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wild_wild_wes
05-08-10, 10:57
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/USPx4/hk-slide-2.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/USPx4/hk-slide-3.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/USPx4/HK-slide-1.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/USPx4/hk-slide-4.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/USPx4/hk-slide-5.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/USPx4/hk-barrel-1.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/USPx4/USP2.jpg
DasBulk
05-08-10, 11:27
Nice.
RadioActivity
05-08-10, 11:29
Cool. Damn that is some big bar stock that little barrel comes out of.
skyugo
05-08-10, 11:50
that's neat that they do the slide out of a forging instead of just from bar stock. well aligned metal grain ftw :cool:
SmokeJumper
05-08-10, 13:11
Cool!
CyberM4
05-08-10, 14:16
Nice pics Wes thanks for posting.
SteveL
05-08-10, 17:42
Nice. I have one just like it in black.
Beat Trash
05-08-10, 19:28
I always wanted to be able to go to a factory, watch a pistol being made, from start to finish, then be able to purchase the pistol I watched being made.

It's amazing to me the size of the barrel blank before the machining begins.
rob_s
05-08-10, 20:05
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/USPx4/hk-barrel-1.jpg

Coolest one.
wild_wild_wes
05-08-10, 20:33
I'd love to go to the factory, just to watch the Hammer Forging Machine beat that barrel blank down into shape!
skyugo
05-08-10, 20:37
I'd love to go to the factory, just to watch the Hammer Forging Machine beat that barrel blank down into shape!

pretty sure the barrel is machined :confused:
looks like the turn the round part in a lathe, then grab the round part in a chuck and mill the chamber area/lug
wild_wild_wes
05-08-10, 22:30
pretty sure the barrel is machined :confused:
looks like the turn the round part in a lathe, then grab the round part in a chuck and mill the chamber area/lug

The barrel and chamber are hammer-forged; the barrel to final contour but the exterior area around the chamber is left as is, then machined into shape by a CNC machine.
Palmguy
05-08-10, 22:38
Awesome pictures.


I always wanted to be able to go to a factory, watch a pistol being made, from start to finish, then be able to purchase the pistol I watched being made.

It's amazing to me the size of the barrel blank before the machining begins.

You'd be there for quite some time if you truly wanted to go start to finish (i.e. what the pictures show, NNS slide forging -> final machined slide, etc). I get what you are saying though. Having worked in a gun factory (KAC) before...it's pretty cool stuff to see :cool:
loupav
05-09-10, 02:17
I really want a USP 45 Stainless. If not the entire gun, just the slide.

Very cool pics though.
Mark71
05-09-10, 03:01
Very cool pics! Thanks for posting them up.