I picked up an H&K P8 A1 today. It's basically a special version of the USP9 that was adopted by the German military. It's not an official H&K-USA import, but was instead imported by a company in North Dakota. The most notable thing that makes it different than a USP9 is that the safety rotates in the opposite direction. The Germans decided to do it this way so that the safety rotation matched the P1 that it replaced. The barrel is conventionally rifled instead of having polygonal rifling. It has painted luminous sights and a more durable finish. Finally, it came with two 15rd translucent magazines. I still have a USP40 that I purchased in December of 1993, so it will be interesting to compare the two.
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