet verified
Controls	Push-button magazine release in place of the VP9's paddle lever; interchangeable backstraps and lateral grip plates; ambidextrous charging supports at the rear of the slide; Picatinny MIL-STD-1913 rail^[1]
Warranty	Lifetime Limited Warranty on all new Heckler & Koch Inc. firearms purchased after January 1, 1998, to the original retail purchaser only and for that purchaser's lifetime — extendable to a donee named at the time of the original purchase, valid only on firearms imported into the United States and distributed by HK Inc., and applying only to retail purchases by individuals through an authorized HK dealer. Two exclusions are stated: firearms bought by United States military, government, law-enforcement or security organizations for duty issue instead carry a one-year limited warranty, or whatever a valid contract specifies; and rimfire .22LR rifles and pistols carry a one-year warranty^[2]
MSRP	Not recorded

Verification boundary: Published technical data are rounded, may not reflect manufacturing tolerances, and may change without notice. MSRP is not recorded: most cited product pages do publish a price, but it changes without notice and independently of the specification, so this directory has no field for it and the row stays blank rather than carrying a figure that would silently go stale.

Evidence tiers backing this record: Manufacturer. Unmarked values come from manufacturer documentation; any value drawn from a lower tier is labeled inline with that tier. Where two sources disagreed, the higher tier was recorded and the disagreement noted.

Sources

[1]
HK VP9-B — specifications and available configurations (ID 81000285), as published at captureManufacturer Manufacturer product page · Web Archive capture
Accessed 2026-08-13 · Captured 2024-12-02 from https://hk-usa.com/hk-models/vp9-b/
[2]
Heckler & Koch, Inc. Lifetime Limited Warranty (scopes by class — "All new Heckler & Koch Inc. firearms purchased after January 1, 1998")Manufacturer Manufacturer warranty page · Web Archive capture
Accessed 2026-08-13 · Captured 2026-02-06 from https://hk-usa.com/warranty/