I know the HK USP (1994) beat the Glock Gen 3 by a few years, but were there any before the USP?
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I know the HK USP (1994) beat the Glock Gen 3 by a few years, but were there any before the USP?
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No production guns that I'm aware of.
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SIG SP 2340 and the Walther P99 were some of ones the first to come with a rail. If my memory serves me they came about mid to late 1990s.
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The USP came out before both of those.Originally Posted by Taguin
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I'm pretty sure you hit it with the USP. I've been around handguns a lot longer than the USP has been in production and I can't recall anything at all prior to it.
A note you might appreciate given we both seem to like to take trips down memory lane is the first time I ever recall seeing a light of any kind on any weapon was as a little kid watching Charlton Heston in "The Omega Man". He had one clamped on his S&W 76 smg.
Hopefully I'll be alright with just a movie still.
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i'm pretty sure it was the USP. why else would they adopt such a silly proprietary rail system?
I also recall the first time I ever saw a rail mounted anything was the Mk23 SOCOM with its proprietary light/laser combo, the LAM.
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Well, since they were the "first" why would it be a silly "proprietary rail system" when it was the only? DUH!
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It wasn't silly at the time, but it certainly is silly now!
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I think the picatinny rail is too large and edgy for handguns. I much prefer the glock rail.
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While not a rail, I can recall various handgun light attachments from the early 80s. My father has some contraption right out of shotgun news which was a light that fit the front frame of your revolver and was held in place by bungee cords.I'm pretty sure you hit it with the USP. I've been around handguns a lot longer than the USP has been in production and I can't recall anything at all prior to it.
A note you might appreciate given we both seem to like to take trips down memory lane is the first time I ever recall seeing a light of any kind on any weapon was as a little kid watching Charlton Heston in "The Omega Man". He had one clamped on his S&W 76 smg.
Hopefully I'll be alright with just a movie still.
And there were all manner of small lights that clamped on to the front of the trigger guard. They were usually pretty flimsy.
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