DRN> LK>Koch.It retails for about 700 bucks and is the basis for the new 
special
DRN> LK>operations pistol adopted by the us special forces[in 45 of 
course].All
DRN> LK>in all a nice well made piece,although it's a little big to conceal.
DRN> LK>                          1911 forever
DRN> JS> I'll probably be flamed for this, but I see the USP as a very viable
DRN> JS> evolution of the 1911 for the year 2000.  I'm sure there are some
DRN> JS> preferred features of the 1911 over the USP, but you can't beat the
DRN> JS> performance!  :-)
DRN> I doubt very much if the USP will ever replace the 1911 for several
DRN> reasons and the biggest one is price.  No flames, just think that the
DRN> price will forever make any H & K a low volume seller.
I don't see it so much as price, $650 vs. $450-500 is not unworkable in 
any but the most extreme case.  Plenty of Colts go for well beyond the 
USP's price, and folks gladly shell out for them.
I agree that the USP won't actually take over, but there is no good 
reason that it couldn't.  There are too many other extremly reliable and 
more size effecient .45 autos aout there, and HK's sometimes persnickity
nature understandably turns a lot of folks off.
But I've got mine.  :-)  Besides, I think the .40, being the native 
chambering, is better anyway.  :-)
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