HK USP 45 as a range gun, bedside gun, fun suppressor host in 2021?

[Pappabear]

HK is the gold standard in durability and reliability for me. I own several. I went HK 45 but the USP is great. I was eyeballing a USP Expert in my LGS today. They had both 9/45. So tempting.

Buy with confidence.

PB

[aFella]

If you can find the parts an LEM in a USP 45 is the cat's meow!

Has anyone put the gray guns reset kit in theirs? I can hardly tell the difference on the USP but can definitely tell on a p30 or p2000.

[Pappabear]

I have a short reset kit in my HK45 and it is very nice.
A buddy put it in, not sure it's a grey guns kit though.
PB

[foxtrotx1]

HK is the gold standard in durability and reliability for me. I own several. I went HK 45 but the USP is great. I was eyeballing a USP Expert in my LGS today. They had both 9/45. So tempting.

Buy with confidence.

PB

Thanks Pappabear,

I'm trying to hunt one down now.

[Pappabear]

Good luck Foxtrot. Keep us posted on your journey.

PB

[MountainRaven]

If I were going to pick a handgun for the zombie apocalypse, I'd choose a 9mm Glock - because parts are everywhere and they're very easy to work on.

If I were going to Mars or the Moon or Antarctica, places where replacement parts don't exist and extreme environmental conditions may even prevent the mighty Glock from functioning reliably... I'm taking a USP.

As far as parts and continuing support, given that the USP is H&K's most successful military pistol and the commonality it shares with the HK45 and P30 pistol families, I wouldn't be too concerned about parts becoming unobtainable any time soon.

The only serious disadvantage to the USP in 2021 is the proprietary rail on the dustcover, making mounting weapon lights a bit of a chore. I believe that GG&G still has an adapter available for the USP to allow you to mount an X300U or any other pistol weapon light that mounts to a Picatinny or Weaver/Glock-type rail, but it is a rather inelegant solution. I wish H&K would modify the molds for the frames to have a Picatinny rail on them, but... eh. Maybe if the Bundeswehr (or some other sizeable USP customer) decides they want WMLs on their pistols and don't want to get away from the P8/USP, H&K will do it.

Wish the 9mm used metal mags. Seems like they wasted some room in the magwell with polymer. Was that a German army requirement?

I don't know that it was a Bunddeswehr requirement, but at the same time H&K was developing the G36. And Vickers ETMs have one witness hole because fewer witness holes mean fewer opportunities for crud to get into the magazine. And you know what doesn't need witness holes? A translucent polymer magazine, like the magazine used by the G36. And the magazine used by P8s, Bundeswehr-issue USPs.

Combined with injection-molded polymer being lightweight and inexpensive, I'd guess that these are all reasons why the USP9 uses polymer magazines.

[aFella]

If I were going to pick a handgun for the zombie apocalypse, I'd choose a 9mm Glock - because parts are everywhere and they're very easy to work on.

Are HK pistols considered hard to work on?

[czgunner]

Are HK pistols considered hard to work on?

I don't think so. Not as easy as a glock, but I've detail stripped several. No problem. VP9 is a different story.

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[Firefly]

USP 45 is probably the last 45 I would ever part with

[aFella]

Anyone have a USP 45 and an HK45? Like the USP better? I've been thinking about trying to pick up on of the tan HK45s that are on gb.