-=> Quoting John Sandow to Lawrence Keeney <=-
 LK>A Usp is a selective single/double action auto pistol made by Heckler and
 LK>Koch.It retails for about 700 bucks and is the basis for the new special
 LK>operations pistol adopted by the us special forces[in 45 of course].All
 LK>in all a nice well made piece,although it's a little big to conceal.
 LK>                          1911 forever
 JS> I'll probably be flamed for this, but I see the USP as a very viable
 JS> evolution of the 1911 for the year 2000.  I'm sure there are some
 JS> preferred features of the 1911 over the USP, but you can't beat the
 JS> performance!  :-)
 I doubt very much if the USP will ever replace the 1911 for several
 reasons and the biggest one is price.  No flames, just think that the
 price will forever make any H & K a low volume seller.
 Take Care,
 David R. Norton [norton@doitnow.com]
... "More hay, Trigger?" "No thanks, Roy, I'm stuffed!"
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