I was looking over things in a gunshop yesterday when one caught my eye. It was a used H&K USP in 9mm. It came with one extra magazine.
There aren't that many references to this model here, possibly because it is an expensive thing when new, although Colts were pushing $1,000 and most other things there worth having were in the $600-$800 range to start with. So I was wondering what other people thought about the gun.
This one was the version with the safety-decocker that also allows cocked and locked. It had a relatively decent DA trigger and as far as I could say, a decent single action trigger, although I've never been especially sensitive to good or bad triggers, except for Nagant revolvers. It has a very business-like look to it, although it as chunky as a Glock (no offence intended), but still manages to be a very light pistol that really isn't overlarge, unlike the Beretta. Still I expect there are thinner pistols out there. A Browning Hi-Power, for instance.
Personally I think it is a "right sized" pistol and suitable for all purposes, at least for anything a 9mm is up to. After all, the mountain lion is officially extinct in the east and it has been at least five years since anyone saw a bear in this county. And I have yet to see a feral dog anywhere (but I have seen bears). Besides, I'm holding onto my .357.
I gather that they aren't all that common, judging from the lack of comments here about them, or perhaps there's an H&K forum.
There aren't that many references to this model here, possibly because it is an expensive thing when new, although Colts were pushing $1,000 and most other things there worth having were in the $600-$800 range to start with. So I was wondering what other people thought about the gun.
This one was the version with the safety-decocker that also allows cocked and locked. It had a relatively decent DA trigger and as far as I could say, a decent single action trigger, although I've never been especially sensitive to good or bad triggers, except for Nagant revolvers. It has a very business-like look to it, although it as chunky as a Glock (no offence intended), but still manages to be a very light pistol that really isn't overlarge, unlike the Beretta. Still I expect there are thinner pistols out there. A Browning Hi-Power, for instance.
Personally I think it is a "right sized" pistol and suitable for all purposes, at least for anything a 9mm is up to. After all, the mountain lion is officially extinct in the east and it has been at least five years since anyone saw a bear in this county. And I have yet to see a feral dog anywhere (but I have seen bears). Besides, I'm holding onto my .357.
I gather that they aren't all that common, judging from the lack of comments here about them, or perhaps there's an H&K forum.
